Court denies Libertarian Bob Barr's effort to kick McCain, Obama off Texas ballot

[rainbow4321]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/national/stories/092408dnpolbarr.a4c90d35.html

The Texas Supreme Court has denied Libertarian presidential candidate’s Bob Barr attempt to keep the names John McCain and Barack Obama off the state’s November ballot.

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Mr. Barr and his party had asked the Supreme Court to order the secretary of state to remove the Republican and Democratic ticket from the general election ballot, saying the language of the law was clear and unambiguous. He also contended both major parties had ample opportunity to seek remedy from the Legislature or the courts to change the deadline after knowing when the national conventions would be held.

Wes Benedict, executive director of the Texas Libertarian Party, said he interprets the Supreme Court decision as the judiciary saying “they’re not going to enforce the law.”


“Third parties, including the Libertarian Party around the country, have bee held to a higher standard. When we miss a deadline, we’ve been disqualified from the ballot,” Mr. Benedict said.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Oh, the Supreme Court is being mean to me!

Crybaby.

[AllentownJake]

2. Damn I wanted to see McCain have to organize a write in campaign

to save 32 electoral votes.

[racaulk]

3. Yeah, that would have been great to see, but...

If the Texas Supreme Court had ruled in Barr's favor, you can bet your bottom dollar that we would have seen similar lawsuits brought forth by the GOP in every single blue state across the country. This could have opened a Pandora's Box, and I'm not certain that we would have benefitted from that.