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Anh 'Joseph' Cao beats Rep. William Jefferson

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Posted by tipper 2008-12-07 09:17|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Great news! It reinforces my desire to visit New Orleans again.

Posted by eLarson 2008-12-07 09:40|| 2008-12-07 09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Backwoods, racist Louisiana elects the first Vietnamese-American to Congress - in a district that was specifically created to give blacks an overwhelming advantage. The Democratic primary runoff had almost three times the turnout of yesterday's general - it was held on Obama Day instead of in October because the primary was delayed by Hurricane Gustav. 130,000 of the 160,000 Democrats who voted on Obama Day either stayed home or switched parties yesterday - most stayed home, being too ignorant to realize they still had to vote again after the runoff. I wonder if there are lawyers looking for some grounds to appeal.
We had another Congressional District runoff yesterday too - it also was won by the Republican. As of course was the Georgia Sente seat last week. I guess Obama's mandate wasn't as overwhelming as hyped.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-12-07 09:48|| 2008-12-07 09:48|| Front Page Top

#3 I really don't know much about Congressman-elect Cao, but I can say he had all the enthusiastic supporters out in the streets yesterday. Every street I drove down had swarms of people waving signs and jumping up and down hollering. Lots of Asians, lots of Caucasians, young students and old folks, but almost no blacks. Significantly, I saw virtually no Jefferson sign wavers - even at the major instersections where you usually almost need police to keep the different factions from bopping each other on the heads with their signs. That suggests to me that Jefferson did not have much official party backing for this election - he should have won easily, but maybe even they wanted an end to the embarassment (Cao's campaign slogan - 'End The Embarassment')

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-12-07 09:54|| 2008-12-07 09:54|| Front Page Top

#4 'End the Embarassment' would be a fitting slogan for almost anyone running against an incumbent.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-12-07 09:59|| 2008-12-07 09:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Jefferson lost? Man, that's cold...

Posted by Raj 2008-12-07 11:04|| 2008-12-07 11:04|| Front Page Top

#6 The top bunk is reserved OJ.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-07 11:55|| 2008-12-07 11:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Hey, I dont want to badmouth all of you hippie states, but we not only have the only Indian hardcore conservative governor, but we now have a hardcore conservative Congressman from Vietnam. What have YOU done lately?

Sincerely,
Louisana

Posted by Louisiana 2008-12-07 15:11|| 2008-12-07 15:11|| Front Page Top

#8 #7 - maybe the South is rising again.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-12-07 15:29|| 2008-12-07 15:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Jefferson deserves to be tried for treason, convicted, and sent to the gallows. I'd pay for the privilege of opening the trap door to send him to Hell.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-12-07 17:53|| 2008-12-07 17:53|| Front Page Top

#10 I'll sell you a ticket, can you pay with paypal?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-07 22:44|| 2008-12-07 22:44|| Front Page Top

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