Posted on 08/20/2008 6:55:59 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Democrats don't like it when you say that Barack Obama won his first election in 1996 by throwing all of his opponents off the ballot on technicalities.
By clearing out the incumbent and the others in his first Democratic primary for state Senate, Mr. Obama did something that was neither illegal nor even uncommon. But Mr. Obama claims to represent something different from old-style politics -- especially old-style Chicago politics. And the senator is embarrassed enough by what he did that he misrepresents it in the prologue of his political memoir, "The Audacity of Hope."
...
In real life, it did not matter what Mr. Obama said on the stump or whether South Side voters were impressed. What mattered was that, beginning on Jan. 2, 1996, his campaigners began challenging thousands of petition signatures the other candidates in the race had submitted in order to appear on the ballot. Thus would Mr. Obama win his state Senate seat, months before a single vote was cast.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Mr. Obama's petition challengers reported to him nightly on their progress as they disqualified his opponents' signatures on various technical grounds -- all legitimate from the perspective of law. One local newspaper, Chicago Weekend, reported that "[s]ome of the problems include printing registered voters name [sic] instead of writing, a female voter got married after she registered to vote and signed her maiden name, registered voters signed the petitions but don't live in the 13th district."
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Nobama: What goes afound comes around...
If you got elected by getting others removed from the ballot on technicalities, hold onto your tidy whities.
There are many voters in the country who don’t believe you have a valid USA birth certificate. You might be a target for some technicalities yourself.
As played by Sean Connery?
Of course.
This is a good book. I just finished it.
Insightful, thanks.
Yes, it's well worth the price.
Illinois has one of the most corrupt political institutions in the union, and Obama was neck deep in it. The dirt and sleaze that eminates from Chicago area politics pollutes the entire state.
But no more politics as usual for you, right Obama?
Check out the Obama thugs breaking all of the rules to capture the caucuses: http://wampum.wabanaki.net/archives/Incident%20Report%20Summary%20redacted.DOC
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.