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Blind man on Texas holiday joke

Sat, 16 Nov 2008 15:13:00 GMT

posted by tc6306

A blind man just got off a plane to Texas, and went in to a bar, ordered a beer.

When the bartender bought over the drink to him, he was shocked and asked "Why is this glass so big?"

Bartender replied "In Texas, everything is big."

After a few drink, the man asked for the toilet, he was told the first door on the right down the corridor.

So the man went towards to door, but accidentally fell to the floor, not realising he missed the second door, we went through the 3rd door.

He opened the door, and there was a swimming pool, when he fell right in.

The worried man scream "Don't flush! Don't flush!"

Democratic Texas Primary Results

Tue, 5 Mar 2008 16:59:27 GMT

posted by Tony
Hillary Clinton won the primary election in Texas yesterday. CNN reports the following details:

Hillary Clinton -- 1,452,000 votes -- 51% -- 16 delegates
Barack Obama -- 1,354,000 votes -- 48% -- 10 delegates

The caucus results are still being tallied but early data indicates that Barack Obama will win the caucus.

Primary AND Caucus in Texas

Mon, 4 Mar 2008 18:11:43 GMT

posted by Tony

"What's unusual is that you still have two people fighting very hard to be the Democratic nominee for the office of president," Chris McCormack told the press. "That gives special significance to the very complex way in which Texas selects delegates to the National Convention."

Texas holds a popular vote for a "Primary". The results of the Texas primary will be used to award a portion of the Texas delegates.

A caucus is then held immediately after the popular vote closes. About 8,000 sites will host meetings where people can debate the candidates and cast yet another vote.

Then of course there are "super delegates"...

The Washington Post has the best explanation of how the Texas election results work:

Texas

Most states use a primary system to determine presidential nominees. Others, Iowa most famous among them, use caucuses. At least on the Democratic side, Texas takes a little from column A, and a little from column B, making it a "hybrid" state.

Texas will send 193 "pledged" delegates to the Democratic convention, with 126 handed out based on Tuesday's primary voting. Each of Texas' 31 state senate districts will choose between two and eight delegates. The exact number of delegates for each district is based on Democratic turnout in the 2006 gubernatorial election and the 2004 presidential election; the higher recent Democratic turnout has been in a district, the more delegates that district gets.
The other 67 pledged delegates -- 42 at-large and 25 elected officials and other party leaders -- will be chosen based on a poll of state convention delegates. The first step in choosing those state convention delegates happens in local caucuses, known as "precinct conventions," which will convene at 7:15 p.m. local time Tuesday. Voters at these "precinct conventions" will choose precinct delegates, who will in turn attend county or district conventions March 29. Those county and district conventions will then elect delegates to attend the state convention, which will take place June 6-7 in Austin. Attendees at the state event will be polled to determine how to apportion out those 67 pledged delegates among the Democratic contenders

On top of the 193 pledged delegates, Texas Democrats will "certify" at their state convention 35 unpledged, or super delegates. They include members of Congress and DNC members, and are free to back whichever candidate they choose.

Texas Republicans, meanwhile, will use a somewhat simpler system to apportion their 140 delegates -- which includes 137 pledged delegates and just three party officials who are unpledged.

Texas has 32 congressional districts, and each one has three pledged delegates, for a total of 96. Win a district, and you get those three. Another 41 delegates will be chosen "at large," and will be distributed based on the statewide vote. If McCain gets more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he will get all 41 of those delegates. If no one gets 50 percent, than each candidate who gets more than 20 percent of the vote will get a proportional share of the 41.

Texas Primary Results -- Clinton and McCain

Tue, 5 Mar 2008 05:50:51 GMT

posted by Tony

With 66% of the tally in, the NY Times is reporting that Clinton has a slight lead over Obama with 50% of the vote compared to his 48%. Most of the TV Networks are now reporting that Clinton will win the primary in Texas. However early results indicate that Barack Obama will likely win the causus there.

McCain won Texas as well as 3 other states today. Huckabee has officially dropped out of the race...leaving McCain as the GOP winner.

CNN reporting Obama lead in Texas

Tue, 5 Mar 2008 01:37:31 GMT

posted by The_Zimbio_Team
Still too early to know much, but CNN is reporting early trends from Texas. They have Obama in the lead with 58% of the vote. Only 1% of precincts have reported results, so expect major swings before the night is up.