County treasurer defeated by 'teenybopper' student

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_el_ge/student_elected;_ylt=Ah_lVJ8v3b04R4vbaxNrS6vtiBIF
HAVERHILL, N.H. – A county treasurer who lost her bid for a fourth term last week to a 20-year-old Dartmouth College student from Montana blames her failed candidacy on "brainwashed college kids."

Republican Carol Elliott said students just voted for the Democratic ticket, which included Dartmouth junior Vanessa Sievers. Sievers won by nearly 600 votes out of 42,000 cast after targeting voters at Dartmouth and Plymouth State University through a $42 ad on the Web site Facebook.

"It was the brainwashed college kids that made the difference," Elliott, 66, told the Valley News of Lebanon. She said she had little faith that Sievers will fulfill her duties adequately.

"You've got a teenybopper for a treasurer," said Elliott, who has held the position for six years. "I'm concerned for the citizens of Grafton County."

The part-time job pays $6,408. It involves keeping tabs on all county money, making investments and making payments ordered by county commissioners.

Sievers said Wednesday she was surprised by Elliott's "brutal attack."

"She's never met me before," Sievers said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. "She has no idea what I'm like."

:wow:
Talk about bitter, Jeez.

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1. One who is genuinely concerned would graciously offer help to the new treasurer.

She sounds like a typical Republican.