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TexasTowelie

TexasTowelie's Journal
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March 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton has 33-point lead in Maryland Democratic primary, new poll shows

Hillary Clinton has a significant lead in her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in Maryland, underscoring her strength with African-American voters and women, a new poll for The Baltimore Sun and the University of Baltimore has found.

The former secretary of state has a vast, 33-point advantage over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders among likely Democratic primary voters. Political observers said that margin makes it unlikely Sanders will be able to repeat the kind of upset he managed in Michigan when Marylanders go to the polls April 26.

"She's in a really strong position, almost across the board," said Steve Raabe, president of OpinionWorks, the Annapolis-based firm that conducted the poll.

African-American turnout is a key factor in Maryland primary elections. About 40 percent of Maryland's Democratic primary turnout in 2008 was African-American, and the poll assumes black voters will make up about 39 percent of the electorate — a number that could be higher than normal this year because of a competitive mayoral race in Baltimore

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/presidential-elections/bs-md-poll-president-dem-online-20160310-story.html

Maryland has 118 delegates available in the pirmary. It holds its primary on the same day as Pennsylvania (210), Connecticut (70), Rhode Island (33) and Delaware (31).

March 11, 2016

Texas gun rights activist plans to bring rifle to event during Obama’s SXSW speech, says ‘This may..

Texas gun rights activist plans to bring rifle to event during Obama’s SXSW speech, says ‘This may get interesting’

Read more: http://democratsforever.freeforums.net/thread/5003/texas-rights-activist-plans-bring
March 10, 2016

GOP Chair-Elect in Texas Pledges to Out Closeted Anti-Gay Republican Hypocrites

The chair-elect of the county Republican Party in Austin, Texas, is vowing to out Republican politicians who portray themselves as Christian conservatives but are in fact closeted homosexuals.

Last week, we told you how conspiracy theorist Robert Morrow — who believes Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush are all either gay or bisexual — won his race for Republican Party chair in Travis County, which is home to the state capital. Morrow's extremely offensive language has drawn national attention and led the Travis County GOP to denounce him.

In a subsequent interview with Time Warner Cable News, Morrow said he won't refrain from criticizing other Republicans even though he'll be a GOP official after taking office in June.

"If they’re doing things wrong politically, they’ll hear about it from me, and if they have a wildly hypocritical sexual life, especially if they’re a married man and if it involves adultery with strippers, hookers and gay prostitutes," Morrow said. "I just love exposing these sexual hypocrites in the Republican Party, especially these closeted homosexuals. ... If you find out a politician is secretly a gay guy, and he’s religious right on the outside, we have a problem there. The lying and the hypocrisy are the biggest ones."

Read more: http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/johnwright/texas_gop_chair_elect_pledges_to_out_closeted_anti_gay_republicans?recruiter_id=838695

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