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As court considers N.J. ballot challenge, Forrester challenges Lautenberg to debates
nj.com/The Associated Press ^
| 10/5/02 6:56 PM
| By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY
Posted on 10/05/2002 5:27:29 PM PDT by krodriguesdc
Edited on 07/06/2004 6:37:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) -- Even as Republicans contested Frank N. Lautenberg's effort to get his name on the ballot in a bid for the Senate, the GOP candidate challenged the Democrat Saturday to a series of debates.
Approaching Lautenberg at a street fair, Douglas Forrester borrowed a page from the former senator's first campaign in 1978 in challenging him to 21 debates -- one for each county. "Are you willing?" he asked.
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To: krodriguesdc
"The two major parties have politicized the New Jersey Supreme Court," How does Nader think the Republicans politicized anything?
To: krodriguesdc
Approaching Lautenberg at a street fair, Douglas Forrester borrowed a page from the former senator's first campaign in 1978 in challenging him to 21 debates -- one for each county. "Are you willing?" he asked. Yeeessss!!! Good move. I think that Forrester can whip the Laut on the issues, primarily due to his actually knowing them.
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posted on
10/05/2002 5:30:59 PM PDT
by
meyer
To: krodriguesdc
The two major parties didn't politicize this but the democrats certainly did it all by themselves until now. Evidently, the Green party is politicizing it now. They are playing serious games with our country and dont seem to give a darn about anything but themselves. NJ is such a narcissistic state that they might just pull it off.
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posted on
10/05/2002 5:31:39 PM PDT
by
Jaidyn
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To: Jaidyn
Go GREENIES, get a lot of Rat votes and then,GO GREENIES,GO
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posted on
10/05/2002 5:46:34 PM PDT
by
bybybill
To: Larry Lucido
How does Nader think the Republicans politicized anything?Because Nader is a nabob nitwit nincompoop?
Spiro
FMCDH
To: Larry Lucido
How does Nader think the Republicans politicized anything? Sanity has never been Nader's strong point.
To: krodriguesdc
"said Lautenberg, 78."
:-)
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posted on
10/05/2002 5:54:02 PM PDT
by
Cicero
To: nothingnew
I think it was "nattering nabobs of negativism," but that's just as good...
To: krodriguesdc
"It would be better for the country if the Democrats lost."Thats about as honest a statement from a politician you will ever hear.
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posted on
10/05/2002 6:02:38 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
To: krodriguesdc
Approaching Lautenberg at a street fair, Douglas Forrester borrowed a page from the former senator's first campaign in 1978 in challenging him to 21 debates -- one for each county. "Are you willing?" he asked. Good move. Let the court thing be a seperate issue. Hammer him on current stuff - from what I've heard the big L say so far, he is in dire need of a ticket for the clue bus.
The tie in of the Torch is also good - keep it up.
LVM
To: Cicero
"said Lautenberg, 78." :-)
Actually, 78.7. If, God forbid, he wins, he turns 79 a few days after his inauguration.
I would hasten to add that some people are alert and competent at that age. But clearly, Frank Lautenberg isn't one of them.
To: krodriguesdc
Get Lautenberg to promise not to resign his seat before his six year term is over, should he win.
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posted on
10/05/2002 6:27:53 PM PDT
by
NJJ
To: Cicero
"said Lautenberg, 78." Yep, we should scour the net and records for speeches by the RATs where they put down Strom Thurman for being out of it. That way we can attack Lautenberg without a direct attack on his age.
To: Larry Lucido
How does Nader think the Republicans politicized anything? Ralph Nader, he's unsafe at any speed.
To: for-q-clinton
During Lautenberg's first campaign for the Senate (about 100 years ago), he made a quite a big deal about how his opponent, the beloved and eccentric Millicent Fenwick, was too old to be in the US Senate. She was 80 at the time.
If Lautenberg wins, by the time his term in the Senate ends, he will be 86.
Not that hypocrisy ever was a problem for a 'Rat.
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posted on
10/05/2002 8:22:25 PM PDT
by
gridlock
To: krodriguesdc
"The two major parties have politicized the New Jersey Supreme Court," Nader said. "In its decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court basically said its highest priority is to preserve the exclusionary two-party duopoly." Nader is correct. The law is not supposed to assume that one or two political parties are more important than everyone else. That's not their role, no matter how much Democrats and Republicans monopolize elective office.
It's blatant discrimination and, frankly, I'd be disturbed at the ruling if the parties in this scenario were reversed. It screams hypocrisy in the face of equality and justice.
To: gridlock
Thought she was 72 at the time. But you're right. 'Rats dote on hypocrisy.
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