Yesterday, in the West Virginia Democratic Primary, President Barack Obama was challenged by a federal prison inmate, Keith Judd, whose name was put on the ballot by anti Obama forces in the Democratic Party in that state.
Amazingly, Judd was able to gain 42 percent of the vote against Obama’s 58 percent!
Some might say this is “democracy in action”, but actually, it is totally ridiculous, disrespectful of the Presidency, and reflects badly on the state of West Virginia.
So West Virginia joins Oklahoma as the most anti Obama state, not that it is just those two states that are enemies of the President and his agenda.
It should be pointed out, however, that both Oklahoma and West Virginia are among the poorest, most socially backward states of the Union, and many would see both states as living in the 19th century, rather than the 21st.
Both, heavily white and Ku Klux Klan oriented in their past, demonstrate just how much progress is needed to bring modernization, but it is going to be a long haul before either state can gain the respect of the rest of the nation.
This is not a laughing matter, but rather something of serious concern for the future progress of our country!