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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Prison Inmate Wins 41% of Vote Against Obama


A federal prison inmate, Keith Judd, won 41% of the vote against Barack Obama in the West Virginia Democratic Primary on Tuesday.  Judd won 10 counties in the election.  Race was considered to be an important factor in Judd’s success.

He’s a white man
Who joins the Presidential race.
He’s a white man,
It’s from a prison cell he ran.
How can voters give their embrace
To a felon from such a place?
He’s a white man! 

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