- Let me guess: An exception will be made in THIS case
Interesting <a href="http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/barr-only-presidential-candidate-on-texas-ballot">story from national LP....</a>
Barr Only Presidential Candidate on Texas Ballot
Republicans, Democrats miss deadline to file presidential candidates in Texas
Atlanta, GA - Bob Barr is slated to be the only presidential candidate on the ballot in Texas after Republicans and Democrats missed the Aug. 26 deadline to file in the state.
"Unless the state of Texas violates their own election laws, Congressman Barr will be the only presidential candidate on the ballot," says Russell Verney, campaign manager for the Barr Campaign and the former campaign manager for Ross Perot. "Texas law makes no exceptions for missing deadlines."
The Texas Secretary of State Web site shows only Bob Barr as the official candidate for president in Texas.
"We know all about deadlines," says Verney. "We are up against them constantly in our fight to get on the ballot across the nation. When we miss deadlines, we get no second chances. This is a great example of how unreasonable deadlines chill democracy."
"Republicans and Democrats make certain that third party candidates are held to ballot access laws, no matter how absurd or unreasonable," says Verney. "Therefore, Republicans and Democrats should be held to the same standards."
- Ezra's Unabated Man Crush
Wow, first there was<a href="http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2008/01/man-crush-alert.html"> this </a>and now (via <a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2008/08/the-best-two-pa.html#comments">Lebron James</a>) there is <a href="http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=08&year=2008&base_name=the_elite_other#108603">this</a>:
"What the GOP realized was that Obama did come across different than the average American, but not so much because he was black as because he was effortless. The very set of supercharged talents and qualities that allowed Obama to levitate past the boundaries of race and class make him different than those who haven't rocketed upward on the strength of their intelligence and charisma and charm."
Holy Crap!!
People like this make it so hard to like Barack. Yea, he's alright, but he's not all that and a bag of chips. He's a freakin' politician. Get over it and grow up.
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