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It's really astonishing.
Hillary is only doing well in heavily Hispanic counties like Starr and Webb along the Rio Grande which are nearly 100% Hispanic and Nueces (Corpus Christi) which is about 70% Hispanic. Williamson County is a suburb of Austin and has a high tech population due to Apple and Dell being in the area. Harris County is Houston and some of its suburbs. Rusk is in East Texas, a Republican area and basically fundamentalist as is Lubbock County. In fact Obama is doing well in some other East Texas Counties except for Orange on the Louisiana border which has a KKK element (town of Vidor noted for blacks not allowed in town after sunset!). My county of Galveston is going for Obama.
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Hillary spent nearly all of her time stumping in mostly counties that were 90% Hispanic or higher so I am not surprised that Duval, Starr, Webb, Maverick and Brooks went nearly 100% for her. McLennan County, home of Waco and Crawford went for Obama. Waco is home to Baptist Baylor U. but we are also talking about the part of Texas that gave us WIllie Nelson and Ann Richards! Travis County, our most liberal county is strong for Obama.
Northeast Texas so far is looking good for Obama. This is the area west of Shreveport, LA and near Texarkana and Arkansas. However, SE Texas, the "Piney Woods" which is home to racist areas like Jasper and Vidor is backing Clinton as are some counties bordering on Oklahoma along the Red River. Johnson County is suburban Fort Worth but its the "redneck" suburb so not surprised they went for Hillary. Central Texas between Houston and Austin so far seem to be split with even an edge for Obama.
So, this begs the question: Who came first? Did Rove learn from the Clintons' or did the Clintons' learn from Rove?
You ignore the possibility that both learned from someone else -- either an individual or a group.
I always marveled at the Clinton's zen-like calm during the whole "persecution" thing. I thought it was amazing, but it's occurred to be lately that it might all have just been a performance, that they were playing roles assigned to them to let us think the two sides were at each other's throats.
Obama ahead in Texas now 21% to 15%
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pCVgf3tY...
So, this begs the question: Who came first? Did Rove learn from the Clintons' or did the Clintons' learn from Rove?
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Curious how they're all buddies now, huh?
Here is some history on Essiac. http://www.essiacinfo.org/ . It should be ordered from the Canadian company. Her last PET scan showed no tumors in the liver, spine or pelvis and the tumors in the colon and rectum have shrunken to 1/4 of their size. She is not out of the woods, her hemoglobin is up to 12 and she is putting on weight for the first time in a year. I am not saying it is a cure for everyone but it is definitly worth looking into.
I am so sorry to hear about you and your family's health issues. Although I strongly believe today's advanced medicines are a blessing, I am a firm believer in diet and exercise as well. My sister in law used to have epileptic like seizures. No one could figure out exactly what caused them, but put her on epileptic meds to be safe. Turns out it was due to her horrible diet soda habit. (she'd drink 10-15 per day). The main ingredient, Aspartame, has been linked to all kinds of neurological disorders, including seizures, and some cancers. About a week after she stopped cold turkey (which my brother said was total hell!) her seizures stopped and she hasn't had another one. I have a good friend who doesn't believe at all in the benefits of pharmacuticals and swears he has cured himself of all kinds of ailments just by the foods he eats. He even said he cured himself of herpes 6 years ago by eating ginger and hasn't had another outbreak. I have no idea if he is just a loon, but he's in his late 60's and is the healthiest man I've ever met. Might be worth it to look into. Anyway, I am sending you my best wishes. :)
http://www.kinson.org/gene/ps01/ps01_323.html
If any of us gets tested, they'll find trace amounts of like 80 industrial chemicals in our bodies.
Everything from fire retardents to plasticizers.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=...
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:QNDK9Kaq5Y...
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/22/body...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Democrat_Coali...
Ocean's Food Chain Threatened by Constant Influx of Refuse
There is a floating garbage dump about the size of Africa created by Pacific currents now carrying refuse from North America, Asia and the islands, concentrating it into a swirl of flotsam estimated to contain 3.5 million tons of junk, 80 percent of which is plastic.
"No matter whether you're studying the surface, 10 meters, 30-meter samples or 100-meter samples, every sample that we've looked at in the pacific ocean has had plastic in it," said SEA Lab manager Gwen Lattin.
Sailing his research catamaran named the Alguita, Moore and a small crew drag a trawling device through the garbage patch to study the content of ocean water.
They find what he describes as a "plastic soup." In some cases there is more plastic in the waters than plankton, the basic food organism of the ocean.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4...
