Keith Judd, Texas Inmate, Gets 40 Percent Of Votes Against Obama In West Virginia Democratic Primary

and the Washington Times.

after huffington refused to pay her staff bloggers, people already were saying that the site was an internet sweat shop. then in it was sold to aol. I think "soon" has long since past. It's just another crap news site.

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West Virginia.

Is still angry that Hillary did not win, and that Obama did not shine her shoes. Of course, when Hillary wins in 2016, she will be golden, despite the fact that Hillary and Bill were her enemies before the right wing decided Arianna was persona non grata for being a log cabin republican.

apologies to any Mississippi DU'ers.


Amazing how a state created because they didn't want to join the Confederacy now is as bad as most of the former slave states.

Virginia is turning blue and West Virginia is getting redder and redder.

...is enough time for change to happen.

go see if that guy in prison in Texas can do something for ya.

I have to admit I just don't understand WV. One of the poorest states in the union, more or less owned by out of state corporations who have exploited its citizens for generations, and they keep voting for policies that keep them uneducated, unhealthy and struggling financially.

I guess for some people fat, drunk and stupid is a way to go through life.

and I got a fantastic little jethro from them. I'm surprised at how militant they are about boycotting stores and businesses that have anything to do with Massey Corp. They won't eat at one of the local steak houses in Beckley because one of the Massey managers owns it; they won't do business with the Starbucks in another area because the daughter of one of the other Massey big wigs runs that location. In theory, they hate the owners of the mining companies. But, they'll scream about big government regulations along with Rush Limbaugh and leaving free enterprise alone. They'll snarl about green energy tree-loving hippies. Damn people don't even see the cognitive dissonance of it all. The irony is classic.

Not all fat people are Republican, by the way. That was kind of mean of you.

This article muses about for a rationale for this Obama hatred-- mining permits, too much environmental regulation, yada yada yada-- and deliberately avoids the elephant in the room: in 2008 twenty percent of WVa Dems-- the highest percentage in the country-- self-identified as racists. This probably signifies a much higher voting percentage (maybe... 40%?), since most racists will lie to pollsters about their beliefs.

http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/story?id=4844868&page=1

(Tip of the hat to all the progressive WVa DUers... keep working to turn this mentality around).

It is an Associated Press story.

You can read about the outcome of the West Virginia Democratic presidential primary all over the internet .... not just the Huffington Post.

It is a political story and it is noteworthy.

Perhaps there are other reasons not to look at the Huff Post, but carrying an AP news story is not one of them.

think we can mollify these states. It's not going to happen.

principles such as civil rights, safe working conditions, healthcare, social security and medicare, there are some issues you should NEVER compromise on

Just shows you what dopes and total asses 40% of Democrats are in West Virginia. 1. Just what can the felon do for you? 2. What is the rich boy Romney gonna do for the everyday citizen in your state, not much unless your a millionaire, I'd say. 3. All you Evangelicals and "Born Agains" how do you like supporting a man who basically is a member of a cult, The Morman Church? If you know how to use a computer do some googling on it and enjoy how it squares with you.

and the republican primary is already over?

The problem is DUers just don't know when they're being played sometimes. This BS story is a win-win for repubs if the left falls for it - either we buy the myth that Dems are largely "over" Obama, or we turn on each other and create division and infighting in the party instead of sticking together to ensure a win in November.

according to wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_election

Federal inmate number 11593-051, or Keith Russell Judd as he is also known, has run for president on several occasions, most recently taking votes away from President Barack Obama in the Democratic primary in West Virginia. (Associated Press file photo)
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/05/in_west_virginia_federal_inmat.html

Oh, look... he's not black... I mean, he has nice hair. That must be why they voted for him.

Or maybe they thought...

Seriously, it is sad that someone, just because of their last name and racism, could get 40% of a primary vote. I wonder if any of the people that voted for him even knew that Judd was in prison. This country is getting dumber by the day.

that, if I were a WV resident, the vote of each one of those inbred, ignorant morons would count just as much as mine.

Does that make me an elitist?

I respect the fact that if a democrat gets elected it's going to be a very conservative one. Hell I've had republican representation more liberal than what they elect in West Virginia. Although from what I read the conservative democrats are still a far cry better than the republicans they have in that state.

I feel bad that there are so many good progressives in the state. But honestly, we can win without West Virginia.

are a worker state that rejects the needs for pro-worker politics. I guess one of the things is that they are a big coal state and change is very threatening to them as workers similar to what happened when BP destroyed the Gulf. When Obama tried to put a ban on deep water drilling the workers had a fit.

The other thing is that they may be deeply into rw religion and more bigoted than other parts of the country. Who knows what is going on in that state? How do other Democrats do there? Isn't Jay Rockefeller their governor?

Doesn't matter how one is registered.
Honestly, I would have been surprised if nothing like this happened.
Sadly, I am not surprised that the librul media is not mentioning that republicans were able to vote in this.
This election means squat.

http://votesmart.org/elections/voter-registration/WV

Democrats weren't the ones coming out to vote.

60% for is just awful...right? right?

