Prisoner Almost Beats Obama for West Virginia Nomination

by **saxitoxin** on Tue May 08, 2012 11:32 pm

West Virginia Democrats almost chose federal inmate Keith Judd to receive the state's Democrat National Convention delegates today.

Judd is a practicing Rastafarian who is serving a 17 year prison sentence at Federal Correctional Institution - Texarkana. He previously ran for President in 2008, as well as Governor of New Mexico and a variety of other offices and once proclaimed himself the Emperor of Mexico. He is a former bandsman in the U.S. Air Force and a member of the Machinist's Union. He claims his father designed the atom bomb, a claim unsupported by mainstream history.

Judd was the only person to oppose Obama in the Democrat Party primary and received 40% of the vote in a close fought race in the heavily Democratic state of 2 million. As a result, Judd will be entitled to appoint delegates to the Democrat National Convention.

http://news.yahoo.com/federal-inmate-ke ... itics.html
http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/15574
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/760d2.html

by **Army of GOD** on Tue May 08, 2012 11:35 pm

I didn't know West Virginia was relevant enough to get a article written about it

by **saxitoxin** on Tue May 08, 2012 11:47 pm

by **Haggis_McMutton** on Wed May 09, 2012 12:00 am

Judd is a practicing Rastafarian

That's good enough for me.

JUDD REVOLUTION!

by **saxitoxin** on Wed May 09, 2012 10:46 pm

Final results now show Judd did better than expected, blasting through early estimates that he'd get 40% of the vote to score an impressive 41% of the vote - including sweeping 10 counties of West Virginia.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/ ... ral-inmate

Senator Manchin, the state's Democrat Party senator, has refused to answer questions about for whom he voted, leading to speculation he was one of those who voted for Judd.

by **saxitoxin** on Wed May 09, 2012 10:49 pm

According to the Secretary of State's website, Judd did best in Mingo County, where he pulverized Obama, scoring more than 62% of the vote.

http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/result ... UNOFFICIAL

Mingo County has an illustrious history:

Mingo County is the newest county in the state, formed by an act of the state legislature in 1895 from parts of Logan County. Its founding was related to a legal protest by a moonshiner, who claimed that the Logan County Court that had found him guilty did not have jurisdiction over his case, because his moonshine still was actually located in Lincoln County. A land survey was taken and discovered that the defendant was correct. The charges were then refiled in Lincoln County court. Although the moonshiner was ultimately found guilty of his crime, the state legislature was made aware of the situation and determined that Logan County was too large for the expeditious administration of justice and decided to create a new county, called Mingo. The county was named in honor of the Mingo Native American tribe, which had been the earliest known settlers of the region.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingo_County

by **Night Strike** on Wed May 09, 2012 11:15 pm

I find this story hilarious. That the moderate democrats in WV think Obama is so bad and so far left that they would literally vote for a convict over him is awesome. It brings new meaning to the phrase "anybody but Obama".

by **saxitoxin** on Wed May 09, 2012 11:35 pm

This is what West Virginians are saying in the comments section at the Charleston Gazette ...

In related news from West Virginia ...

Lincoln County Has First Unrigged Election

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- On Tuesday, Lincoln County voters experienced what may have been a first in the politically contentious county.

An apparently clean election.

Secretary of State Natalie Tennant said state election officials have been in Lincoln County for months helping local election officials get ready for the primary election. The county's 2010 primary was marred by an election fraud scheme that eventually forced two elected officials to resign their positions and may end with more federal indictments.

Former Lincoln County sheriff Jerry Bowman and former county clerk Donald Whitten pleaded guilty to federal charges for their part in a plot to rig the 2010 primary by stuffing the ballot box with illegally obtained absentee ballots. Both men resigned their positions as part of their plea agreements.

Tennant said Wednesday that Gue and his staff have worked hard to make sure the 2012 election was above-board and done by the book.

http://wvgazette.com/News/201205090280

by **Bones2484** on Thu May 10, 2012 11:30 am

Night Strike wrote:I find this story hilarious. That the moderate democrats in WV think Obama is so bad and so far left that they would literally vote for a convict over him is awesome. It brings new meaning to the phrase "anybody but Obama".

I find it hilarious that you consider Obama "so far left".

"Bad" may be true, but "so far left"? Really?

by **saxitoxin** on Thu May 10, 2012 4:07 pm

Night Strike wrote:hat the moderate democrats in WV think Obama is so bad and so far left that they would literally vote for a convict over him is awesome.

Incompetence and corruption, and the ability to recognize it, isn't a Left/Right issue.

by **Phatscotty** on Thu May 10, 2012 4:10 pm

Bones2484 wrote:
Night Strike wrote:I find this story hilarious. That the moderate democrats in WV think Obama is so bad and so far left that they would literally vote for a convict over him is awesome. It brings new meaning to the phrase "anybody but Obama".

I find it hilarious that you consider Obama "so far left".

"Bad" may be true, but "so far left"? Really?

Which president was more left than Obama?