The Republican National Lawyers Association "Tombstone"

[DulceDecorum]

If your heart and browser can stand it,
(and you have been warned that they may both come under considerable strain)
try clicking on the photogallery link on the
Republican National Lawyers Association website.

Here:
http://www.rnla.org/PhotoGallery.asp

RNLA Election School Chair Jon Snare and RNLA Membership and Communications Vice President Kimberly Reed present Rich Galen with the RNLA "Tombstone", a lucite block manufactured to recognize attorneys who had entered appearances representing the Presidential Campaign and attorneys who had entered appearances as official observers before canvassing boards. The Lucite blocks contain a commemorative message in honor of the Florida recount team, and contain actual "Chads" from Florida dispersed throughout the Lucite. They were only a few hundred created and are not for sale but rather only presented to distinguished members and guests of the RNLA.

Yeah, people,
TOMBSTONE.
ACTUAL CHADS FROM FLORIDA.
PRESENTED TO DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS AND GUESTS OF THE RNLA.

[NYC]

1. Damn.

[NYC]

2. Starr & Gonzales, but no "Chad Award".

Can you post a picture of the chad award? My computer is still struggling to load the right wingers. The first picture alone is 644.45kb.

Thanks, if you can.

(I forgot to mention Bork & Olson. Quite a collection of photographs they have there.)

[jdots]

3. They all have reserved parking spaces next to thier idol

Roy Cohn in a special hell.

[RubyCat]

4. I know how to stir up controversy and get headlines on this.

Post the photo of the award on eBay. Pretend you're one of the lawyers who got the award and that you want to sell it.

[Junkdrawer]

5. Picture Only...

[NYC]

14. Thank you for posting that.

After an hour, the picture still had not downloaded. Thanks.

[DulceDecorum]

6. Let me break this down

The Republican National Lawyers Association
has made Lucite blocks
containing actual chads from Florida
and they are presenting these Lucite blocks,
which are also known as "tombstones"
to people who have assisted in killing off democracy within the US.

Comments?

[DulceDecorum]

7. THEY HAVE NO SHAME

From Voter.com comes the report that the Republican Congressional staffers guilty of assault and battery held a "reunion" with Recount Dracula Harris.

Recount Reunion
The Florida recount seemed to last forever, and now it seems like forever ago -- long enough, at any rate, to merit a reunion. Which is exactly what Washington power lobbying firm Patton Boggs hosted the Sunday after Inauguration.
The hundreds of Republicans who flew (read: were flown) down to Florida in the weeks after Election Day were feted at "An Inaugural Reception Honoring the Men and Women Who Made it Happen," as the event's invitation put it.
The fully catered, open-bar event was hosted by Bush campaign manager (and incoming Federal Emergency Management Agency director) Joe Allbaugh and Bush attorney Ben Ginsberg, a partner at Patton Boggs, which is an investor in Voter.com.
(Patton Boggs is a historically Democratic firm, a fact that wasn't lost on the visiting Republicans. "Everybody's got their price," one GOP attendee quipped. "Mine is free glasses of wine.")
Among the guests at the event were power-lawyer couple Ted and Barbara Olson, and Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris (remember her?), with whom some partygoers got their pictures snapped.
Allbaugh got choked up when he spoke to the crowd, thanking them for their help during the difficult post-election phase.
Veterans of the "19th floor riot" -- the angry protest in Miami-Dade County, which Democrats allege intimidated vote-counters into abruptly ending their recount efforts -- were awarded T-shirts celebrating their moment of glory. All partygoers were given Lucite paperweights etched with the words "George W. Bush for President Florida recount team, November 8 to December 13, 2000." Suspended inside: handfuls of chads.
http://www.geocities.com/goretothecore/floridagate/

[Minstrel Boy]

11. It's worse even than that: they're PROUD of it!

Remember the clip of the Republican congressman, before the 2004 election, gloating about controlling the vote count?

Thanks for the link, Dulce.

[DulceDecorum]

13. Republican National Lawyers Association: Mission Statement

As the principal national organization of Republican lawyers, the Association has a targeted set of missions - all complementary, and none of which duplicate missions accomplished elsewhere. Each member of the Association and every local chapter must ascribe to the accomplishment of these missions, which include:
Advancing Open, Fair and Honest Elections. The RNLA seeks to promote open, fair and honest elections at all levels of American society in a non-discriminatory manner. It provides election law training from preeminent election law professionals. It responds to requests for assistance from the Republican Party and its candidates by communicating the requests to its members
http://www.rnla.org/AboutRNLA.asp

[salin]

15. how did they get the actual chads?

Wouldn't that be government (and thus not property of private individuals or partisan organizations?) Or did Jebbie privatize the ownership of the controversial items in an effort to make up a little state $ to compensate for his cutting revenues in favor of tax breaks for the wealthy?

[DustMolecule]

8. Wow - unbelievable that they would do this!

You're right, they seem to have no shame whatsoever!!!

[DustMolecule]

9. Here's a different pic of the 'award' (with caption)

(sorry I don't know how to re-size these big pictures)



Former RNLA President Craig Burkhardt presents former Attorney General Edwin Meese III a Lucite containing "chads" from Florida.

[seemslikeadream]

10. A vote and a kick for lucite! n/t

[gordianot]

12. I have lost all desire for lunch! n/t