Mississippi’s governor, Haley Barbour, and its secretary of state have come up with a particularly cynical dirty trick for the November election. Let’s call it: “Where’s the Senate race?”
Defying state law, they have decided to hide a hard-fought race for the United States Senate at the bottom of the ballot, where they clearly are hoping some voters will overlook it. Their proposed design is not only illegal. It shows a deep contempt for Mississippi’s voters.
Republicans have long had a lock on the state’s two Senate seats. But this year, former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, a Democrat, has been running close to Senator Roger Wicker, a Republican, in the polls. Mr. Wicker was appointed to the seat by Governor Barbour in late December after Trent Lott stepped down.
Mississippi election law clearly states that federal elections must go at the top of ballots. And the secretary of state, Delbert Hosemann, plans to list the state’s other Senate race — incumbent Thad Cochran is running far ahead of his Democratic challenger, Erik Fleming — where it belongs, right below the presidential contest.
But Mr. Hosemann argues that because the Wicker-Musgrove race is a special election to fill the remainder of Mr. Lott’s term, he is free to place it at the bottom, below state and county races.
Mr. Hosemann is insisting on that placement even after the state attorney general’s office notified him that his ballot design violates state law.
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Wouldn't expect any less.
It would be ironic if it actually ended up working against them. Really I can't stand the way this state does business.
The demise of the Right
The Bush Legacy will mark the beginning of the end of the conservative neo con agenda, and like a cancer it will spread to everything connected to it,, conservative Republican included....
The dirty tricks needed by a political party is the sign it is dying,, the lies and truth fabricating,, needed to con its way into power,, tells a lot about its eventual future,, and all will soon become painfully aware of these facts,, especially those that have followed blindly due to a belief in God,, or what they perceive as Gods judgement on those on the opposite sides of the politically wedged issues,, which right wing politicians have used to get votes,, because these conservative con men will be exposed for what they are and will be marked as such in the political history of this country,,, led by the neo cons which will be held in the same regard as the Nazi party,, in the issues of foreign policy agendas.....
This is a battle more important than the revolutionary war,, these are all well educated people that can fade back into the population,,, start another party,, and climb back up on the premise of family values,, and take advantage of those uneducated, or less educated,, not inclined to remember or even care about who or what the republican party used to stand for,,, corporate rule....
I truly believe this is what the Nazi,,KKK,, and all white supremacy have done in this country,, seeing how stupid they looked,, actually joined the republican party and worked their magic from within the bounds of a "family values" con...
Do the math,,
Drj
Hopefully that went straight
Hopefully that went straight into God's personal information manager.
Amen
Amen drj - nuff said