Nicho, yes you are right. I was actually being sarcastic. They are all the same, controlled by the Bilderberg Group.
You cannot get into the White House without the blessing of the Bilderbergers. Bill Clinton was a nobody in the polls when he first ran -- until he and Hillary made the pilgrimage, got the blessing, and -- within days -- Bill was a contender.
I am not nearly as enthralled with, and excited about Senator Obama as many seem to be, but I am likely to vote him in the general election. About the only thing that would prevent me from voting for him is if he were to back away from his committment to ending US troop presence in Iraq. That would be a deal killer for me.
My feeling is that if my vote isn't going to change anything substantially, then why bother. (I have a much longer explanation but I won't bore you with it.)
Gov. Perry tried to push the Spanish Company Cintra to not only build our new highways but to collect the tolls for the next century (Cintra has already taken over the Indiana Toll Road and Chicago Skyway). The Bracewell-Giuliani Law Firm in Houston has Cintra as a client, the reason that Gov. Perry was backing Rudy for the longest.
AP are a bunch of wankers.
John McCain a.k.a. Senator “McWar” cannot create more make believe boogeymen; the American people are now on to that b.s..
I fought in Iraq in the All Americans 82nd Airborne and join the now legions of my comrades opposed to the war which has cost 4000+ of my comrades in arms their lives and maimed another 25,000+. How much does a trillion and counting cost each American family? I ask any citizen who doubts the price of this war to visit the nearest Veterans hospital to them. The one I visit for therapy has a plaque on it that states The price of freedom is clearly evident here. The price for Iraq is way too high for a war which we should not be in. No WMD, No ties to Al Qaeda Etc. Etc. I pray that our country is really prepared to show courage and turn the page away from the dismal George W. cowboy with no guts or sense years and put our great nation on a better path.
Vote Barack Obama America!
Actually when anyone says "God bless America" are they asking or demanding that God bless America.? We should ask for God to bless America, not say it as if it were a demand!
But in view of the gospel teaching not to kill your enemies as we have in all wars, God my say "God dam America"
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Obama and "god damn America" rev. wright are going to take down my party this Fall and you people are pissed at Hillary for WHAT??? Trying to save the party and our country from a mccain disaster? Obama will do ANYTHING to win (he is currently ahead by about 2%- hardly a commanding lead) including calling his own grandmother a racist.
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Nice rant, but the fact remains that Bubba Clinton had 8 years in the White House and, in that time, he lost seats in the Senate, House and Governor's mansions for the Democrats.
Now, when they're finally making inroads again, partially because of the 50 State Strategy, Bill and Hillary want to take it back to the Fat Cat Donors, threading the needle in the Electoral College and 49 percent "majorities."
This is why Red State Pols are supporting Obama, as well as most of the national party leaders who have declared for a candidate--including those like Dodd and Richardson who were very close to the Clintons.
In fact, I finally made the decision to vote for Obama when I realized that an Obama loss would be better for the Democratic Party than an Hillary win, with its inevitable downticket slaughter and 2010 midterm landslide loss.
Nary a mention on mydd.com about it.
I can no more disown him [Rev. Wright] than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother – a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/18/america/...
Thanks for the updates. I appreciate your efforts.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStori...
The unofficial caucus tally added to the primary vote has had Sen. Obama ahead all along (you'd never know that he won Texas if you listened to the MSM or the likes of Lanny Davis talking about Hillary's "landslide" here). Possibly after the official votes from the county conventions get tallied, Obama may win even bigger than what was predicted.
Do you think they will have the results by tomorrow? It was reported somewhere yesterday, maybe here, that he would win in Texas after-all!! I thought I was seeing things, but that's what some report had said.
I think B.Clinton and Hateful Hill, are sending out messages in their speeches to vote for McCain, if she doesn't get the nomination, and that is jut to make sure she can run again in the next election, as they are proving they do not care about their supporters or this country, NO, they are self-serving and only care about their own-sleves.
Actually, they are making fools out of their supporters, probably laughing at their ingnorance in being able to fool them to this extent.
Harris County (Houston) had Clinton getting 84% of the Hispanic primary voters, Obama getting 85% of the black voters, and Obama and Clinton splitting 50-50 with white voters. The whole state seems to be following this ethnicity pattern which has played a big role here, along with income and education levels. Clinton spent most of her time (and money) courting the Latino vote and it seems to have paid off.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/56592...
I'm sure if someone made an effort, they could make this a total nightmare to figure out.
