Chicago Tribune on How Obama Won His First Election by Removing All His Opponents From Primary Ballot

On January 15, the Chicago Tribune published this story about how Barack Obama won his first Democratic primary in 1996 (for State Senate) by successfully challenging the primary petitions of all the other Democrats who were running for that seat, including the incumbent State Senator. Thanks to Earl Divoky for this.


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  1. LOL! This give people a pretty good insight into how anti-freedom Barack Obama really is. The people who think that he’s a great guy need to wake up. Don’t be fooled by the hype, Obama sucks!

  2. I don’t see anything wrong with what is mentioned in the article. he was not doing anything illegal. I don’t see how that can be considered anti-freedom

  3. What a great scenario…a major party candidate restricting ballot access for fellow party members. Gotta love it.

  4. In Pennsylvania, the party named for Democracy has knocked more Democratic candidates off the ballot then anyone else. They have knocked numerous minor party candidates of the PA ballot including the infamous Nader and Romanelli cases, but they take out other Democratic candidates for the primary far more often.

  5. In New York State, you can have your petitions invalidated and taken off of the ballot just for having your papers stapled in the wrong place.

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