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Judge Won't Void US Senate Democratic Primary
AP via WTVF-5 Nashville ^ | 8/16/12

Posted on 08/16/2012 9:03:21 AM PDT by SmithL

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP/NewsChannel 5) - A federal judge has refused to void the Tennessee Democratic primary for U.S. Senate won by an anti-gay candidate the party has disavowed.

District Judge Kevin Sharp ruled that the lawsuit filed by losing candidate Larry Crim was improper because it was not filed against an individual.

Crim sued the state Division of Elections and the Tennessee Democratic Party trying to keep the winner of the August 2 primary, Mark Clayton, off the November ballot.

The day after the election, the state Democratic Party said it wanted nothing to do with Clayton. A statement disavowing his campaign said he is a member of an anti-gay hate group and not a real Democrat because he previously voted in only one party primary.

(Excerpt) Read more at newschannel5.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: election2012; gaystapo; homofascists; kevinsharp; markclayton; tnprimary; ussenate

1 posted on 08/16/2012 9:03:26 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

sigh....the outcomes of “free elections” are sometimes murky...eh, lunatic ‘dems?


2 posted on 08/16/2012 9:18:40 AM PDT by B.O. Plenty (Elections have consequences....)
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To: SmithL

This is hilarious. It’s worthy of popcorn.


3 posted on 08/16/2012 9:28:08 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Election night is 82 days away.)
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To: SmithL
The day after the election, the state Democratic Party said it wanted nothing to do with Clayton. A statement disavowing his campaign said he is a member of an anti-gay hate group

Did he work at a Chick-fil-a?

4 posted on 08/16/2012 9:29:10 AM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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To: SmithL

With a “straight face”, Wikipedia.org is trying to kill the Mark Clayton article. They say he is “not notable,” what nonsense.


5 posted on 08/16/2012 9:33:02 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Past is prologue: The American people have again let us down in this election cycle.)
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To: SmithL

You have to understand that in this doublespeak, PC, feel-good world, merely stating your personal belief that has stood the test of thousands of years, is cause for you to be drawn and quartered. Obama has truly emboldened the left.


6 posted on 08/16/2012 10:21:55 AM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: SmithL

You have to understand that in this doublespeak, PC, feel-good world, merely stating your personal belief that has stood the test of thousands of years, is cause for you to be drawn and quartered. Obama has truly emboldened the left.


7 posted on 08/16/2012 10:23:08 AM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: SmithL
He ran as a democrat. He won as a democrat.

Tough nuts, Dems....that's what you get for not properly 'vetting' your candidates to begin with!

ROFLMAO!

8 posted on 08/16/2012 10:26:45 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a Person as Created by the Laws of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man)
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To: MamaTexan

The TN Democrat party is dead. Their sole remaining power in the state is on the bench and in urban enclaves.


9 posted on 08/16/2012 6:52:57 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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