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“I snookered them,” he said of state Republicans. “I played by the rules, what can I say?”
He being Arthur Jones, a holocaust denier who is running to counter a “two-party, Jew-party, queer-party system."
While Republicans such as Ted Cruz are telling people not to vote for their Republican candidate, one has to wonder how strong that caution is when Republicans in Illinois had four opportunities to get some else on the ballot and didn't do so.
First, they failed to find a candidate, any candidate, to run against Jones in the primary election. Second, they failed to knock him off the primary ballot. Third, they failed to find a write-in candidate for the primary.
Finally, as a last option, Republicans didn't bother run anyone as a third-party candidate because karma bit them in the ass. Thanks to decades of making sure third-party candidates have to jump through flaming hoops and over the moon to get on the ballot, a candidate would have needed 14,600 valid signatures in the 3rd District.
What makes this candidate more interesting is Republicans didn't bother to challenge the signatures Jones collected. His signatures were examined but never challenged, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. The GOP has said it reviewed the petitions but couldn’t find a legal reason to challenge them.
Right. In this one and only instance, they couldn't find a legal reason to challenge Jones' signatures. Uh huh.
Underlying the inaction against Jones is a widespread belief that neither he — nor any Republican — has a chance of winning against Lipinski in November in the solidly Democratic district. Other Republicans have pointed to partisan gerrymandering as a barrier to recruiting viable GOP candidates in the 3rd District. Still, the party needed only 603 signatures to run someone against Jones in the first place and U.S. law does not require candidates to live in the congressional district for which they are running.
Jones had this to say about not filing any forms with the FEC as yet:
Roll on Mr. Jones. Show everyone what the Republican party has become.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/29/arthur-jones-nazi-illinois-republicans-686875
He being Arthur Jones, a holocaust denier who is running to counter a “two-party, Jew-party, queer-party system."
While Republicans such as Ted Cruz are telling people not to vote for their Republican candidate, one has to wonder how strong that caution is when Republicans in Illinois had four opportunities to get some else on the ballot and didn't do so.
First, they failed to find a candidate, any candidate, to run against Jones in the primary election. Second, they failed to knock him off the primary ballot. Third, they failed to find a write-in candidate for the primary.
Finally, as a last option, Republicans didn't bother run anyone as a third-party candidate because karma bit them in the ass. Thanks to decades of making sure third-party candidates have to jump through flaming hoops and over the moon to get on the ballot, a candidate would have needed 14,600 valid signatures in the 3rd District.
What makes this candidate more interesting is Republicans didn't bother to challenge the signatures Jones collected. His signatures were examined but never challenged, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. The GOP has said it reviewed the petitions but couldn’t find a legal reason to challenge them.
Right. In this one and only instance, they couldn't find a legal reason to challenge Jones' signatures. Uh huh.
Underlying the inaction against Jones is a widespread belief that neither he — nor any Republican — has a chance of winning against Lipinski in November in the solidly Democratic district. Other Republicans have pointed to partisan gerrymandering as a barrier to recruiting viable GOP candidates in the 3rd District. Still, the party needed only 603 signatures to run someone against Jones in the first place and U.S. law does not require candidates to live in the congressional district for which they are running.
Jones had this to say about not filing any forms with the FEC as yet:
“I’m not filing any reports. I’m not going to give the Jews an opportunity to harass my supporters until after the election,” he said. “Right now, I’m keeping all the names confidential.”
Roll on Mr. Jones. Show everyone what the Republican party has become.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/29/arthur-jones-nazi-illinois-republicans-686875
. He's probably not all that much worse than George Wallace or some other Dem politicians I remember.
