Court Pulls Nader Off Pennsylvania Ballot

[Roland99]

I read someone's post up here last night that Nader was to be off. You were right! :D

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=6&u=/ap/20041013/ap_on_el_pr/nader_1

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A state court knocked Ralph Nader (news - web sites) off Pennsylvania's presidential ballot on Wednesday, citing thousands of fradulent signatures including "Mickey Mouse" and "Fred Flintstone."

the petitions as "rife with forgeries," Commonwealth Court President Judge James Gardner Colins said that fewer than 19,000 of the more than 51,000 signatures that Nader's supporters submitted were valid. Nader needed at least 25,697 to be listed on the ballot as an independent candidate.

"I am compelled to emphasize that this signature-gathering process was the most deceitful and fraudulent exercise ever perpetrated upon this court," Colins said in a 15-page ruling that followed a two-week review in multiple courtrooms across the state.

"The conduct of the candidates, through their representatives (not their attorneys), shocks the conscience of the court," he said. "In reviewing signatures, it became apparent that, in addition to signing names such as 'Mickey Mouse,' 'Fred Flintstone,' 'John Kerry (news - web sites),' and the ubiquitous 'Ralph Nader,' there were thousands of names that were created at random and then randomly assigned either existent or nonexistent addresses by the circulators."


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[snowbear]

1. Nader

I wonder if he ever lies awake at night pondering just what the hell he's doing?

Nah..:-( what am I thinking.. of course he doesn't..

[LandOLincoln]

3. He knows EXACTLY what he's doing...

which is, helping * steal another election. Don't think for a minute that isn't his intention, I don't give a fork what bullshit rationales he comes up with.

[Tansy_Gold]

2. Weren't these signatures "gathered" by people paid

by the GOP/RNC?

Lying sleazy fuckers.