The state Democratic Party filed suit Tuesday in an attempt to force Dino Rossi to list his party preference as "Republican" on the November ballot instead of "GOP Party."Can anyone say desperate?Democrats say the Iraq War and low approval ratings for President Bush have left the Republican Party a damaged brand and that Rossi is trying to distance himself by using GOP as his affiliation.
A statement issued by Rossi's campaign called the lawsuit "an act of a desperate incumbent." Rossi has said that he's used the term GOP for years and isn't trying to confuse voters.
Thanks. Now how about ridiculous?
"The idea that people don't know Dino Rossi is a Republican is just ridiculous," Esser said, noting that Gregoire's campaign and supporters have spent millions of dollars on ads making that clear.
Excellent, thank you, State Republican Party Chairman Luke Esser. Anyone else have anything to add?
Reed said he did advise candidates that if "they wanted to be taken seriously they shouldn't be making up names."
Hey, hold the phone, Secretary of State Sam Reed. You call yourself a Republican and you say GOP is a made up name? Seattle Times article, tell me where the term GOP came from.
GOP stands for Grand Old Party, a nickname the Republicans picked up in the 1870s.
OK, so the term has been around for over a century, I'm sure someone else has used it in the past 130 years, right?
Reed said he never specifically objected to using GOP and has used it himself on campaign signs.
Oh, Reed himself. Perfect. Insert foot in mouth, please.
Is this thing going to hold up in court, or can we just forget about it?
Reed also said Democrats could have challenged this in court months ago.
"The time to object was before candidate filings in the first week of June," he said. "Now counties have actually sent their ballots to the printers. The timing is really bad for an issue we thought had been pretty well resolved earlier."
King County elections officials said their ballots are indeed at the printers and several thousand already have been printed.
Democrats, seriously. Give it up. We're tired of the stupid lawsuits and the distractions and the relentless whining and complaining when things don't go your way. You're like a spoiled 5 year old. Here's a thought - if you're so scared that people in your party are "dumb" enough to vote for GOP when they intend to vote Democrat, maybe you should try informing them! It would be much better for your image than suing your opponent when he didn't do anything wrong. Sigh... why do I even bother? Wake me up when November ends.
