After elderly ultra-conservative right-wing extremist monster Utah Sen. Bob Bennett recently lost his party’s nomination, for being too liberal, he was entertaining the idea of a write-in campaign for November. “Ha ha ha Bob Bennett,” everyone said, because come on. Write-in campaign for the U.S. Senate! WHO IS THIS GUY? But if thinking such cute thoughts for a day or two helped him get over his shocking, shocking loss to the Club for Growth, people were willing to tolerate it. Now, however, he’s saying that he still may do this and will announce his Decision tomorrow.
Sen. Bob Bennett, kicked off the ballot this month at Utah’s Republican convention, could make a decision about whether to seek a fourth-term as a write-in candidate as early as tomorrow, Bennett tells USA TODAY.
Asked in an interview whether he would pursue the write-in route, Bennett offered his standard line: “Once I make that decision, you’ll be the second to know,” he said. But Bennett, 76, then added, “Stay tuned tomorrow.” Asked if that meant he would announce his decision tomorrow, Bennett repeated, “Stay tuned tomorrow.”
Jesus, Bennett, some people have better things to do tomorrow. Do you want a camera to show up or not? Throw ‘em a bone.
The only reason anyone votes in this country is because you don’t have to write anything. You just check a box somewhere and then steal all of your polling place’s complimentary muffins and bagels. Does Bob Bennett really think that people from the same state that voted against Bob Bennett for being too liberal are literate/caring enough to write out his entire name in such great volume that he would win? Showing up for that would take at least a tray of like… club sandwiches… or whatever’s fancy these days. Potatoes filled with bacon.
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I still don’t get the bizarre Mormon nomination process. Most other states, have actual primary elections to determine their candidates instead of some two-part convention thing where it appears the party bosses pick the candidates, instead of the party members, through actual voting.
It’s as if they were trying to circumvent the 17th Amendment. Of course, with Rand Paul having repeal of the 17th as part of his platform maybe that’s not surprising.
Only reason this COULD work is because the people didn’t technically vote him out of the GOP nomination, the delegates did.
But then again, the people Bill Henrickson to the State House AFTER he made Don take the fall for having all of his wives on the Home Plus health plan, so what do they know about anything?
The Utah Democratic party is thrilled with this news. Unless they were all wiped out at Mountain Meadows.
Give it up, old timer! The people of Utah are too busy buying interwebs Porn to practice their printing. Suckers. Who pays for porn…
Mormons.
You get food for voting? Potatoes filled with bacon? Muffins? I’m in the wrong state. We get nothing. Even Blago didn’t hand out new hairbrushes at the polling places…
Will he run under the name “Lizard People?”
Still, he obviously has risen from a grave, surely he can rise back to the Senate.
[re=580874]pondscum[/re]: Here in DC, they were selling foodstuffs for charity or something. Hoorah for capitalism+democracy. I’m hungry; let’s go vote.
AP Headline: “Utah Senator Caught in Super Tubers for Votes Scandal”
[re=580870]SayItWithWookies[/re]: There’s a Utah Democratic party? Huh, that’s news to me.
That, Mr. Bennett, is a jacket for radio. (Face, too.)
[re=580865]mdotsota[/re]: To use the parlance of our times, i think “throwing Don under the bus” was the lowest thing Bill Paxtrickson ever did.
[re=580879]Sharkey[/re]: Voting bake sale. I like it!
[re=580870]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Maybe he could run as a Democrat, since, as far as I know, no one has ever seen a Democrat from Utah.
[re=580872]Gratuitous World[/re]: “Artists are entitled to recompense”. — Senator Patrick Leahy
But, seriously, if you don’t pay for the porn, ever, the porn you’ll get, always, will be worth what you paid for it. Nothing.
Hope you enjoy BackroomCastingCouch.com, & other cheap-o POV nonsense, Gratuitous World.
Tomorrow is OK, just make sure its before the early bird special.
[re=580894]WadISay[/re]: That’s because Utah Dems wear burqas.
[re=580864]JMP[/re]: “Power away from the people!” If ever there were a Paultard and/or teabagger credo, clearly that is it?
[re=580883]JMP[/re]: There might’ve been a Utah Democratic party 150 years ago — had this unfortunate misunderstanding not happened.
Run Seersucker Run!
[re=580870]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Could you imagine?
Bennett runs a write-in campaign just effective enough to split the Repub ticket down the middle and we see a moderate Demonrat senator from Utah? If he were half the liberal they accuse him of being, he’d do just that.
End Times.
[re=580883]JMP[/re]: In Utah, Democrats typical run as Wite-Out® candidates.
Complimentary muffins and bagels? In Chesapeake, VA, you get a sticker and a curt nod towards the exit.
[re=580914]Lascauxcaveman[/re]: Unfortunately that doesn’t look likely; he’s running a write-in campaign for the Republican nomination, that gets picked at a convention instead of a primary, and was knocked out at an earlier meeting. Like I said, the Utah Republican nomination process is very convoluted and confusing.
[re=580941]JMP[/re]: According to this article, Bennett would be a write-in for the general in November. The convention kicked him off the ballot for the GOP nomination, which vote will be held June 22. Apparently you can’t run as a write-in for that, otherwise the convention would be pointless. But yes you’re right, it is confusing. However, assuming a Utah Democrat can be found before November, such a critter might win.
[re=580870]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Damn, that story always makes me cry. Then really pissed and hateful.
He should be able to do pretty good…in Utah you can make fewer campaign stops. Just visit those compounds where there is one dude with about 100 wives and thousands of children.
Fucking Mormons.
“Stay tuned tomorrow…” What the fuck does this even mean? Tomorrow, I must stay tuned? Stay tuned UNTIL tomorrow? Not the kind of clear talk I expect from Senator Ichabod Crane.
David Byrne called and wants his jacket back, BobB.
[re=580914]Lascauxcaveman[/re]: Lovely idea, but it would probably take 3-4 Bennetts to do that.
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