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

[krodriguesdc]

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.

[The Great Satan]

"The two major parties have politicized the New Jersey Supreme Court,"

Really? I thought that the problem was that the Democrats ran a crook.

[GOPJ]

In a boxing match, round 10, both sides bloodied, democrats take out their man and throw in a fresh ringer and the "judges" say it's OK.

It would destroy sports, it'll destroy free elections.

What I want to know is: Will Lautenberg step down when he "wins" and give the seat to some other corrupt, but younger democrat? Is yet another "fix" in?

Lautenberg might have once been decent, but going along with this makes Lautenberg as creepy as Torricelli, if not creepier...