Nbadan
06-14-2006, 05:31 PM
San Diego is still counting absentee votes and the Registrar of Voters has not certified the results for the 50th district, but why let that stop you?
June 13, 1:11 PM EDT
Bilbray Sworn in to Replace Rep. Cunningham
By ERICA WERNER
Associated Press Writer
AP Photo/DENNIS COOK
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A week after his special-election victory - and six months after his predecessor pleaded guilty to bribery - San Diego Republican Brian Bilbray was sworn in to the House Tuesday to replace ex-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
After House Speaker Dennis Hastert administered the oath, Bilbray, 55, gave a floor speech sounding the theme he believes boosted him to victory - illegal immigration, not congressional corruption.
"We did not enjoy the situation or appreciate the problem that created the vacancy," Bilbray said. "But let me say quite clearly - what is obvious in the last few months is the greatest scandal in America is not that one man broke the law, but that 12 million illegal immigrants are in this country and Washington isn't doing enough about it."
Bilbray, who served in the House from 1995 to 2000 in a different San Diego-area district, beat Democrat Francine Busby by four percentage points with 49 percent of the vote. Both major parties spent heavily on the race in Cunningham's wealthy, heavily Republican coastal district, believing that a Democratic upset could signal serious risks for the GOP in the November midterm elections.
AP (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CUNNINGHAM_REPLA...)
This certification is a joke. If Bilbray is declared the winner, they are just going to have to repeat it. Which will make them look rather foolish. Although not as foolish as they'll look if all of San Diego elections are declared invalid due to failure to keep all voting machines secure (voting machines were sent home with poll workers for up to 2 weeks before elections). It goes without saying the elections in SD should be declared invalid but almost certainly, will not be, because SD is so corrupt.
June 13, 1:11 PM EDT
Bilbray Sworn in to Replace Rep. Cunningham
By ERICA WERNER
Associated Press Writer
AP Photo/DENNIS COOK
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A week after his special-election victory - and six months after his predecessor pleaded guilty to bribery - San Diego Republican Brian Bilbray was sworn in to the House Tuesday to replace ex-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
After House Speaker Dennis Hastert administered the oath, Bilbray, 55, gave a floor speech sounding the theme he believes boosted him to victory - illegal immigration, not congressional corruption.
"We did not enjoy the situation or appreciate the problem that created the vacancy," Bilbray said. "But let me say quite clearly - what is obvious in the last few months is the greatest scandal in America is not that one man broke the law, but that 12 million illegal immigrants are in this country and Washington isn't doing enough about it."
Bilbray, who served in the House from 1995 to 2000 in a different San Diego-area district, beat Democrat Francine Busby by four percentage points with 49 percent of the vote. Both major parties spent heavily on the race in Cunningham's wealthy, heavily Republican coastal district, believing that a Democratic upset could signal serious risks for the GOP in the November midterm elections.
AP (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CUNNINGHAM_REPLA...)
This certification is a joke. If Bilbray is declared the winner, they are just going to have to repeat it. Which will make them look rather foolish. Although not as foolish as they'll look if all of San Diego elections are declared invalid due to failure to keep all voting machines secure (voting machines were sent home with poll workers for up to 2 weeks before elections). It goes without saying the elections in SD should be declared invalid but almost certainly, will not be, because SD is so corrupt.