Posted on 03/05/2008 5:30:02 AM PST by SkyPilot
Tempers flared at several Texas voting precincts, and the campaigns of Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) traded accusations of rule-breaking yesterday during the hours leading up to evening caucuses where one-third of the state's delegates were to be awarded.
In Ohio, elections officials held some polls open for an additional 90 minutes because of winter weather and ballot shortages. The extended voting caused a delay of several hours before the state could ultimately be called for Clinton, largely because of late voting in the Cleveland area, an expected Obama stronghold.
In Texas, the two-step process of a primary vote during the day, followed by an evening caucus, had participants waiting under the stars as voting crowds swamped the event. Their turnout delayed the caucus events at numerous precincts across the state. In Laredo, a volunteer organizer brought a microphone and a portable speaker from home to try to calm the crowd. But he was drowned out by chants of "We want to vote!" and "We're getting cheated!"
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Clinton campaign lawyers said they grew more concerned after reports of irregularities from supporters. Carolyn Arambula, an advocate for injured workers in San Antonio and a Clinton supporter, said she called the campaign after spotting an Obama operative collecting signatures on a caucus sign-in sheet early in the day. The sheets were supposed to be filled out at the caucus event as proof of each candidate's support. "He had a clipboard in his hand. I recognized the form as the one you would fill out for the caucus meeting," Arambula said. "I thought, 'My God, have you had people fill this out?' " After leveling the accusation, she said the two exchanged tense words outside Rudder Middle School, where voting was occurring.
Hey! They cheated!
So let’s see.....Obama cheated in Ohio AND Texas and still didn’t get the numbers he needed? Hmmmm. Reminds me of Florida 2000. I suspect the Clintons cheated too, but are really good at covering their tracks.
So let’s see.....Obama cheated in Ohio AND Texas and still didn’t get the numbers he needed? Hmmmm. Reminds me of Florida 2000. I suspect the Clintons cheated too, but are really good at covering their tracks.
And I suppose everyone has noticed that the last polls leading into yesterday showed Obama winning most of the states he lost yesterday... When will the pollsters give it up? Certainly makes one think it is intentional fraudulent results being published to manipulate the voters...
But what the heck...
Not so sure she needed to cheat...with Obama’s NAFTA debacle.
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