Final Two-- Barthwell vs. Keyes

[Walt Starr]

Mods, I know this is a conservative news source, but it's the only source right now with a link:

http://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=18231

Final Two-- Barthwell vs. Keyes

Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Illinois Republican would-be kingmakers have weaned their election elimidate down to a final two-- Alan Keyes and Andrea Barthwell.

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The GOP has sunk to a new low in Illinois. A carpetbagger nobody in the state knows except for news junkies, and somebody who was fired from her Bush appointed position for lewd behavior.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. And Barthwell is a former drug addict.

What a sterling resume she has!!!

Bottom of the barrel.

On edit: And the weekend weather will shine brightly and proudly on Barack Obama. Do you think it is a sign from the gods above?

[chiburb]

4. Even better:

She has contributed to the campaigns of Jesse Jackson Jr. and other Dems. Her 1st Repuke ballot was this year's primary. Before that she voted Dem twice. Also, she never gave ANY money to Repukes.

They're really hoping for Keyes.

And I'm going to bed. Have a great night!

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. Didn't know all that, thanks.

And nighty night, you are an early to bed, early to rise type. Sleep well!

[drscm]

6. Only a drug addict would be grandiose enough to think he/she can win,

unless he/she has daddy's friends on the Supreme Court.

[AndyTiedye]

9. No Small Airplanes for Obama, Please!

Illinois isn't a very large state and has an excellent rail system
(by US standards, anyway).

There is even a nice overnight sleeper to Washington.
No need to take any of those dangerous small airplanes, ever.

[gasperc]

2. for 87 billionth time, the file dealine is 8/26 and the candidate

needs to be a resident of Illinois for 30days. If the democratic legisature and govennor help put a carpet bagger on the ballot, I'm hurting myself.

[Walt Starr]

3. Nope, the constitution and SCOTUS rulings supercede

I thouht the same thing, but I was wrong.

Name can go on the ballot on August 26th without Keyes being a resident because in the constitution:

Article I.

Section 3.

Clause 3: No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

Inhabitants can vote.

Last day to register to vote in the general election in Illinois is October 5.

SCOTUS says 30 days is long enough to establish residency in order to register to vote.

Ergo, September 5 is the last day he can move to Illinois and run for the Senate.

[VolcanoJen]

5. Well, I thought Andrea Barthwell had been ruled out...

... especially after the "lewd and inappropriate behavior" allegations. God, if that's true, then they are truly, truly desperate, and in worse shape than anyone thought.

I don't think she was fired from the Office of National Drug Control Policy; she supposedly quit to try to get the GOP to give her a look for the abandoned Ryan Senate bid. I thought the allegations about her behavior came out during the GOP vetting.

Isn't Barthwell the one who insists medical marijuana is a "hoax"? :eyes:

For those who missed that juicy story (it happened about two weeks ago), here's a link:

Memo Rips GOP Hopeful for 'Lewd' Actions - ABC News

Excerpts:

A potential Republican candidate for the Senate seat from Illinois where the party's nominee withdrew over sex club allegations engaged in "lewd and abusive behavior" while she served as a top official in the White House drug policy office, an internal inquiry found last year.

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The lewd and abusive behavior finding stemmed from a Dec. 19, 2002, staff gathering. Barthwell made comments about a staff member's sexual orientation after the staff member misspoke in an earlier conversation, the memorandum said.

"Dr. Barthwell made reference to this staff member sitting on men's laps. A kaleidoscope pointed upward was placed on a chair by Dr. Barthwell as the staff member was about to sit down," it said.

"Dr. Barthwell suggested that the staff member would want to cut the cake available for the gathering because the knife was 'long and hard' and he might 'enjoy handling it.' When the cake was cut, Dr. Barthwell referred to the pieces as 'most' or 'beefy' and she said to the staff member, 'I know you like it big and meaty.'"

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The memorandum, though, said the staff member and at least one other person objected to her comments. It said the staff member felt the comments were "lewd, derogatory and called into question his heterosexuality."

[Walt Starr]

7. On a state level, it's GREAT being an Illiois Democrat

Watching the party implode since the first break in the Ryan scandal has been quite entertaining.

[daleo]

14. She sounds like a bullying boss, as well as a nut

She would fit in great in a Bushco cabinet.

[iconoclastic cat]

10. Um,

:puke:!

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. They could run Charles Manson and still get 44%

the immovable rw heritage USA crowd.

[murielm99]

12. I am not so sure about that in Illinois any more.

I used to live in Du Page County, one of the most repuke places on earth.

42% of the people voting in the Illinois primary in Du Page County took Democratic ballots this year. Most of them wanted to vote for Obama.

But my friends and my son who live there say there is also a lot of disillusionment with *. They are not so hard core any more!

Remember, we just had a repuke governor and his close staffers indicted, too. Many people here who would normally be repuke are not voting that way this time.

I don't care who they run against Obama. That person better prepare for a colossal defeat.

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. Perhaps I exaggerated ... probably more like 38-40% for

whoever the rw knucklehead is.