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Tomorrow's the Big Showdown!

August 23, 2006 04:40 PM

You know, the date on which Nate Noy has promised the "truth will come out" about Jean Schmidt's marathon race results.  The Ohio Elections Commission will hold a probable cause hearing on Mr. Noy's tin foil hat conspiracy theories tomorrow.

As you may recall from elections past (involving Jean, or anyone else), this is the point in the proceedings where the Elections Commission finds probable cause, because they almost always have to.  This gives one's opposition the opportunity to spin the probable cause finding, dupe gullible reporters into thinking something important has happened, and use the press to con the public into thinking the opposition has been convicted of elections law violations.  All of which, of course, is in totally contradiction to what the Elections Commission was designed to do--which was make sure people play fair and are at least somewhat honest about the big things.  One sees this scenario play out in practically every election cycle.

Hopefully the Elections Commission won't allow itself to be used this way yet again, because these allegations truly are asinine.  The Enquirer's Politics Blog has a copy of Jean and Co.'s Motion to Dismiss.  We note they seek attorneys' fees because this is a frivilous filing.  We hope to God they actually get a fee award, though we don't know if the Commission has the power to levy those sort of sanctions.

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