(My apologies to both Monty Python and the Spanish Inquistion for associating them with such a dirtbag as Nifong).
Posted on 11/07/2006 4:01:12 PM PST by Howlin
(11/07/06 -- DURHAM) - Politics turned personal today as Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong greeted voters - - some with very strong opinions about the Duke lacrosse rape case.
Eyewitness News cameras were rolling when Nifong tried to shake hands and say hello to Bob Harris, the voice of Duke sports. Harris was in his car as Nifong walked up. "You've got to be nicer than that," Nifong said.
"Get out of here," Harris said. "Don't pull this crap."
"This isn't about Duke," Nifong said. "This isn't about Duke at all."
"No," Harris said. "It's about honesty. You're not honest."
Nifong is running for district attorney against Lewis Cheek, who says he will not run if elected, and Steve Monks, a write-in candidate. Embattled Nifong met with voters heading to the polls in Durham.
"I've had more smiles than scowls, but I've gotten a little bit of both," he said.
No smiles from Tony McCurdy - - for him the election is all about the Duke lacrosse rape case.
"[Nifong] went overboard in prejudging a certain situation, which I feel, with the evidence coming out, is not quite the way it was portrayed at first," McCurdy said.
A little diversion tonight???
This can be our election thread?
HA! BULLSEYE!
Suuits me!
I'm going to try to watch the local news to see how he's doing.
Earlier today, they had pictures of him at the polls, smiling like an idiot.
Linkback to old thread...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1732077/posts?page=320
(My apologies to both Monty Python and the Spanish Inquistion for associating them with such a dirtbag as Nifong).
LOVE it!!
I am so so so sickened that Nifong still is doing everything shady all without having to answer to anyone . Nifong makes me ill .
This DA needs to go to jail , do not pass go , go Directly to Jail !
Anyone hear about this?
More:
Durham County voters will decide who is to be their next district attorney. This year, there are three names on the ballot -- current District Attorney Mike Nifong, Durham County Commissioner Lewis Cheek and write-in candidate Steve Monks.
The Duke lacrosse rape case has placed the race in the national spotlight. A woman claims she was raped by three members of the Duke lacrosse team at an off-campus party in March. Nifong is prosecuting the case. The three players indicted in the case have all claimed in interviews, including one on CBS's "60 Minutes" program, that they are innocent.
Nifong had a brief run-in at the polling place with Bob Harris, the play-by-play voice of the Blue Devils, when the prosecutor attempted to shake his hand. The radio announcer jumped into his car and was visibly upset when he noticed a television cameraman filming the exchange. He called county sheriff's deputies, who took no action after they arrived.
"The majority have been very friendly. There have been a few people who have not," a cheerful Nifong said later as he greeted voters in the parking lot of Temple Baptist Church. "There was one guy who came by with a lacrosse T-shirt. I didn't talk to him. I might have prejudged him. I'm not sure."
As he waved at a passing car, he noted with a grin: "That guy just looked at me and shook his head."
Nifong has insisted that the election should not be a referendum on the Duke case. But some voters made it clear that it was.
John Straffin, an information technology analyst at Duke, voted for Monks.
"It was just looking at what each person had to offer and what each person was standing for, and not him," Straffin said, nodding at Nifong nearby.
Cheek collected enough signatures to appear on the ballot, but now says he will not take the job. If Cheek wins, Gov. Mike Easley would likely have to appoint a new district attorney.
Cheek and Monks have said they are unhappy with the way Nifong handled the Duke lacrosse case, but neither has gone on the record saying they are ready to dismiss charges if they beat Nifong.
http://www.wral.com/news/10261400/detail.html
Visiting a polling location? Try ELECTIONEERING at a polling location.
That's probably what Harris called the sheriff about, the electioneering that Nifong and his scumbag supporters were doing right at the polling site. Good for you, Mr. Harris, it's all about that dirtbag's honesty is exactly right.
He really is a doofus, isn't he? He doesn't have a clue.
I wonder where we can write to Bob Harris and thank him for standing up to him!
Those pictures must have been taken very early. It rained like heck all day in Durham.
Does it look like Nifong will win?
Nifong is a consciousless dork. He's disgusting.
No results yet, but I'm thinking he will.
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