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Gothmog

(156,737 posts)
5. Be careful
Wed May 30, 2012, 05:15 PM
May 2012

The LaRouchie candidate evidently won the Democratic Primary for the Texas 22nd Congressional District yesterday by 100 votes. President Obama averaged 90+% in the Texas primary yesterday and yet the LaRouche candidate won the Texas primary. The Texas CD 22 is a very gerrymandered district that would be impossible to win by a normal Democrat. In 2010, the LaRouche candidate did not break 30% in the general election and she will probably do worse this time around in that redistricting made this district even more hostile to Democrats. Due to the demographics, the local party was unable to recruit a strong candidate and that contributed to the loss.

Again, the defeat of a weak democrat in this primary does not mean that Texas Democrats are rejecting President Obama or favor his impeachment. In Fort Bend County, we attempted to educate our voters about the dangers of the LaRouche's candidates and these results paid off to some degree. Here is an excerpt from an e-mail from Susan Bankston (i.e. Juanita Jean from http://juanitajean.com/ ):

Through your efforts, we beat her in Fort Bend County. In Brazoria County, she won with 57% of the vote. In Harris County, she won with 62% of the vote. However, in Fort Bend County, she lost badly with only 44% of the vote.


Please watch out this Sare lady in that she and her fellow LaRouche candidates are dangerous

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