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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LLCF who wrote (49069)	9/26/2008 5:24:47 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

BO tries to disenfranchise troops: Wash. judge nixes Dems’ attempt to disenfranchise troops By Michelle Malkin • September 26, 2008 Many friends in Washington state alerted me to the Democrat Party’s attempt to disenfranchise our troops overseas through a lawsuit claiming that GOP gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi “confused” voters by identifying himself as “GOP” instead of “Republican.” A judge has ruled today and stopped the Dem stunt. Thank goodness someone in a robe has some common sense: A King County Superior Court judge says Dino Rossi can identify himself on the November ballot as preferring the “GOP Party” instead of “Republican.” Some confusion over the term is “unavoidable and inevitable,” Judge Richard Eadie said this morning. But he said it would be more confusing to try to change ballots so close to the election, especially when some military ballots have already been mailed out and returned. The state Democratic Party challenged Rossi’s use of the term GOP, which stands for Grand Old Party, a nickname the Republicans picked up in the 1870s. Recent polls have shown that some voters didn’t know that GOP meant Republican. Kevin Hamilton, attorney for the Democrats, said Rossi was using the term GOP to “try to cloak his membership in the Republican Party.” State Republican Party Chairman Luke Esser said Rossi has used the term GOP for years, and he questioned the validity of the recent polls. The Secretary of State’s state office also opposed the Democrat’s lawsuit, arguing that it was too late to change the ballots and that the law didn’t require it. michellemalkin.com