"Screwballs and Nuts!"

[Lisa0825]

Oh boy oh boy... the Harris County DA saga just keeps me soooooo entertained.

Way to go, Kelly Siegler! You just insulted the largest congregation in Texas. :rofl:

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou080110_tj_sieglerlakewood.dfe76d2.html

DA candidate called Lakewood Church members 'screwballs and nuts'

A Republican candidate for Harris County District Attorney once called members of Lakewood Church, “screwballs and nuts,” in an effort to bounce a potential juror from a criminal trial.
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“To start with, he's a member of Lakewood Church. And we have had a running agreement, my partner Luci Davidson and I have, since we started, that people who go to Lakewood are screwballs and nuts," Siegler is reported as saying in a court transcript. “I'm very familiar with that church. We try our hardest not to put anybody who goes to Lakewood regularly on any jury, he is a pretty devout member of Lakewood Church. That’s one reason that scared me about the man.”
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A spokesman for Lakewood Church said church members would forgive Siegler for her disparaging remarks.

“Lakewood’s members are very forgiving,” church spokesman Donald Iloff said. “I rather doubt they’ll vote for Ms. Siegler, but they will forgive her.

[sonias]

1. It's the racism in those e-mails

That should get Chucky Rosenthal fired and make sure Kelly Siegler doesn't get elected. Who is the Democratic candidate in this race? Please tell me we have one.

:hi: Lisa0825.


Sonia

[Lisa0825]

2. The racist crap was unfreakingbelievable!!!

You absolutely CANNOT tell me that a man that would pass around shit like that (or have close friends who routinely share such crap with him, which means they know what his sense of humor is like) would not have had a bias against blacks in cases he prosecuted. I hope this will result in lots of appeals.

I don't know much about this guy, but this is the Democrat running. I hope he's good. I heard the DA's office has been Rethuglican for 40 years now. It's definitely past time for a change!

http://cobradford.com/

[muse]

3. Yes, we have a candidate - a black man

Former Houston Police Chief, C.O. Bradford