Sunk Campaign II
James McCutcheon, 31, was planning an aggressive campaign for Texas state representative, bidding to unseat the Republican incumbent. But McCutcheon’s check to pay the filing fee to declare himself as a candidate was returned by his bank unpaid. Since it bounced after the filing deadline, the Democrat was declared ineligible to run. “He would have made a good representative,” laughed a Republican Party spokesman. “We could have sent him down there to write hot checks.” (Waco Tribune-Herald) ...Isn’t that what politicians do best?
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