If You Thought Things Were Confusing Before
Wait until you see this. Ok, so the Texas Democrats filed suit to keep Tom DeLay's name on the ballot. They won. Then they won on appeal. Then the US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal. So the Republicans threw their support behind a write-in candidate with an unfortunately long, hyphenated name, which is going to play hell with the write in process.
Now the Governor of Texas has called a special election to fill the rest of Tom DeLay's term. Which will be held on the same day as the regular election.
Got all that?
The Democrats were counting on voter confusion at the polls. They just got a whole lot more than they wanted.
You can't make this stuff up. Lord knows, we've tried and it never comes out quite this funny.
By Shawn, Tuesday, 29 August , 2006 @ 7:19 pm
Maybe Gov. Perry called the special election for the day of the regular election so that the write in candidate would be on the ballot so that all the Republicans will know who the write-in candidate is supposed to be.
I mean, that’s a possibility, right?
Love the blog, by the way. Visit just about every day, even though I usually don’t comment.
By Gaius, Tuesday, 29 August , 2006 @ 7:25 pm
Thanks, I’m glad you like it. Yes, I think that’s very likely why he did it, so people could spell it correctly. It’s still pretty amusing.