ROFL!!! Tom DeLay must stay on November ballot!!!

[originalpckelly]

Well I think that does it folks. The winds are with us:
"The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay must stay on the November ballot for the office he resigned from in June, according to a lawyer for the Texas Democratic Party.

Details of the ruling were not immediately available.

Democrats sued Texas Republican Chairman Tina Benkiser had violated state law and the U.S. Constitution in declaring DeLay ineligible for office so the party could replace him on the ballot.

U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks of Austin agreed with the Democrats' position last month and issued an injunction against Benkiser."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4092483.html

[AlinPA]

1. What if he is elected? Texans in his district love him, don't they?

[originalpckelly]

3. He wanted off the ballot for a REASON!!

He was doing bad in the polls and decided to bow out AFTER the primary had been held.

[Sydnie]

10. And I firmly believe

that he wanted to stay through the primary so he could raise the funds for his defense under false pretenses, telling people it was to mount his campaign. He is lower than slug slime ... without the glitter.

[K8-EEE]

12. Yes, He Was Bilking the DumbAss Freeps.

Nothing really changed from when he put himself in for the race to when he left it -- he just wanted to spend the money he raised to run for his own defense.

[bleever]

17. That's not really fair

to slugs.

[Sydnie]

20. I did consider that fact

but then I thought even the slugs would find it amusing that someone actually ranks lower than their trails do.

[postulater]

22. Maybe the Greens could give him some money!

[exlrrp]

30. True, true and true

especially the slugslime part

[Richardo]

4. This is my prediction.

Desafortunadamente.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. If that's their choice, then so be it.

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[Pacifist Patriot]

11. Um, I'm not sure I'd say that. I smell a stinky loss in the air.

[K8-EEE]

13. Oh He's Gonna Lose HUGE

That's my prediction!

[Ravy]

19. Then he would have to prove he was actually a resident....

.. on the day of election, after his previous attempt to prove he was not a resident.

That was the basis of the lawsuit. All that matters is where he will be a resident ON ELECTION DAY. No one knows now if he will or won't be, which is why he had to remain on the ballot. I bet he votes in his Texas District if it is not to late for him to re-register there.

I suppose if he is elected, but votes in Virginia so it is provable he is not a resident of his district, that the Governor will name a replacement for him.

[Maestro]

21. It doesn't matter now

He moved to Virginia and claimed residency there. He's no longer eligible to serve in Texas.

[originalpckelly]

2. I think this needs to be on the front page...

not being a jerk. I'm just saying it might be a good idea to put it there.

[Swamp Rat]

6. *crackle crunch ... munch munch munch*

[Sherman A1]

7. Somedays you get the bear

other days the bear gets you..... Sorry Tom.....

[Pab Sungenis]

14. You can't miss the bear!

[Justice Is Comin]

8. Even a bush appoiintee turned against you.

Now that's gotta smart for a pantaloon like you.

[Hubert Flottz]

9. Lots of people have been bitten by snakes that they thought...

were dead. Lots of people have died from being shot by guns that they thought were not loaded!

I wish he was behind bars where he belongs.

[progressoid]

15. Damn activist judges!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Love this: "When Benkiser reviewed the public records sent by DeLay and concluded that his residency in Virginia made him ineligible, she unconstitutionally created a pre-election inhabitancy requirement," said the opinion written by Judge Pete Benavides for himself and Judges James L. Dennis and Edith Clement.

Benavides and Dennis were appointed to the court by former President Bill Clinton. Clement was appointed by President Bush, and he has considered the conservative jurist for an appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.

"Five judges have now looked at this, two of them appointed by conservative presidents," said Democratic lawyer Chad Dunn. "It's time to move on, and Mr. DeLay needs to decide whether he wants to be in the race."

[MrSlayer]

16. So when those fucknuts vote him back in, what happens?

Does he have to resign again? Or does he get to stay until he's jailed or whatever?

[Maestro]

25. He can't be elected

because he no longer lives in Texas and has officially claimed residency in Virginia. So he is on the ballot for the fucktards that will still vote for him.

[MrSlayer]

27. So even if he "wins", the Dem still gets the seat?

That's pretty funny.

[Jim Lane]

28. I don't see how that could happen

It depends on Texas law, but I'd guess that the seat would be declared vacant (having been won by someone ineligible to serve) and would then be filled in a special election a few months down the road.

DeLay can prevent that just by announcing that he's moving back to Texas. The whole point of the courts' decisions against him was that ineligibility now doesn't automatically equate to ineligibility on election day.

Our best hope is that DeLay's blatant maneuvering has alienated enough people to cost him the election.

[bananarepublican]

29. Every state other than Texas cedes from the Union!!! n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

18. Vote McPukeshoes!!

Prove insanity is nothing to be ashamed of!

[kedrys]

23. MWAH HA HA HA HA HA!

I'm pretty shure I'm not the only one living in Houston outside that district having a nice giggle right about now.

[consumerwatchdog]

24. DeLay just doesn't know when to quit

but it sure is fun watching him lose time and again after years of his unrelenting, greedy hammer-time tactics!

[newyawker99]

31. Hi consumerwatchdog!!

Welcome to DU!!

[blogslut]

26. Yeeeeeehaw!