Democratic Primary; Anybody but Obama wins 40% + in 3 Southern States

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May 09, 2012, 10:46:19 AM Last Edit: May 22, 2012, 09:38:31 PM by jimmy olsen
 :lol: Hicks

http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/09/this-man-cant-vote-in-west-virginia-but-lots-of-people-voted-for-him/

QuoteKeith Judd, a.k.a. Inmate #11593-051 at the federal correctional facility in Beaumont, Tex., is a modern Renaissance man: a Rastafarian-Christian, a former member of something called the "Federation of Super Heroes," a musician and NRA member who has bowled a "sanctioned" perfect game. His favorite book is Stephen King's The Stand. His favorite President is Richard Nixon. And on Tuesday night, he notched 41% of the vote in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary, carrying eight counties despite being incarcerated more than 1,000 miles away.

Judd, an ostensible crazy person who passes the time in federal prison (he's serving a 210-month sentence for extortion, and won't get out until next year) by habitually running for office. Getting on the ballot in West Virginia is quite simple: Judd filed a notarized certificate of announcement and paid a $2,500 filing fee, says Jake Glance, a spokesman for the West Virginia Secretary of State's Office.

Despite being a federal inmate from another state, Judd's protest candidacy racked up some 70,000 votes, crushing President Obama in the heart of West Virginia's coal country. The rebuke to Obama by conservative Democrats (West Virginia's is a closed primary) isn't entirely surprising — the President was trounced in 2008 by Hillary Clinton — but it is an embarrassment for the President that underscores his weakness in rural Appalachia.

According to reports, Judd — who would not be eligible to vote in West Virginia, as in 16 other states, until he finishes his prison term and is no longer on parole or probation — qualifies for a delegate at this summer's national Democratic Convention on the strength of his showing. A call to West Virginia's Democratic Party headquarters was not immediately returned.

It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

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Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
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jimmy olsen

#1
May 09, 2012, 07:31:44 PM
Has mocking rednecks gone out of style here?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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KRonn

#2
May 09, 2012, 08:04:25 PM
Had to be a protest type vote. Plus it's in heavy coal country and the admin has been at war with coal, doing a number on the coal industry, apparently.

Sheilbh

#3
May 09, 2012, 08:19:13 PM
I believe Appalachia was an area that psephologists think Obama's race was a significant negative.  That could be part of it.
Let's bomb Russia!

jimmy olsen

#4
May 09, 2012, 08:31:59 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 09, 2012, 08:19:13 PM
I believe Appalachia was an area that psephologists think Obama's race was a significant negative.  That could be part of it.
What are psephologists?  :huh:
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Razgovory

#6
May 09, 2012, 08:55:21 PM
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

CountDeMoney

#7
May 09, 2012, 09:08:15 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 09, 2012, 08:19:13 PM
I believe Appalachia was an area that psephologists think Obama's race was a significant negative.  That could be part of it.

Hmmm, Deliverance demographic don't dig darkies.  Film at 11.

derspiess

#8
May 09, 2012, 09:10:02 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 09, 2012, 07:31:44 PM
Has mocking rednecks gone out of style here?

Do we get to mock Puerto Ricans as well?
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

derspiess

#10
May 09, 2012, 09:43:14 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 09, 2012, 08:19:13 PM
I believe Appalachia was an area that psephologists think Obama's race was a significant negative.  That could be part of it.

His desire to cripple the coal industry doesn't seem to help.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Sheilbh

#11
May 09, 2012, 10:12:32 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 09, 2012, 08:31:59 PM
What are psephologists?  :huh:
People who study elections.

QuoteHis desire to cripple the coal industry doesn't seem to help.
Things can have multiple causes.  Tim appaled.
Let's bomb Russia!

CountDeMoney

#12
May 09, 2012, 10:20:31 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 09, 2012, 09:43:14 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 09, 2012, 08:19:13 PM
I believe Appalachia was an area that psephologists think Obama's race was a significant negative.  That could be part of it.

His desire to cripple the coal industry doesn't seem to help.

It kinda deserves some crippling, dude.  At least a decent hobbling.

HisMajestyBOB

#13
May 09, 2012, 10:33:04 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 09, 2012, 10:20:31 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 09, 2012, 09:43:14 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 09, 2012, 08:19:13 PM
I believe Appalachia was an area that psephologists think Obama's race was a significant negative.  That could be part of it.

His desire to cripple the coal industry doesn't seem to help.

It kinda deserves some crippling, dude.  At least a decent hobbling.

:yes:
It's not the 1890s anymore.
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Tonitrus

#14
May 09, 2012, 10:57:09 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on May 09, 2012, 10:33:04 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 09, 2012, 10:20:31 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 09, 2012, 09:43:14 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 09, 2012, 08:19:13 PM
I believe Appalachia was an area that psephologists think Obama's race was a significant negative.  That could be part of it.

His desire to cripple the coal industry doesn't seem to help.

It kinda deserves some crippling, dude.  At least a decent hobbling.

:yes:
It's not the 1890s anymore.

Some people still like living there, though.  :(
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