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AP: Barack Obama wins democratic primary in Arkansas


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Updated: 5/22/2012 10:29 pm Published: 5/22/2012 3:59 pm
BULLETIN (AP) - Barack Obama, Dem, nominated President, Arkansas.

Primary protest votes show displeasure with Obama

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Some presidential primary voters in Kentucky and Arkansas are using the polls to take a swipe at President Barack Obama, denying the incumbent nearly 4 out of every 10 votes cast on the Democratic side.

In Kentucky, about 42 percent of voters selected "uncommitted" in Tuesday's Democratic primary.

In Arkansas, a Tennessee attorney, John Wolfe, was drawing about the same level of support with more than half of precincts reporting.

The results in either state will not hamper Obama's effort to gain the party's nomination for a second term. Still, it's a bit embarrassing for the Democratic Party and highlights Obama's political weakness in Southern states.

Two weeks ago, a federal inmate in Texas earned 41 percent of the vote in West Virginia's Democratic primary.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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charlie c - 5/23/2012 6:45 PM
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Look people, when I posted.....It is time to count the silver ware and art work in the White House. And frisk the Obama's on their way out the door. The NON leader/job killer will NON have a second term...... I posted the same after every democrat was being voted out, not just Obama. I do not agree with Obama's job he has done and I strictly go on his record for the last 3 and a half years. I do NOT care what color you are, if you are doing a piss poor job, I will tell you and anyone else, no matter your race creed or religion. So I am very sorry if you felt offended in any way, it was aimed at democrats and not a color.

charlie c - 5/23/2012 6:22 PM
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getittogether1::: I do not like talking about salary's but sense you brought it up, I am willing to bet I pay more in federal and state tax's than you make in a year!!!!Care for a piece of that action?

charlie c - 5/23/2012 6:18 PM
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getittogether1: You want to lay eyes on me? You have a very good chance. I work over sea's on drilling rigs, I am at work now and will be back in the country the 15th of June. I will be flying in the Little Rock Air port from Houston that after noon. And as far as me being broke? I make well into the six figure range per year, because I am in charge of 6 drilling rigs. And in charge of over 800 peoples lives on them. So yes figure your schedule and be there.And as far as Obama, he is a loser and out to kill America and thanks to him I no longer work in the states because of his moratorium he put on the gulf that killed hundreds of thousands of jobs. Yes he is a thief, stole more jobs from Americans and put more on welfare than ANY OTHER PRESIDENT!!!!!

sickofthissht - 5/23/2012 5:14 PM
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quize i am glad you have proper grammar congrats! and you didnt post anything racist congrats again! pat yourself on the back!

sickofthissht - 5/23/2012 5:07 PM
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trident i am sorry you feel that way. i invite you to get to know me and i believe you would be very surprised how wrong you are. yes i do sling racist slurs at the poeple who sling them at us and no i am not proud of that. i am proud to be black and i will defend my people who want to live right and be treated equal with my last breath. i dont defend the guilty and i dont insult the innocent on purpose. i know it is very easy to say i am racist by these post i shoot at the white trash who call every black person a thug or every black situation a ghetto situation or bring up slavery when talking about a presidential election. yes i do attack them and i really would like to meet them. but for the people who come on here and make good wholesome comments i vote and i agree with alot of it. i even agree with people who sling slurs sometimes. (not if they are slinging it on that specific post) but i do. so once agin i am sorry for giving you that impression of me. good day to you

sickofthissht - 5/23/2012 4:56 PM
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bat101 what the hell are you even talking about. your ignorance shows in your posts. backinaction i said if he is not re-elected it should be because of performance not race. so what ever you are talking about beyond that statement shows your ignorance, who said anything about slavery? what are you even talking about? who asked for anything? picking cotton? you are just throwing in the air anything that sounds hateful without a valid point in anything you are saying. shut up and hang yourself idiot the educated whites are just as ashamed of you white trash whites as they are racist to blacks. they wouldnt even give you a ride you probably stink of beer and your daughter get off of here idiot. you are obviously trailer trash. can you even vote?do you even have a car? or credit? POS

bat102 - 5/23/2012 4:32 PM
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To blackandproud the last election NOBAMA did not win the popular vote ,that we voters voted McCain in by that vote the only way NOBAMA got in was by elector voted,at my vote place so many people were asking to vote Reb so they could vote against NOBAMA who they voted for last time.Last time he wanted change well that didn't work because he is to dumb to know how to do it,and now he wants to move forward what a joke.

backinaction - 5/23/2012 2:25 PM
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Blackandproud, Obama's race has NOTHING to do with his piss poor election results. His incompetence as a leader and his assinine thinking is what will get him ousted. You claim that the white race is keeping the racism alive in the world is complete ignorance. The black race feels EVERYONE (including other blacks) owe them everything on a silver platter. Kiss my ass, I dont owe you or anyone else a damn thing. I dont beat you on a daily basis to pick cotton, nor does anyone else. 99.9% of the blacks alive now were not around when slavery was in existence, so that ship has sailed. Get over it. Getittogether, you are running a close race for most ignorant following bandp. You racists need to get over it and move on. Its ignorant racist blacks like yourselves that feel they should be entitlted to the world that are keeping racism alive.

moonrose - 5/23/2012 1:50 PM
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"When you hate, the only person who suffers is you, because most of the people you hate don't know it and the others don't care." Myrlie Evers quoting Medgar Evers

raerae - 5/23/2012 1:27 PM
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The left has cried racism for everything on the planet and so now it has become mute! As for Mitt Romney’s religion, there is no comparison to Barack Obama’s “Black Liberation Theology” that is anti-American. Pastor Jeremiah Wright from the Trinity United Church of Christ, in Chicago hates America. This man was their pastor for 36 years. Barack Obama sat in his church for 20 years; Wright married him and his wife and was Obama’s mentor. Listened to all the hate filled speeches on Black liberation theology and Wright's statements expressing classic anti-Semitism in its most vile form. And you people that voted for him don’t think he carried this with him to the white house. It should be embarrassing to the Democratic Party that they let the far left wing take over their entire party.
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