Comments on Advance Indiana™: Tully Mad At Democrats For Challenging Young's Petitions

Bernie Sanders will never become president. HRC wi...

2016-02-12T23:17:31.003-05:00

Bernie Sanders will never become president. HRC will have the CIA give Bernie the RFK.

Why even bother referring to it as the "rule ...

2016-02-12T15:28:28.137-05:00

Why even bother referring to it as the "rule of law?"

So Young is out. No big loss. What did he have t...

2016-02-12T12:40:06.660-05:00

So Young is out. No big loss. What did he have to offer the Sanders presidency? A new order is coming. Witness the number of people who say they think either Trump or Sanders would be ok, but nobody else. They don't care about your gross, traditional parties of lies. Any outsider or non traditionalist will do. We need new blood on Indiana ballots.

More power to those who can stomach any part of Tu...

2016-02-12T11:23:32.383-05:00

More power to those who can stomach any part of Tully. My rule is that he kills brain cells but just about anything the Star has, including Abdul, the WAPO, the dense editorial board, will kill brain cells. Varvel is an exception most of the time. So, I don't generally read Tully or that brainless twit hired in to replace the other brainless twit. Still, there is amusement in the following where a would be Senator is remarking about reliable media, "“If Todd has more than 500 signatures he should be on the ballot, but if reliable Indiana media sources are correct and he has failed to meet the minimum number of signatures required to be a candidate for the United States Senate, then the rule of law must be followed.”
Howe, IN- In an official statement today, Congressman Marlin Stutzman addressed the challenges facing Todd Young’s candidacy. “15 other Republican and Democrat candidates fulfilled the requirement of Indiana law for the 2016 election. Todd Young must accept responsibility for his own campaign and drop the accusations of partisan politics. If Todd has more than 500 signatures he should be on the ballot, but if reliable Indiana media sources are correct and he has failed to meet the minimum number of signatures required to be a candidate for the United States Senate, then the rule of law must be followed.”

Tully is right about one thing the Democratic Part...

2016-02-12T10:14:23.275-05:00

Tully is right about one thing the Democratic Party in this state is a big Zero. John Gregg and Baron Hill what stirring ideas do either one of them have. The best they can muster is look I am not a Republican.

Tully has flushed himself out, a rule was not satisfied, but let's just ignore the rule. Todd Young did not finish his "Homework" when it was time to hand it in, but in the Tully world, not to worry. Tully grades on the curve.

It's fair game to attack the party in general ...

2016-02-12T10:10:18.134-05:00

It's fair game to attack the party in general on those issues, but he's using the context of this particular challenge to level those charges. The two major political parties make these rules for getting on the ballot. They are used like a hammer to keep candidates off their respective primary ballots with some frequency with the approval of the opposing party. Jim Wallace's 2012 gubernatorial campaign is a perfect example. If they're going to be applied to keep a Jim Wallace off the ballot, then fairness dictates they be used to keep off the ballot a candidate favored by the leaders of the political party. Taxpayers pay for these primary elections. The ballot access laws, which are arguably unfair, should be applied uniformly to all candidates. I would get rid of the petition requirement altogether, or at least eliminate the requirement that a certain number must be obtained from each congressional district, which creates a trap for the unwary. If you have to have blank number of signatures of registered voters to get on the ballot, why should it matter if they all come from Marion County or the northern or southern part of the state?

I rarely agree with Tully. But, as a Democrat I th...

2016-02-12T09:53:42.179-05:00

I rarely agree with Tully. But, as a Democrat I think he makes a great point with concern to the Party's pettiness and lack of ideas. I support the ballot access challenge to Todd Young's U.S. Senate candidacy. However, I do think Democrats fear a match up between Young and Baron Hill. Hill is a perennial, stale candidate who lack vision or ideas (not that Young brings any of those things to the table). The only thing an opposition party has to its advantage in a political campaign is vision, principles, and policies.

If it's to be opposition; it should be loyal. ...

2016-02-12T09:12:13.859-05:00

If it's to be opposition; it should be loyal. The establishment has a crippling loyalty & principle problem.