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Election Countdown, Primary May 16, 2006: It's getting closer


A Reminder: March 17, 2006 update

Today: Number of days to election plus A Story on Grand Political Rascality plus more election quotes and trivia



There are now only 60 more days,
after today
until the Adair County Primary Election May 16, 2006
Have the issues been made clear to you?
The coming Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum
Details will appear on this site


STORY on GRAND POLITICAL RASCALITY

It happened in Adair County more than 50 years ago, back when vote buying was "legal," i.e., both sides did it. A Democratic campaign had run out of money. But one from their side took a cigar box of watches to a "buy" precinct. "We had all kinds of watches," the politician said, "Timex, wrist watches, pocket watches, Mickey Mouse. Everybody got a fine timepiece," he said, and added, "some of them would run." They carried the precinct. It was a glorious victory, since the Republicans were said to have used money and liquor that year.
QUOTE on the PRACTICE of POLITICS

All politics is local

- TIP O'NEILL, former speaker of the the U.S. House of Representatives. Submitted by CYRUS
QUOTE : A GREAT ADAIR COUNTY CAMPAIGN QUOTE
I'll make roses bloom in January! - COY "SQUARE DEAL" DOWNEY, running for Mayor of Columbia in 1979, back before global warming, back when elections were held in odd years, and back when politics ranked next to basketball in the hearts of the people. Roses didn't bloom in January, but the Dogwood program the colorful Mayor spearheaded then now provides much of the spectacular annual beauty we'll enjoy a few weeks hence.

QUOTE on the WHY SOME VOTERS VOTE THE WAY THEY DO
The perception of being a winner is so important. So many people vote for the person they think will win, regardless of how they feel otherwise. They want to be on the winning side, whatever it is. -Former Adair County Republican Chairman GAYLON YARBERRY.
QUOTE on the ATTITUDE TOWARD GOOD GOVERNMENT
Some day the people of Louisiana are going to have reform government and they ain't gonna like it.-EARL K. LONG.
QUOTES on the Truth in Elections
If I'm elected I won't do a damn thing. I just need the money.-JINGLE WOOTEN, running for a Russell County office a few years back.
Jingle was the only honest politician I ever knew. - CYRUS
QUOTES on the VALUE OF AN INFORMED ELECTORATE
The ignorance of one voter impairs the security of all. -JOHN F. KENNEDY

VOTE: QUOTES on the VALUE OF BEING INVOLVED
We mean by 'politics,' the people's business: The most important business there is.
-ADLAI E. STEVENSON

You don't vote, you don't complain. When you vote that gives you the right to complain. - An Adair County voter who stays informed
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