Comments on: Tom Delay to Step Aside for Write In Candidate http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nick http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-61030 Nick Sun, 13 Aug 2006 04:07:12 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/#comment-61030 Dyre42... I think Meredith was suggesting (and if she wasn't, then I'm going to suggest it myself) that DeLay could have stepped aside *before the primary.* It's not as if his legal troubles suddenly materialized after March. In fact, it's far more likely that he intended all along to win the primary, then step down, with the express intent of getting to hand-pick his replacement. That fails to serve the notion of voter choice just as much as the current scenario. As far as I'm concerned, this is nothing more than DeLay's no-holds-barred politics coming back to bite him. Dyre42… I think Meredith was suggesting (and if she wasn’t, then I’m going to suggest it myself) that DeLay could have stepped aside *before the primary.* It’s not as if his legal troubles suddenly materialized after March. In fact, it’s far more likely that he intended all along to win the primary, then step down, with the express intent of getting to hand-pick his replacement. That fails to serve the notion of voter choice just as much as the current scenario. As far as I’m concerned, this is nothing more than DeLay’s no-holds-barred politics coming back to bite him.

]]> By: Dyre42 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-60868 Dyre42 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:28:49 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/#comment-60868 "Well, if Delay had stepped aside earlier, wouldn’t there have been a real choice of candidates? Everything that happened was perfectly legal and perfectly within the rights of the Democratic Party to do. Let’s place the blame where it belongs for a change. " Delay wasn't legally allowed to step aside. He was forced to continue to be in the race by multiple court orders. I loathe Delay. But I'd rather his former constituents actually have a legitimate Republican candidate to vote for rather than the Dem's run unapposed in his district due to a technicality. I don't care if their chosen republican candidate is Big Bird. Delay should have been allowed to withdraw and candidates from both parties should ha ve been allowed to debate the issues and the residents of that district should have been allowed to vote for the candidate that best represented their interests. “Well, if Delay had stepped aside earlier, wouldn’t there have been a real choice of candidates?

Everything that happened was perfectly legal and perfectly within the rights of the Democratic Party to do. Let’s place the blame where it belongs for a change. ”

Delay wasn’t legally allowed to step aside. He was forced to continue to be in the race by multiple court orders. I loathe Delay. But I’d rather his former constituents actually have a legitimate Republican candidate to vote for rather than the Dem’s run unapposed in his district due to a technicality.

I don’t care if their chosen republican candidate is Big Bird. Delay should have been allowed to withdraw and candidates from both parties should ha ve been allowed to debate the issues and the residents of that district should have been allowed to vote for the candidate that best represented their interests.

]]> By: Anthony Lopez http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-59733 Anthony Lopez Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:50:01 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/#comment-59733 Shed no tears for the GOP in CD 22 70% of them voted for Delay in March! I wonder if they knew they were contributing to Delay's legal defense fund! Shed no tears for the GOP in CD 22 70% of them voted for Delay in March! I wonder if they knew they were contributing to Delay’s legal defense fund!

]]> By: JimmyT http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-59666 JimmyT Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:30:10 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/#comment-59666 New Article: <a href="http://thesarc.blogspot.com/2006/08/texas-republicans-plan-to-vote-for.html" rel="nofollow">Texas Republicans plan to vote for Delay, despite his intention not to run</a> New Article: Texas Republicans plan to vote for Delay, despite his intention not to run

]]> By: sleipner http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-59638 sleipner Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:04:18 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/#comment-59638 Good riddance to a rotten snake. I hope the democrat wins, it makes it even more likely we'll take back the House, as this was almost certainly a seat that wasn't expected to change hands. Good riddance to a rotten snake. I hope the democrat wins, it makes it even more likely we’ll take back the House, as this was almost certainly a seat that wasn’t expected to change hands.

]]> By: Meredith http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-59621 Meredith Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:11:15 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/#comment-59621 Well, if Delay had stepped aside earlier, wouldn't there have been a real choice of candidates? Everything that happened was perfectly legal and perfectly within the rights of the Democratic Party to do. Let's place the blame where it belongs for a change. Well, if Delay had stepped aside earlier, wouldn’t there have been a real choice of candidates?

Everything that happened was perfectly legal and perfectly within the rights of the Democratic Party to do. Let’s place the blame where it belongs for a change.

]]> By: Dyre42 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-59460 Dyre42 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:49:25 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/#comment-59460 Simply put the write in candidate can't count on the same number of votes that a republican candidate that's actually on the ballot will receive. Do you think a person who's voted straight partly ticket all of their life actually knows what the process that's normally reserved for third party candidates is? Simply put the write in candidate can’t count on the same number of votes that a republican candidate that’s actually on the ballot will receive.

Do you think a person who’s voted straight partly ticket all of their life actually knows what the process that’s normally reserved for third party candidates is?

]]> By: JP http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-59344 JP Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:55:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/#comment-59344 Democracy would've been better served without Delay's smelly politics. I say good riddance, and I'm gonna enjoy the comeuppance. Where's a picture of that $hit-eating-grin when you need it? Democracy would’ve been better served without Delay’s smelly politics. I say good riddance, and I’m gonna enjoy the comeuppance. Where’s a picture of that $hit-eating-grin when you need it?

]]> By: rachel http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-59326 rachel Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:04:54 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/#comment-59326 "Why so difficult?!?!?" -Farscape, <i>I-Yensch, You-Yensch</i> Oh, come on. Texas's public schools may have a bad rep, but that does <b>not</b> make Texans total illiterates. They can at least write somebody's name. And if they can't be bothered to even do that? Then they don't deserve to live in a democracy. “Why so difficult?!?!?”
-Farscape, I-Yensch, You-Yensch

Oh, come on. Texas’s public schools may have a bad rep, but that does not make Texans total illiterates. They can at least write somebody’s name. And if they can’t be bothered to even do that? Then they don’t deserve to live in a democracy.

]]> By: Dyre42 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-59288 Dyre42 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:39:02 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/#comment-59288 The Republican write in candidate's name won't be on the ballot. So when voting rather than just going to the first screen and checking one box to vote all Republican voters would have to request a write in candidate form prior to voting. The Republican write in candidate’s name won’t be on the ballot. So when voting rather than just going to the first screen and checking one box to vote all Republican voters would have to request a write in candidate form prior to voting.

]]> By: conservative republican http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-59281 conservative republican Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:10:24 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/08/tom-delay-to-step-aside-for-write-in-candidate/#comment-59281 I do not understand your comment. Texas is Republican by @ 60% to 40 % for democrats. If as you say, "straight party ticket voting is the norm", I would believe that under this premise the odds of any republican candidate is pretty good especially in a highly republican district. I do not understand your comment. Texas is Republican by @ 60% to 40 % for democrats. If as you say, “straight party ticket voting is the norm”, I would believe that under this premise the odds of any republican candidate is pretty good especially in a highly republican district.

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