Monday, September 27, 2004
A hilarious nugget from Nader's efforts to make the PA ballot: Nader's Lawyer 'Tortured the Law'
A Pennsylvania court denied Nader's efforts to prevent it from viewing his ballot signatures.
Yeah, sounds about right. Nader may finally be getting on some of the swing state ballots he wanted, but the farcical nature of his petition drive and legal efforts has undermined him as a candidate.
A Pennsylvania court denied Nader's efforts to prevent it from viewing his ballot signatures.
- In Thursday's opinion, President Judge James Garner Colins singled out West Chester attorney Samuel C. Stretton, who has represented the Nader campaign, for filing a "duplicitous and disingenuous" pleading.
"In over 24 years of judicial service, this court has never encountered a pleading which has more misstated the facts and tortured the law as the instant" motion to strike, Colins began his opinion.
Yeah, sounds about right. Nader may finally be getting on some of the swing state ballots he wanted, but the farcical nature of his petition drive and legal efforts has undermined him as a candidate.
