Randall Terry gets 18 percent in Okla.; possibly qualifies for 2 delegates

Red Dirt Report ^ | March 7, 2012 | Andrew W. Griffin

[SoonerStorm09]

OKLAHOMA CITY – Talking to Red Dirt Report from his campaign RV, now parked in Tulsa, anti-abortion activist Randall Terry, who was on Oklahoma’s Democratic primary ballot, was excited about getting 18 percent of the vote and likely qualifying for as many as two delegates.

“I beat (Obama) in 12 counties. They were in the west and the south and I took the entire Panhandle,” Terry said.

In all, Obama lost 15 out of Oklahoma’s 77 counties, according to the Associated Press.

Terry was among three other lesser-known Democratic presidential candidates to qualify and appear on Tuesday’s primary ballot. By the end of Tuesday, Obama had won 57 percent of the vote while the other candidates split up the remaining 43 percent, leaving Terry with an impressive 18 percent.

As we have been reporting over the past week, Randall Terry’s campaign has been entirely grassroots. Watching him interact with voters, Terry has an amiable nature and a healthy sense of humor, despite his notoriety as a radical anti-abortionist and founder of Operation Rescue.

As wind blew in the background, Terry largely attributed his strong showing on the graphic TV ads that showed images of aborted babies.

“It shows the power of our advertisements where we show aborted babies,” Terry said. “And it’s a rebuke of Obama’s attack on religious liberty, his attacks on the church and the promotion of child killing.”

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I know. This is headline news on all the alphabets.

Wait, nevermind

[GeronL]

If you live in a state where Romney is definitely going to win anyway, then all you Newt, Ron and Rick voters need to cross over, if its allowed, and vote for Randall Terry. The Dems have such low turnout, it’d be cool to see what happens if Terry wins a state.

lol

[apillar]

The DNC has already stated that they will not award any delegates to Terry whether he qualifies or not, because he isn't a “legitimate democrat candidate”. Can't let the will of the people deprive Obama of an unanimous coronation at the convention after all...

[ops33]

Oklahoma does not have open primaries. If you are registered Republican you vote in the Republican primary, Democrat in the Democrat primary. If you are registered Independant you don’t vote in primaries.

[JerseyanExile]

Wait, what? Despite having basically no publicity, the other democrat presidential candidates still managed to pull 43% of the electorate against Obama?

[Dajjal]

Pro-Life bump