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Candidates have a one-track mind
http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/454107.html
Barry Saunders, Staff Writer
"Here I come to save the daaaaaay."That theme song from the old Mighty Mouse cartoon series could be the campaign theme songs for Lewis Cheek and now Steve Monks, two men contemplating a run for Durham County District Attorney.
Are these two gentlemen donning crime-fighting capes and sallying forth to become the county's top cop because they want to make the streets safe for little old ladies?
Nope. As far as I can tell, their main motivation is to make the streets safe for the three Duke lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting an exotic dancer.
If they eschew Mighty Mouse, they could borrow galvanizing slogans from previous political campaigns: "Ask not what your county can do for you, ask what your county can do for those three, fine, upstanding young lads who are being persecuted by mean ol' Mike Nifong."
Or "We have nothing to fear but Nifong, himself."
Fortunately for us all, the results of their holy quest to get 6,300 signatures to qualify for the ballot have been underwhelming. That's probably because most Durham residents know that trials are won in court, not on MSNBC, where Duke graduate and defender Dan Abrams would almost have you believe the stripper raped the three lacrosse players.
It's easy to take exception with some aspects of Nifong's handling of the case. The dude was too ubiquitous and pretty near loquacious in the early days following the incident.
That he has rectified that strategy and is now keeping mum does tend to make his case look weak, especially with the defense attorneys and Duke's lapdogs in the national press portraying Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans as victims of a politically motivated, inept prosecutor.
At the same time, the defense attorneys and the national media are figuratively doing to the alleged victim what she says the lacrosse players did to her.
The good thing about our type of democracy is that anybody in his or her right mind -- and some who aren't -- can run for office. We welcome and thank candidates who run for office out of a sense of public service.
Both Cheek, a Durham County commissioner, and Monks, an attorney, though, seem to be single-issue candidates who simply want to make the case go away -- justice be damned.
One of Monks' campaign managers, Republican activist Charlotte Woods, admitted that her involvement was motivated largely by Nifong's handling of the lacrosse rape case.
Woods, in a published interview, said, "Durham citizens are concerned about Mike Nifong's judgment going forward."
Which citizens are those, sweet Charlotte? I've not seen much support for dropping the case.
In a press conference announcing his candidacy, Monks called Nifong's handling of the case a "train wreck."
The only verified train wrecks so far are a couple of fledgling, one-track campaigns.
http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/454107.html
Barry Saunders, Staff Writer
"Here I come to save the daaaaaay."That theme song from the old Mighty Mouse cartoon series could be the campaign theme songs for Lewis Cheek and now Steve Monks, two men contemplating a run for Durham County District Attorney.
Are these two gentlemen donning crime-fighting capes and sallying forth to become the county's top cop because they want to make the streets safe for little old ladies?
Nope. As far as I can tell, their main motivation is to make the streets safe for the three Duke lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting an exotic dancer.
If they eschew Mighty Mouse, they could borrow galvanizing slogans from previous political campaigns: "Ask not what your county can do for you, ask what your county can do for those three, fine, upstanding young lads who are being persecuted by mean ol' Mike Nifong."
Or "We have nothing to fear but Nifong, himself."
Fortunately for us all, the results of their holy quest to get 6,300 signatures to qualify for the ballot have been underwhelming. That's probably because most Durham residents know that trials are won in court, not on MSNBC, where Duke graduate and defender Dan Abrams would almost have you believe the stripper raped the three lacrosse players.
It's easy to take exception with some aspects of Nifong's handling of the case. The dude was too ubiquitous and pretty near loquacious in the early days following the incident.
That he has rectified that strategy and is now keeping mum does tend to make his case look weak, especially with the defense attorneys and Duke's lapdogs in the national press portraying Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans as victims of a politically motivated, inept prosecutor.
At the same time, the defense attorneys and the national media are figuratively doing to the alleged victim what she says the lacrosse players did to her.
The good thing about our type of democracy is that anybody in his or her right mind -- and some who aren't -- can run for office. We welcome and thank candidates who run for office out of a sense of public service.
Both Cheek, a Durham County commissioner, and Monks, an attorney, though, seem to be single-issue candidates who simply want to make the case go away -- justice be damned.
One of Monks' campaign managers, Republican activist Charlotte Woods, admitted that her involvement was motivated largely by Nifong's handling of the lacrosse rape case.
Woods, in a published interview, said, "Durham citizens are concerned about Mike Nifong's judgment going forward."
Which citizens are those, sweet Charlotte? I've not seen much support for dropping the case.
In a press conference announcing his candidacy, Monks called Nifong's handling of the case a "train wreck."
The only verified train wrecks so far are a couple of fledgling, one-track campaigns.