Actually when anyone says "God bless America" are they asking or demanding that God bless America.? We should ask for God to bless America, not say it as if it were a demand!
"God heard the embattled nations sing and shout
'Gott strafe England!' and 'God save the King!'
God this, God that, and God the other thing —
'Good God!' said God, 'I've got my work cut out!'"
--John Collings Squire
Matt. 23:33"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? Of course, these leaders then ended up crucifying him!
Martin Luther King condemned our nation for the war on Vietnam. Even the Pope has been most critical of the Bush folly in Iraq.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mat...
Gosh, I sure do like you. You understand, and you know the truth! There aren't many like you, and I am happy to have met you. That response was right on the mark!! Thanks so much for publishing your accurate comments.
I just e-mailed that bible passage to Cnn 360, Cafferty file, and also to Fox and Friends! I dared them to read it, or to be even more daring, to read it on the air!
Most election years, the nominee is decided BEFORE the Texas primary which is ALWAYS the first Tuesday in March, so we don't have any experience with our votes here being meaningful. But this year, our votes were important and the state wasn't prepared for the enthusiasm of the voters, sometimes not enough ballots or precinct workers. The turn out has been like 10 times more voters than in a typical election year for the Democratic Party.
With more than 56% of the results tallied from today's 284 Democratic district conventions across Texas, Senator Barack Obama currently is projected to earn a 38-29 pledged delegate win in the Texas caucuses, exactly as projected on the day after the March 4th precinct caucuses. The nine delegate margin in the caucuses means Obama will gain a net margin of five pledged delegates from Texas because Senator Clinton narrowly won the Texas primary by only four delegates, 65-61.
So it appears that nothing has changed since March 4. Obama was leading then in delegates and he has still WON TEXAS today! However, try to get the Clintons to understand that!
This rating system here is such a joke.
I call the "Clout" points the "Heck of a Job, Brownie Points" -- only even less relevant and meaningful.
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I wonder how this piece posted at the McClatchy website strikes you -- especially, since you're planted deep in the heart of Texas at the moment and thus closer to events on the ground:
Obama ahead in second round of Texas delegate race
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/32016...
Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were neck and neck in the continuing fight for Texas delegates Saturday, after a chaotic day in which tens of thousands of Texans turned out to participate in the next step of the presidential delegate process.
Obama was holding 55 percent of the delegates to Clinton’s 45 — despite Clinton winning the popular vote on March 4 — according to an unofficial, incomplete delegate tally compiled by the Burnt Orange Report, an online blog that worked with both presidential campaigns. The tally was based on 26 percent of the conventions reporting in. But large conventions statewide, such as those in Houston, Dallas and Austin, were expected to run late into the night. At 9 p.m. Central time, two of three Fort Worth conventions were still going.
Certainly, that lede caught my attention -- let's just hope it's accurate!
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Most of the major urban areas have reported save for one district in Houston, two in San Antonio, and one in Fort Worth.
The problem was record numbers showing up at the precinct caucuses, then each precinct taking a record number of delegates to the district/county conventions this weekend. We have never had such a huge interest in the process before since in most election years, the nominee is determined by Super Tuesday before Texans even get a chance to vote.
Now the last hurdle will be when we have the STATE Democratic conventions in June where supposedly the Super Delegates will go on record for either Obama or Clinton in preparation for taking the state's delegates to Denver.
The whole process is confusing for so many. Texas needs to decide if they want a primary OR a caucus, but trying to incorporate BOTH doesn't make sense. Obama was much better organized at the grass roots level here the reason he has done better in the caucus process.
These are called "county" conventions but they are actually state senatorial district conventions as the larger counties of course get more representation, the reason that Harris (Houston) County has 7 district conventions.
BTW, My brother is a Southwestern U. alumnus, and I have a cousin who is an antique dealer in Georgetown, so I know Williamson County well. It's a conservative county but your pictures prove that Democrats are alive and well, there.
Hillary almost exclusively pandered to, spoke only before Hispanic audiences which she carried heavily. But Bill spoke in Tyler, Nagadoches, Galveston, and they all went for Obama. Chelsea spoke at college campuses all over the state and those counties, like Travis, Denton, Hays, EVEN Brazos County (home of Texas A&M, Robert Gates, and the George H.W. Bush Library) went for Obama. So Bill and Chelsea didn't seem to make much of an impression wherever they stumped.
Thanks so much for that live update from the belly of the beast, so to speak.
There is no question that the enormous interest and unprecedented turnouts in Texas – both at the primary and the caucuses -- is attributable directly to the positive energy and charisma and message of Barack Obama.
