OMG. This IS for real: Tedicso campaign in challenging Gillinbrand's vote. Really.

[cali]

NY-20: Tedisco Camp Challenges Sen. Gillibrand's Ballot
by Arjun Jaikumar
Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 02:02:03 PM PDT
The Tedisco campaign's craven attempts to disenfranchise the maximum number of Democratic voters possible so as to eke out a slim "victory" have officially jumped the electoral shark.

They are now trying to disenfranchise United States Senators.
Phillip Anderson reports:

This is getting out of control. Word from Columbia County is that when US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's absentee ballot came up to be counted, the Tedisco camp objected. No, really. I am not making that up.

Why on earth would they object to a legal resident of the district's ballot? A legal resident, not to metion FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN REPRESENTING NY-20 AND CURRENT SITTING SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK?

Because Tedisco's lawyers say that Gillibrand was in the district that day and should not have voted absentee.

Seriously.

This is a very stupid move for the Tedisco campaign. It's a PR disaster waiting to happen, as Gillibrand is wildly popular within the district.

And it shows them for what they are - craven political opportunists who resort to the dirtiest of tricks to win elections they've personally blown in grand style.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/14/719993/-NY-20:-Tedisco-Camp-Challenges-Sen.-Gillibrands-Ballot

file this one under Batshit crazy repukes.

[bluestateguy]

1. This is Ted Disco's "Gore Military Ballots" moment

Mo-ron.