casii
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Post by casii on May 6, 2022 13:07:25 GMT
Seriously? Seriously? He allegedly murdered his wife who had just completed treatment for cancer. What are these Republicans thinking? Oh wait, they're not thinking! Murderer wins GOP Primary |
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Post by epeanymous on May 6, 2022 13:10:59 GMT
I feel they are not sending their best.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 6, 2022 13:18:09 GMT
Yup, only the best for the GQP!!
Remember the present candidate for US Senator in Missouri Greitens .. kidnapping, blackmail, sexual assault, which made him resign as governor. ... now alleged child and wife abuse...
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Post by aj2hall on May 6, 2022 13:25:57 GMT
Hopefully this will make it easier for the Democratic candidate to win independent votes. No illusions the Republicans would vote for a Democrat even if the Republican was convicted of murder.
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 6, 2022 13:41:19 GMT
Yeah, the GQP as a party has definitely gone totally off the rails.
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amom23
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Post by amom23 on May 6, 2022 13:44:15 GMT
ND voted for a dead guy. Crazy doesn't even begin to cover it.
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Gennifer
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Post by Gennifer on May 6, 2022 13:54:45 GMT
This is crazy.
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Post by librarylady on May 6, 2022 14:49:57 GMT
Is this what is meant by family values?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 6, 2022 19:08:15 GMT
ND voted for a dead guy. Crazy doesn't even begin to cover it. The dead guy is not so bad for the political party which can appoint a replacement. It was probably too late to replace the ballots. |
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Post by chlerbie on May 6, 2022 19:09:40 GMT
How does shit like this even happen? One would think being in jail would be automatic disqualification.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 6, 2022 21:28:42 GMT
But maybe the political party is also allowed to pick another person to serve for the jail guy.. who knows?
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AmandaA
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Post by AmandaA on May 6, 2022 22:26:55 GMT
Unfortunately this is local to me 🤦🏻♀️ And yes the people here are that stupid. There will be no democrat to challenge for anything. Our primaries essentially are our elections for all intensive purposes in Indiana. Ironically, the day before the election my husband made a joke about running a monkey for office and it getting elected so long as there is an R behind its name. I think a monkey would be a better choice than this POS.
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Post by Merge on May 7, 2022 0:41:30 GMT
This is the stupidest timeline.
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casii
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Post by casii on May 7, 2022 2:29:35 GMT
Unfortunately this is local to me 🤦🏻♀️ And yes the people here are that stupid. There will be no democrat to challenge for anything. Our primaries essentially are our elections for all intensive purposes in Indiana. Ironically, the day before the election my husband made a joke about running a monkey for office and it getting elected so long as there is an R behind its name. I think a monkey would be a better choice than this POS. Yikes! And it's no comfort to know that many areas would vote similarly. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on May 7, 2022 2:34:28 GMT
Unfortunately this is local to me 🤦🏻♀️ And yes the people here are that stupid. There will be no democrat to challenge for anything. Our primaries essentially are our elections for all intensive purposes in Indiana. Ironically, the day before the election my husband made a joke about running a monkey for office and it getting elected so long as there is an R behind its name. I think a monkey would be a better choice than this POS. What were the other candidates like? I can kind of understand if someone just voted for the R behind his name but this was a primary where the other two candidates were also Republicans. So what made people choose him? |
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lindas
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Post by lindas on May 7, 2022 2:59:58 GMT
This election was for a seat on the Clinton Township board which consists of just 3 members. The local Republican primary race had only drawn the three candidates. No one filed on the Democratic primary ticket.
He got 60 of the 276 votes cast.
“Under our legal system, every person is innocent until proven guilty,” said Brad King, co-director of the Indiana Election Division. “If a candidate is ultimately convicted, then depending upon the timing of that conviction, the person can be replaced on the ballot by the political party that has a vacancy.”
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Post by iamkristinl16 on May 7, 2022 4:14:28 GMT
This election was for a seat on the Clinton Township board which consists of just 3 members. The local Republican primary race had only drawn the three candidates. No one filed on the Democratic primary ticket. He got 60 of the 276 votes cast. “Under our legal system, every person is innocent until proven guilty,” said Brad King, co-director of the Indiana Election Division. “If a candidate is ultimately convicted, then depending upon the timing of that conviction, the person can be replaced on the ballot by the political party that has a vacancy.” What’s your point? |
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maryannscraps
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Post by maryannscraps on May 7, 2022 10:19:59 GMT
This election was for a seat on the Clinton Township board which consists of just 3 members. The local Republican primary race had only drawn the three candidates. No one filed on the Democratic primary ticket. He got 60 of the 276 votes cast. “Under our legal system, every person is innocent until proven guilty,” said Brad King, co-director of the Indiana Election Division. “If a candidate is ultimately convicted, then depending upon the timing of that conviction, the person can be replaced on the ballot by the political party that has a vacancy.” First off, what a horrible story - murdering his sick wife and leaving their children motherless. What a horrible thing. So there were three candidates for three seats? He could have only gotten one vote and still won the primary. It's not like he got a majority of the votes. It seems like a very weird election situation and hopefully he will step down before being convicted. And if convicted, he will be removed from the ballot. I think it's also odd that there are primaries for local candidates. I'm in a fairly small town and our local elections are nonpartisan. You can certainly disclose your party, but most do not. |
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Post by elaine on May 7, 2022 11:20:42 GMT
This election was for a seat on the Clinton Township board which consists of just 3 members. The local Republican primary race had only drawn the three candidates. No one filed on the Democratic primary ticket. He got 60 of the 276 votes cast. “Under our legal system, every person is innocent until proven guilty,” said Brad King, co-director of the Indiana Election Division. “If a candidate is ultimately convicted, then depending upon the timing of that conviction, the person can be replaced on the ballot by the political party that has a vacancy.” You forgot to quote the part of the article where it mentions that he confessed to murdering his wife, told them how he did it, and was the one who led them to where he had dumped her body in a creek. That is how the authorities were able to find the body. This is information that is out there - not secret - and people still voted for him. If that doesn’t shock and disgust you, I don’t know what to say. |
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