They called the "NC hates gays" amendment a "landslide" and "overwhelmingly approved" with a 58% yea. But for Obama, a 60% yea is somehow an amazing defeat.

I lived in WV for 36 years....



In WV most everyone registers Democrat...that 40% are RDINO's



RDINO's Registered Democrats in Name Only.

If you plan on having any say in your state and local elections you pretty much have to register democrat. Lot's of offices don't even have a republican challenger, and the R's and I's that do run are nutbags.

So most everyone registers Democrat....

That 40% reflects the Republican in WV that would never vote Obama anyway.

I expect Orly Taitz to be on this immediately!

Didn't know that.

He carried North Carolina and not West Virginia?

Judging from the imminent recall battle in Wisconsin, ongoing battle for Ohio, and the victory by the shitbag who just displaced Lugar, something weird is going on in the Midwest.

You can't vote. But if you've committed a felony you can be ON the ballot. Does this guy get Secret Service?

Florida is the only state that comes to mind where a felon loses the right to vote for life. Seems like some other states make them lose it for a few years after release, but I'm not certain of that

The results are not even all in yet, but here's what it looks like so far (percentages rounded to nearest 5%):

74k (35%) Obama
58k (25%) Romney
56k (25%) Judd the convict
25k (10%) Republican other than Romney

The right-wing media is going to be spinning this story hard, but they'll never show it in these terms. It's going to be all about how Obama is losing supporters in WV and how this somehow can be extrapolated to the entire country. If WV voters sincerely align with their party registrations, then Obama still beats Romney easily. And McCain beat Obama in the general in 2008 (397k to 304k), so that's actually a gain in support for Obama. If WV voters do not truly align with their party registrations, then this is all meaningless to begin with - just a bunch of Republican voters who are registered as Dems and are playing cutesy games.

edit - Here is the link: http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/index.aspx?year=2012&eid=8

I also updated the numbers. As of now, there are 47 of 55 counties reporting.

over on MSNBC the rethugs are loving this!!!!!!

Please turn out the lights, so the rest can live in the Dark Ages like they want?

The light at the end of the tunnel is Virginia.

is anybody checking the voting machines? Surely there are not this many (words failing) out there?

Guessing that most giving their "protest vote" to Judd, have no idea who he is, nor that he is imprisoned.

I can't judge a state - my state's GOP just gave a 20% margin to a reactionary talibornigan candidate over Sen Lugar "because he is too liberal."

Thus - I shake my head about low information voters in general, and worry for our future. I have no idea how to turn the tide - when people are increasingly worried about survival - how to create an environment where becoming high information voters (that is - going out and getting more information) is valued and pursued.

http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/index.aspx

Let me say the following, most of the primary election results were decided before the first vote was cast. Thus a lot of West Virginians did NOT see a need to vote, they was no real contest in any of the elections. Joe Manchin III won the Democratic Nomination for Senator with over 81% of the vote. Sue Thorn won the nomination for the 1st Congressional District with 100% of the vote (She was unopposed). Nick Rehall II won the nomination for the 3rd Congressional District with 100% of the vote (He was unopposed). Thus the only real issue was in the 2nd Congressional District where the three candidates divided the vote almost evenly between them.

Earl Tomblin won the Nomination for Governor with over 84% of the vote. The Secretary of State, The Auditor, The Attorney General, the State Treasurer all won with 100% of the vote, all were unopposed.

Thus the only two state wide CONTESTED election for the nomination were the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court. Both elections had multiple candidates. Thus, unless you were concerned about these two offices why vote? The other state wide offices either had no opposition or just nominal opposition.

Of the 16 State Senate seats up for election, 8 had no opposition. In the State House, the Democrats did NOT even field a Candidate in 11 Districts, and 16 ran unopposed out of 58 seats (Some seats, about 8, have no results as of 1:10 am EST, thus not posted on the SOS web site if the Candidates were unopposed or note),

Side note the WV legislature web site says they are 58 seats, but the SOS site list 67 seats.

West Virignia Legislature web site"
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/House/members/delmemview1.cfm

Of the Five local Judgeships on the ballot, One was uncontested by the Democrats, Two were unopposed.

Thus pointing out there was NOT much on the ballot for many people of West Virginia to vote for or against, thus how much of this vote is a protest vote against Obama or against Obama's policies is unknown. I do NOT believe Obama cares for he does NOT need West Virginia to win re-election, thus no one had any monetary incentive to find out which. Voting turnout should have been small, thus a small disaffected minority could have a huge impact on who won where, but the results are meaningless for the Vast Majority of West Virginia just did NOT participate in this election, will do so in November but not the primary.

SIDE NOTE: In the election Obama received 76, 510 votes out of 133,591 cast. Manchin who is running for Senator received 124,875 out of 153,627 cast. In simple terms just under 20,000 people did NOT vote for President for it was already concluded, but did vote for Senator. Thus a lot of people voted against Obama (or skipped voting for the President) while voting for the rest of the Democratic endorsed ticket. Is the negative vote because of the Race of Obama, his perceived attitude to coal (West Virginia tends to vote pro-coal), or something else. I suspect it is more the view that West Virginia view Obama policies as being anti-coal, then anything else.