Now, we simply can’t allow the Clinton Crime Family to sabotage all that wonderful good will and momentum at the big Texas state convention in June -- which I fully expect them to attempt, or they wouldn’t be the Clintons.
Perhaps it’s time for Texas Democrats to get on the phone to the Superdelegates and begin to lobby them with your best arguments for Obama – and if they have already pledged to Hillary to consider changing their minds and their votes.
My two senators announced their endorsements for Hillary just prior to the state caucuses, but I am continuing to lobby for Obama for the reason that he won the state by such an overwhelming margin. There is no question about which candidate represents the will of the people in this state.
I have already called the staffers to urge the senators to reconsider their position. I know that my representative in the House supports Obama, as does the Governor of the state. I’m not sure about where the rest of the House delegation stands right now, but I’m going sure going to find out and get them on speed dial.
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Good for him.
It is going to be SO bad when Hillery steals the nomination from him.
I pray to heaven and hope like hell that I am wrong. But...
The princes who have done grate things are the ones who have taken little account of the things they have promused. That was Maceavelli (I know I just murdered his name!)
Not to worry -- I'm very familiar with Niccolò Machiavelli, and The Prince is one of my favorite books of all time.
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"Bill Clinton to Fellow Dems: 'Relax'"
I just see him holding a cigar when he is saying that.
However even that is still convoluted. Since this county has two State Senatorial Districts. How things went in the other counties I have no idea yet. Jefferson County Texas consists of Senate district 4 and 17. while SD 4 physically trails through several counties into north Houston. Senate district 17 snakes into Galveston and on into the southern parts of the houston suburbs.
seems like one would need a degree in political science to vote in Texas.
Nomination report? At Large Delegates? Report Delegates? Jesus!
Also, I just picked up the Statesman off the driveway and see that Travis, Williamson, Hays and Bastrop counties were all won by Obama.
Peace and health be with you.
But Earnest said that unlike the Clinton campaign, the Obama campaign wasn't challenging the seating of particular delegates.
"They're engaged in a coordinated strategy to challenge our delegates and we're not," he said. "It's disappointing to see the Clinton campaign throw up these obstacles."
... and then you Joe added
How clever. We're not doing it, our supporters, who we trained, are doing it. That's so...how should can I say this...that's so Clintonian.
Joe, I'm not going to slam Obama or you but you need to be fair in your comment or at the least show the other side of the coin. I'm presuming you do have in depth knowledge of the facts.
Clinton's surrogates do have a right to challenge, just the same as Obama did in 1996 when he challenged all his competitors off the ballot, namely Alice Palmer.
The day after New Year's 1996, operatives for Barack Obama filed into a barren hearing room of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.
There they began the tedious process of challenging hundreds of signatures on the nominating petitions of state Sen. Alice Palmer, the longtime progressive activist from the city's South Side. And they kept challenging petitions until every one of Obama's four Democratic primary rivals was forced off the ballot.
Fresh from his work as a civil rights lawyer and head of a voter registration project that expanded access to the ballot box, Obama launched his first campaign for the Illinois Senate saying he wanted to empower disenfranchised citizens.
But in that initial bid for political office, Obama quickly mastered the bare-knuckle arts of Chicago electoral politics. His overwhelming legal onslaught signaled his impatience to gain office, even if that meant elbowing aside an elder stateswoman like Palmer. A close examination of Obama's first campaign clouds the image he has cultivated throughout his political career: The man now running for president on a message of giving a voice to the voiceless first entered public office not by leveling the playing field, but by clearing it.
One of the candidates he eliminated, long-shot contender Gha-is Askia, now says that Obama's petition challenges belied his image as a champion of the little guy and crusader for voter rights.
"Why say you're for a new tomorrow, then do old-style Chicago politics to remove legitimate candidates?" Askia said. "He talks about honor and democracy, but what honor is there in getting rid of every other candidate so you can run scot-free? Why not let the people decide?" Palmer served the district in the Illinois Senate for much of the 1990s. Decades earlier, she was working as a community organizer in the area when Obama was growing up in Hawaii and Indonesia. She risked her safe seat to run for Congress and touted Obama as a suitable successor, according to news accounts and interviews.
But when Palmer got clobbered in that November 1995 special congressional race, her supporters asked Obama to fold his campaign so she could easily retain her state Senate seat.
Obama not only refused to step aside, he filed challenges that nullified Palmer's hastily gathered nominating petitions, forcing her to withdraw.