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Election Day - The Texan Way
Last week, Texas Republicans were bitch slapped by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that the election ballot this November must contain Tom DeLay’s name, after he won the Republican Primary in March. DeLay resigned from his House seat in June, after he was indicted on money laundering and corruption charges. The Texas GOP had tried to get DeLay off the ballot so that they could add another nominee, seeking to disqualify the Hammer as the nominee by arguing that he’d moved to Virginia. The U.S. Constitution does require that a House member live in-state, but the 5th Circuit said the question is where he’s living on Election Day, not now; arguably, DeLay could move back to Texas before November. The Republicans have vowed to take the case to the Supreme Court.
Aside from the huge, honking blemish the DeLay scandal has left on the Republican party, and the fact that having him on the ballot gives the Democrats an easy target this fall, we here at QuizLaw had wondered why DeLay would be so adamant about getting his name off the ballot. And then we saw another story, revealing that a Texas judge squashed DeLay’s attempt to carry a gun in Texas while his felony trial is pending.
And then it all made perfect sense. Of course! From what we understand of Texas Election law, the Republican and Democratic candidates face off in a pistol duel on election day, and lacking the requisite firepower, DeLay is looking at a six-shooter to the stomach this November 7th. Well, no wonder he moved to Virginia.
Comments
How do we go about getting texas out of the U.S.
Posted by Bill Weldon | August 7, 2006 4:58 PM
The Republicans are guilty of everything they accuse everyone else of. They also hide behind the Christian Right, do those Christians understand that the things Delay has done are not Christian or does the Christian right make up the rules as they go along, much like the Republicans do because they're bad sports and hate losing?
Delay deserves to be behind bars but that's for the courts. Of course in Texas if you're Republican you can probably be behind bars and still hold a political seat so long as you praise the lord.
Posted by David Gaudette | August 8, 2006 9:46 AM
The Republicans are guilty of everything they accuse everyone else of. They also hide behind the Christian Right, do those Christians understand that the things Delay has done are not Christian or does the Christian right make up the rules as they go along, much like the Republicans do because they're bad sports and hate losing?
Delay deserves to be behind bars but that's for the courts. Of course in Texas if you're Republican you can probably be behind bars and still hold a political seat so long as you praise the lord.
I don't believe my comments to be malicious unless you believe that telling the truth about someone like Delay is just that...
Posted by David Gaudette | August 8, 2006 9:49 AM
The Republicans are guilty of everything they accuse everyone else of. They also hide behind the Christian Right, do those Christians understand that the things Delay has done are not Christian or does the Christian right make up the rules as they go along, much like the Republicans do because they're bad sports and hate losing?
Delay deserves to be behind bars but that's for the courts. Of course in Texas if you're Republican you can probably be behind bars and still hold a political seat so long as you praise the lord.
I don't believe my comments to be malicious unless you believe that telling the truth about someone like Delay is just that...
Posted by David Gaudette | August 8, 2006 9:49 AM