CNN: Florida state legislator Joe Negron is selected...

[brooklynite]

to replace in the midterm election former Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned Friday after reports surfaced about inappropriate instant messages he exchanged with former congressional pages

(as expected)

http://www.cnn.com

[shance]

1. Florida - where election rigging is our specialty......

Get ready Floridians.....

[wakeme2008]

2. Now Florida law says Foley name is on the ballot. Question

is will Jebbie try to get around this.

[BOSSHOG]

3. Negron was described as "squeaky clean"

on CBS radio this morning. Me has to chuckle!

[greyl]

4. He voted for State intervention in the Schiavo case

http://floridastopcop.clarislaw.com/my-opponents/

I'd bet there's more...

[Zynx]

5. That's enough to nail him with.

[greyl]

6. Grab a hammer. ;) nt

[Pithlet]

7. kick

[grizmaster]

8. Negron to replace Foley in the race

wouldn't want to be in this guys shoes. He's going to have to ask people to vote for Foley's name.



http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/floridapolitics/entries/2006/10/02/negron_replaces_foley.html

Just months after stepping away from the race for state attorney general because he didn’t have enough name recognition, state Rep. Joe Negron will try to get to Congress using someone else’s.
“In a normal campaign, it’s always nice if your name is on the ballot,” Negron said. “Since that is not going to happen in this case, that’s my number one issue.
Negron was picked this afternoon to replace Mark Foley as the Republican candidate for Congressional District 16, which includes parts of Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties.

Foley’s name will remain on the ballot — some absentee ballots in the district have already been mailed — but any votes he receives will count for Negron. Foley, a congressman for 12 years in the District, abruptly resigned Friday when ABC News reported he had been trading sexually explicit instant messages with teenage boys.

[saigon68]

9. Did Negron date any teenage boys?

[whistle]

10. Campaign slogan...."A vote for Negron is a vote for Buggery"

[Brundle_Fly]

18. Vote for Negron,

cause the other guy was trying to bugger kids.

cause he's not going into rehab

cause he wont get caught

[whistle]

19. all good

[11 Bravo]

11. IIRC, Negron was part of the herd rushing to Florida to save Terri Schiavo

Another wingnut FLA repuke.

[keta11]

12. Has he been checked for any pedo tendencies?

[DeadManInc]

13. How can votes for Foley be counted as votes for Negron?

That is a bunch of bullshit. Any votes for Foley should be thrown out.

[grizmaster]

14. By law Foley's name stays on the ballot

[NanceGreggs]

15. Yet again the ignorance of the average Republican voter ...

... will be to our advantage.

How many GOP voters who don't follow the news in detail will see Foley's name and think, "I seem to remember some unpleasantness to do with this boy a few weeks ago, so I won't be voting for him."

[Hav]

17. .

That's why the Dem campaign shouldn't even mention the new Repub. Just make it a battle against Foley. That won't help his problem with the name recognition.

[LiberalFighter]

30. Exactly.. the campaign is against Foley

And who says Negron or any of the other Republican in office or organization didn't know about Foley's situation for many years.

[keta11]

23. Nance:

That is funny. You are so right, too.

[Hav]

16. .

Lol, "Would for me, not for Foley the sexual predator."
Damn, I'd so like to see the faces of those who will give their vote to Foley. Possibly making sure that noone sees how they cast their vote for the pervert.

[Yavin4]

20. Friendly Advice for the GOP

Don't allow Sen. Allen to pronounce Rep. Negron's name in public. Don't take the chance.

[Jack from Charlotte]

21. LOL! Too funny (nfm)

*

[Jack from Charlotte]

22. Some friendly Democrat from that district whose name is Negron .....

should start a "Write in" campaign in order to snag a few votes from "Repub - Foley."

Put..... "Write in Negron," signs all over the district.

[truthisfreedom]

24. no way he wins. impossible.

nobody is going to want to vote for Foley's name.

[Ignacio Upton]

26. Brian Bilray managed to win in Duke Cunningham's district

Until Mahoney wins, my expectations about voters are low because of CA-50.

[Ignacio Upton]

25. How come Negron can do this in FL with Foley

But the Texas GOP can't do this with their candidate who's running to replace DeLay? There should be a court challenge coming out of this.

[kikiek]

27. They didn't do it with absentee ballots in MN when Wellstone died either.

Mondale didn't any votes for Wellstone.

[davidinalameda]

29. it's state law

[bluestateguy]

28. The ballot says Foley is the candidate

Therefore he is the candidate.

I've never heard of this other assclown. He should be ignored.