Nader thrown off Florida ballot

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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/9619083.htm?1c

Nader off the ballot in Florida

By BILL COTTERELL
Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat


In a tactical victory for John Kerry, a Leon County circuit judge issued an emergency order Wednesday night knocking Ralph Nader off Florida's ballot.

"I've never seen, in 40 years, a more pell-mell kangaroo court procedure involving any of our third-party activities," Nader told the Tallahassee Democrat after the ruling by Judge Kevin Davey. "This is nothing more than a judge responding to the political imperatives of a nervous and corrupt Democratic Party."

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Less than 11 hours before Secretary of State Glenda Hood is supposed to certify the ballots for 67 counties - which signals elections supervisors to mail thousands of ballots to Floridians overseas, including troops in Iraq - Davey ruled that the Reform Party is no longer a real political party. Therefore, he held that Nader's certification as the Reform candidate did not meet Florida laws, which require a presidential candidate to get nearly 100,000 voter signatures or be nominated by a national convention.

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1. Ralph Nader: American Fraud

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2. He accepts money from the GOP ....

and calls the Democratic Party corrupt?! ASSHOLE!

[npincus]

3. yippee!

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4. Here's a better link

http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/local/9614100.htm

[Doosh]

5. GREAT NEWS

:)

[zulchzulu]

6. Bad news for Chimpy!

Nader sneering about the Democratic party when he can't follow the GODDAMN rules shows what kind of charletan he is.

Ralph...drop out!

[blue neen]

7. That wins today's prize for irony--Nader calling the Democratic

party corrupt. He's a joke.

[dweller]

8. should have been a pier... n/t

dp

[Gothmog]

9. This is big news

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=776321&mesg_id=776321