Comments on: Maine Democrats Sue Secretary of State to Get Independent Senate Candidate Off the Ballot

By: Heartburn Home Remedy

Heartburn Home Remedy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:40:50 +0000

Hey, nice tips. I’ll buy a glass of beer to that man from that chat who told me to go to your site :)

By: Phil Sawyer

Phil Sawyer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:03:40 +0000

Furthermore, as I have been predicting for the past few years now (and still believe to be true), the Republican Party will be a minor-sized political party by the year 2012. If Judith Rohweder is a Democrat (as many of us seem to suspect), she really should not worry so much.

By: Steve Z

Steve Z — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:50:05 +0000

I was going to reply to her earlier but couldn’t because I was at work. However, all of you above had very good responses so there’s no need. Still, I’ll say this. I tend to believe that old Judith is either a Democrat shill trying to spread their anti-democratic gospel, or just someone trying to provoke us on a site obviously opposed to everything she says in her commentary. After all, nobody can be that stupid.

By: David Gaines

David Gaines — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:10:39 +0000

4,000 signatures is not an “adequate number?” Leaving aside Ms. Rohweder’s other observations, if that is what the state of Maine has set as the number of valid petition signatures required to place a candidate on the ballot for U.S. Senate, then of course it’s an adequate number. At least it seems to be according to 4,000 of her fellow Mainers and the Maine Secretary of State. I’m sure it seemed like an “adequate number” to the people who went out and tried to collect thousands of signatures in a state that is not exactly one of the most populous in the U.S.

I invite Ms. Rohweder (who is in all likelihood one of the many hit-and-run folks who visit here once or twice without returning and without leaving any contact link) to put her money where her mouth is, so to speak. She should contact her state legislators and ask them to introduce a bill repealing the statute that provides for petition signatures for independent candidates for federal office, and declaring that only candidates of the Democratic and Republican parties are allowed to run in Maine for the U. S. Senate. Good luck with that.

By: Michael Morrison

Michael Morrison — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:50:46 +0000

Two points:
1) This is one more reason no rational person can refer to the “Democratic” Party. It is one more illustration of why we say “Democrat” Party.
2) Judith, the “two-party” system has evolved, mostly because of manipulation, but it is nowhere mandated or required by the Constitution or even state laws. (And certainly not by common sense or decency.)
It is, of course, being maintained by those two old parties, through such shenanigans as taxpayer-paid primaries and through mis-education in the government schools and by mis-information from the so-called “news” media.
You might want to ask yourself why anyone calling themselves “Democrats” are so eager to prevent any real semblance of democracy.

By: Michael Seebeck

Michael Seebeck — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:22:00 +0000

Sour grapes lawsuit? SLAPP suit, at least in spririt, even?

By: citizen1

citizen1 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:38:29 +0000

Another example of Democrats not support that which is democratic.

By: Prester John

Prester John — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:31:09 +0000

Maine Democrats are simply running scared. And they should be.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:01:09 +0000

Judith Rohweder doesn’t know the definition of “two party system”. It was coined in 1911 and it means a system in which two parties are much larger than all the other parties. It doesn’t mean a system in which there are just two parties.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:54:06 +0000

This seems to have become standard operating procedure for the Dems since the 2000 election. Why compete when you can destroy?