Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Question for Nate Noy

Here is the latest from the Land of Nate:
On Thursday, August 24 at 9:00am EDT the Ohio Elections Commission will (OEC) hold a probable cause hearing regarding four complaints recently filed by Independent candidate Nathan Noy towards Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, her campaign committee and members of her campaign staff. The hearing will take place at the OEC headquarters located at 21 West Broad Street, Suite 600 in Columbus.

Noy has filed four complaints, three of which address Schmidt’s claims of her athletic accomplishments which Noy maintains have been embellished and one regarding her fabrication of the reason she claimed two college degrees when in fact she only possesses one. An issue the OEC in April of this year reprimanded her for citing a “reckless disregard for truth” and making “false and misleading statements.” Noy contends that each of these untruths have had a significant outcome on recent elections.
Since Nate likes copy and paste statements, try this one out.
Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states, and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature.

No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.

Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each state shall have at least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the state of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.

The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment.
In case you didn't recognize it, that was from a little document we call the Constitution. Nowhere in there do I see a requirement for marathon running, so my question for Nate is this: If these so-called untruths "had a significant outcome on recent elections" who votes for a candidate for office based on their marathon record? Seriously, WHO DOES THAT???

Another question for Nate, if he'll indulge me...if Nate should lose, will we hear from him again?