<-In South Dakota this fall, Democrats have pushed heavy voter-registration drives with Indians. So heavy, in fact, that lots of dead Native Americans signed up. State and federal authorities are investigating.

Not a new tactic -- for either side.

-In a September memo from the Detroit mayor's office, it was revealed that Detroit has 600,000 registered voters, only about 450,000 of which are legitimate. And you can bet those phantom voters haven't been trending Republican.

“Trending”

Wordsmiths like this misleading word, as it implies a legitimate complaint, while at the same time clearly stating that “phantom” Democrats are apparently ahead of the “phantom” Republicans in that fair city.

-In New Jersey, Democrats stood behind embattled senator Robert Torricelli, despite the fact that he was under federal investigation. Until he fell behind GOP challenger Doug Forrester in the polls. On the last day of September, Dems pushed Torricelli aside and brought in replacement candidate Frank Lautenberg, even though the law clearly stated that it was too late for a substitution. Democrats broke the law because, they insisted, New Jersey's citizens were entitled to a choice between major-party candidates. (In a related story, Democrats declined to field a candidate against Republican Virginia senator John Warner since Warner looked so formidable in early polling.)

“In a related story...”

Implications, but no proof -- even though the article clearly uses the word “because.” The “related story” was not linked, and I don’t recall reading it. Was the reason given that “Warner looked so formidable in early polling” -- or was no DNC reason given?

-At a September debate in Maryland between the candidates for lieutenant governor, supporters of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Kennedy Townsend passed out Oreo cookies to mock black Republican hopeful Michael Steele. At another debate that month, between Townsend and Republican Bob Ehrlich, Democrats also passed out Oreos--and then led the crowd in raucous booing of Ehrlich's wife and elderly parents. Afterwards, Democrats keyed the cars of several Ehrlich supporters.

Hardly enough data.

True -- or presumed? Were authorities called in to investigate the matter, or was this merely the work of local hoodlums? Again, no link to the investigation, if one exists.

Oreos, though, do taste good, whether served by a Democrat, or a Republican.
;^)

Yes, the Oreo-thingie was bad.

-During October in Montana, Democratic senator Max Baucus ran an ad not-so-subtly insinuating that his opponent, Mike Taylor, was gay--closing the attack spot by saying darkly, "Mike Taylor. Not the way we do business in Montana."

I saw the add, and missed the “gay” insinuation. Actually, I missed the whole "Mike Taylor. Not the way we do business in Montana" insinuation. I also recall interviews with locals who recall the show the film was taken from, and they saw nothing wrong with it. I guess just didn’t get it at all -- but it was a Democrat ad, so...

-In an October debate in South Carolina, Democrat Senate candidate Alex Sanders attacked Lindsay Graham for having Rudy Giuliani stump for him. About Giuliani, Sanders said, "His wife kicked him out and he moved in with two gay men and a Shih Tzu. Is that South Carolina values? I don't think so."

I hate Shih Tzus too, so I guess I don’t get this one either...
;^)

Alright, that one is really out there, even for a Democrat -- and in public, even.

-A few days ago in Hawaii, GOP gubernatorial candidate Linda Lingle, who's running neck-and-neck with her Democratic opponent, became the target of a whispering campaign claiming that she, too, is homosexual.

Yes, I saw that one as well.

-In Iowa, Tom Harkin spent autumn in Tape-gate. As the Washington Post explained, "Harkin's campaign provided a digital recorder to a former Harkin aide to take to a Sept. 3 strategy session of the Ganske campaign, to which the former aide had been invited. The campaign then leaked a copy of the recording to an Iowa reporter. Harkin's campaign staff first denied any involvement, then admitted to it. Harkin dumped his campaign manager and fired a young, low-level aide, whom the campaign said was solely responsible for getting the former Harkin aide, Brian Conley, to record the session."

Not enough data.

Is there evidence to show Harkin's response to be untrue? Was his PR rep aware of the taping when it was denied, and were others, besides his campaign manager and the fired aide? I wasn’t there.

-And then, of course, there was the Wellstone affair last week (see the above now-famous photo). At the memorial service Democrats whipped the crowd into a partisan fervor, chanted "We Will Win," and generally had a rollicking good time while the 20,000 attendees booed Wellstone's Republican colleagues who had come to pay their respects.

That whole fiasco was a loser’s paradise. The fingers will continue to point over the wake reception for years to come.

Meanwhile, I sincerely believe that the DNC is:

a. on its way out
b. in dire need of reform

And what’s with all this homophobe crap? Don’t these “politicians” realize that homosexuals have “the right to vote”? I was always under the impression that politicians liked voters, especially when they voted for them -- or at least for the duration of election day. Perhaps this is where their recruitment process is the most failing.

Idiocy continues to rule the DNC,
Dan