ConservaFool runs for Senate

New Hampshire politician and lawyer Ovide Lamontagne was one of the most notable entries on the Conservative Fool Of The Day blog of old. He was the ConservaFool for 1/10/06 because of his strange legal theories.

I cut attorneys a lot of slack in deciding whether they deserved an entry. That's because their job is to serve their clients. But Lamontagne had such a bizarre defense for the Republican operatives behind the New Hampshire phone jamming scandal that he was fair game for that blog. His defense was that the Republicans had a constitutional right to jam the phone lines with hundreds of hang-up calls.

Seriously, he said that.

It gets funnier. Lamontagne also argued that the Democrats should reimburse the Republicans for legal fees incurred during this case. Yes, he actually expected the GOP to be paid for breaking the law.

Now Lamontagne is running in the upcoming Republican primary for New Hampshire's Senate seat. He calls himself the "conservative alternative." Alternative to what? Sanity?

Ovide Lamontagne has almost no chance of winning the general election. But keep an eye on him, because he could turn out to be a gaffe-a-minute guy during the campaign.