Contest: Guess the % of votes cast for Condit

[miles]

My guess is 25%.

The winner gets to fuck the Lit member of their choice and report back to us with all the details.

 

[Guest]

 

[Andreina]

isn't he the guy who is in the news because of his suspected connection with the disappearance of the white house intern or some senate intern?

Halo

I say 24% - because it is a nifty number

 

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

13%

 

[Guest]

36 %

This is California were talking about.

 

[Cheyenne]

Condit Makes Last-Ditch Appeal to Keep His Seat

By Brian Melley
Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, March 5, 2002; 4:32 AM


MODESTO, Calif. – Rep. Gary Condit, considered a shoo-in for re-election before getting caught up in the case of missing intern Chandra Levy, made a final push in his campaign for the Democratic nomination by quietly roaming a district once known as "Condit Country."

Condit said he expects to win but can accept defeat graciously. Condit said he would not try to remain in the race as an independent or write-in candidate if he were to lose.

"Things happen in life, things sometimes people can't explain," he said Monday. "My heart's not fluttering, I don't have a pit in my stomach. It's an election. I've been in public service for 30 years. I live and die by the sword."

The winner of today's primary will face the victor in a four-candidate Republican field for the reconfigured district.

Condit's main opponent is state Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza, who is holding a big advantage according to internal polls. But Cardoza said he's not taking anything for granted. When he was first elected to the Legislature in 1996 – with Condit's support – he won by 84 votes, the slimmest margin in the state.

Still, his campaigning with Rep. Cal Dooley, Condit's Democratic colleague from the neighboring district, was still another sign of the political fallout since Chandra Levy vanished in May.

Washington police sources have said Condit admitted he had an affair with Levy, although in media interviews he has refused to reveal the exact nature of their relationship. Law enforcement officials have said he is not a suspect in her disappearance.

Although Cardoza has made little mention of Levy on the campaign trail, indications of her connection to the congressman's fall from grace are all over his office.

Copies of The Globe tabloid are stacked on a table with the cover story, "Condit Caught!" with pictures of the congressman clad in black leather chaps during a motorcycle rally that also attracted scantily clad women.

The wall of his spokesman's office is papered with a political cartoon of Condit seeking support from Girl Scouts and a David Letterman Top 10 list of ways Condit can improve his image (No. 4: "Grow a full, reassuring Kenny Rogers-style beard").

Not all had abandoned Condit, however. A former colleague in the state Legislature, Sen. Steve Peace, sent an independent mailing urging a vote for Condit.

"When people go to Gary Condit for help, Gary helps them," Peace said. "When people go to Dennis Cardoza for help, Dennis calls Gary Condit, and Gary helps them."

Meanwhile, Condit's wife, Carolyn, said she was optimistic her husband would continue his three-decade winning streak at the polls.

"The whole family is out walking like we have for years," she said. "Today's no different than any other day before the election."


© 2002 The Associated Press

I remember playing the Price is Right when I was a kid- I say 25.1%

 

[Spinaroonie]

7%

Unless this is like the Price is Right where you can't go over. Then I bid 1 dollar.

 

[RhumbRunner13]

Condidit?

41%

Never underestimate the power of "Yellow Dog Democrates"

RhumbRunner

 

[Guest]

Rep. Gary Condit [D-CA] and his wife are threatening to sue NBC and the show LAW AND

An internal NBC memo states:

"The February 6 Law & Order Episode Titled "Missing" depicted events and characters including herself which implied Ms. Condit was somehow involved in Chandra Levy's disappearance and that Ms. Condit spoke to Ms. Levy on the telephone.

"The episode contained several inaccuracies that were built upon tabloid reports and other spurious rumors. It is undeniable that the viewing public would identify Ms. Condit as the wife depicted on the episode.

"The episode was defamatory because it showed the wife calling the Chandra Levy character (Lisa Edwards) and because it implied, in the very end, that the wife killed the Chandra Levy character.

"Indeed, there was at least one press inquiry to the Condits asking for a reaction to this nasty episode. We note that the show commences with the statement that it is "Inspired in part by a true incident." "Pursuant to the California Civil Code 48A and in an effort to mitigate her damages, we hereby demand a retraction. We request that the retraction be published as follows: Ms. Condit demands the retraction at the very beginning of the next Law & Order episode.

 

[WriterDom]

46% after the dems redrew his district to ensure he'd lose

 

[Guest]

I WON

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