| The Fighting 29th updates us on the progress of the Massa-Kuhl vote-counting court order, with Monroe County's ballots starting to be counted today, and other counties the 17th (Monday). If the Monroe paper ballot count is overwhelming, as it may be, we could see Kuhl's concession speech any time now. Can't wait!
Meanwhile, other interesting news tidbits about NY-29 continue to trickle in... like, the Corning Leader article announcing the overturning, on appeal, of trespassing charges against 5 anti-war activists for sitting in at Randy Kuhl's office when he would not see them or accept their petition.
The group was among some 20 people who went to Kuhl's Buell Street office Aug. 6, 2007 to deliver a petition with 3,000 signatures asking Kuhl to vote against more funding for the Iraq war.
When the five protesters refused to leave the office at closing time and were were each charged with third-degree criminal trespass. They were all found guilty after a two-day jury trial the following September....
Attorney Ray Schlather, the legal advisor for the protesters, said the push by the county District Attoney's office to make the offense "a fingerprintable crime" showed a lack of judgment and allowed the protesters to turn the charges into political theater.
"This should never gone before a jury," Schlather said. "That lack of good judgment effectively played into the protesters' hands."
...And some excellent political theater it was that my neighbors executed, too. I guess that was the beginning of Randy feeling he had to pack heat to protect himself from his constituents.... good to see justice done.
More interesting tidbits on the flip... |
| The entire business of Randy essentially hiding out from the public during the campaign-- refusing to hold debates that were open to the public, holding office hours rather than the previous Town Hall meetings... storming out when being videotaped being asked about the Iraq war.... What can you say? It was not a winning strategy. But, Kuhl's over-the-top disdain for his constituents, and unreasonable fear of them, really has hit a high point in the court order confirming the agreement between the two candidates as to how the vote-counting would be conducted.
Now, to be fair, I don't really know which candidate had the following stipulation put into the agreement. But, which of the candidates has a paranoid M.O.?
Re-canvass of voting machines will be attended by representatives of both campaigns, as well as representatives from the Board of Elections.... The campaigns are not to send rabid, bitter, untrained, unsophisticated partisans to participate in this process.
(hat-tip to The Fighting 29th).
RABID? Whaddaya think we are, Randy, racoons?
Now, as far as the bit about being unsophisticated... well, ya know, Randy, a good chunk of your district is rural people who are officially in the Appalachian Region. That don't necessarily mean dumb, it just means country. Some of us find it uncontrived and refreshing.
Just sayin'. Randy, it is time for you to go turn into a sophisticated pumpkin. |
