Chicago Tribune on How Obama Won His First Election by Removing All His Opponents From Primary Ballot
January 14th, 2008On January 15, the Chicago Tribune published this story about how Barack Obama won his first Democratic primary in 1996 (for State Senate) by successfully challenging the primary petitions of all the other Democrats who were running for that seat, including the incumbent State Senator. Thanks to Earl Divoky for this.
January 14th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
LOL! This give people a pretty good insight into how anti-freedom Barack Obama really is. The people who think that he’s a great guy need to wake up. Don’t be fooled by the hype, Obama sucks!
January 15th, 2008 at 7:26 am
What a crafty son of a bitch…and an impressive manuever at the same time.
January 15th, 2008 at 7:53 am
brad you are so right.
January 15th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I don’t see anything wrong with what is mentioned in the article. he was not doing anything illegal. I don’t see how that can be considered anti-freedom
January 15th, 2008 at 10:15 am
What a great scenario…a major party candidate restricting ballot access for fellow party members. Gotta love it.
January 15th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Why didn’t anyone challenge HIS petitions?
January 15th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
In Pennsylvania, the party named for Democracy has knocked more Democratic candidates off the ballot then anyone else. They have knocked numerous minor party candidates of the PA ballot including the infamous Nader and Romanelli cases, but they take out other Democratic candidates for the primary far more often.
January 16th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
In New York State, you can have your petitions invalidated and taken off of the ballot just for having your papers stapled in the wrong place.