ANY time before El Trumpo showed up, this would have been an INSTANT resignation or dropping out.

This makes me sick.

Again and again and again.

She actually created or forged a phony diploma and was photographed with it to "prove" she had graduated. She didn't make a mistake; she flat-out lied and went to a fair amount of effort to do it. But she thinks she should continue her campaign? In better times her party would have run her out of town on a rail.

"In her statement, Howard said, "It was not my intent to deceive or mislead anyone." It didn't say what her intent was."

She could have posed with all manner of Miami University paraphernalia if she merely wanted to convey that she went there, or even just had school spirit.

Showing a diploma makes a pretty specific statement.

The one that's in Florida is the University of Miami. (They have a U on their football helmets.)

Miami University is in Ohio's Miami Valley.

I actually know all about Miami u, my brother went there. And actually graduated, lol.

Didn't catch that this was in Florida....

Actually that would explain why the diploma instead of school colors and such....

Lying fucking shithead..

Not only is she dishonest; she's stupid - wouldn't it have occurred to her that the college would have records of who did and didn't graduate, and that they'd recognize a phony diploma?

Her fake diploma should be a disqualified and she should quit the race.

And as head of Sarasota's GOP, he previously awarded Trump "Statesman of the Year" honors. Twice.

It was only after she got busted on her double-down fraud that she even admitted the initial lies.

That was not "a mistake" and her claim that it was "a mistake" is yet another lie.

THIS IS A SERIES OF LIES/FRAUDS WHICH IS STILL UNINTERRUPTED.

Leading by example would be going out and telling the voters to vote for your opponent because your dishonesty has revealed you to be unworthy of the public trust invested in the office you were seeking.

I'm not sure how low into the cesspool the repuglicon voters can go before the stench gets to them. Maybe never.

..If she is in a primary, this could be it...But, a final puke candidate, in a puke area..she may still win..

I think it's bit too late to claim that she will lead by example. She accused her opponent of smearing her when they didn't and then she posed with a fake diploma.

Who on earth would trust her? Oh, right - Trump supporters.

....She cannot make this right, there is no way to "correct this"..and it is "too late" as you said..but...........................................I will not be voting there..it us up to the voters in Florida, not me.

They've tasted the koolaid and it hasn't killed them, yet.

I would not vote for her. But, there may be those people who will.

You ask the impossible. No honest people in the race.

Her opponent in the August 28 Republican primary is Tommy Gregory.

"Howard said in a statement. “It was not my intent to deceive or mislead anyone. "

Suuuuure.

"Florida statute 817.566 states that “Any person, with intent to defraud, misrepresents his or her association with, or academic standing or progress at, any post-secondary educational institution by falsely making, altering, simulating, or forging” a degree is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor."

http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20180813/howard-admits-to-lying-about-degree-but-says-she-wont-quit-race

I want a Blue tidal wave.

"Facing accusations that she lied about having a degree from Miami University in Ohio, state House District 73 candidate Melissa Howard sprang into action.

The Lakewood Ranch businesswoman said she flew back to Ohio and obtained transcripts and a diploma proving she graduated. She distributed pictures Friday to media outlets — including the Herald-Tribune — of what she claimed was her diploma. She took to Facebook and posted what appeared to be her transcript.

In the Facebook post, Howard declared “The truth shall set you free!”

“It only took a night of flying back to my old stomping grounds to catch my opponent in yet another lie!” Howard wrote."

http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20180811/email-indicates-florida-house-candidate-may-have-staged-college-degree-deception

being originally caught at the lie. Takes chutzpah. Needs a lesson.

Did she have the Russians giver her a fake degree?

her FB page. Anybody can do anything unethical just as long as you vote the right way, apparently. IOKIYAR.

Despicable.

to pretend to have a college degree.

First, it shows she had no issue lying about it before she got caught. Second, she was stupid enough to post a picture with the fake document. Third, she used the fake document to pad her resume for a statewide public office.

She is an idiot.

but I see a bright future for her in the Trump Administration. Amarosa's spot is still open.

the rest of the SCUMBAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

she said, or her representative said, this was fake news? So she is a liar? Is this where we are now?

It was NO mistake. ...........NO MISTAKE.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If she had not been called upon it, she would have gotten away with it

That is the key idea..repeat, If she had not been called on it, she would have gotten away with it

Now where did she get the idea......."That she could get away with lying?"


OK...Who is the current leader of the Republican Party in the U.S.A.?


.......Does that leader lie and get away with it???



...................now you have your answer on where she got the idea to lie..............................

Of course she is. Republicans never have to pay for anything.

If you don't graduate, then no diploma. Isn't that the way it goes?

What a loser

(c)?“Property” means anything of value, and includes:
1.?Real property, including things growing on, affixed to, or found in land;
2.?Tangible or intangible personal property, including rights, privileges, interests, and claims; and
3.?Services.
(d)?“Scheme to defraud” means a systematic, ongoing course of conduct with intent to defraud one or more persons, or with intent to obtain property from one or more persons by false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises or willful misrepresentations of a future act.

https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2011/817.034

Because Republicans have no shame and feel they're above the law

It was an honest mistake. It wasn''t really a lie. Just an honest mistake, honestly. Nevertheless, I'm still gonna run for office 'cause that's what we do, regardless!11



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While good honest people get fucked over time and time again.

...all for bullshitting the voters. And then to have her mother in on the fraud by posing with it too.

The lying from these vile creatures will never end.

I can’t help but remember how Texas Democrat Lena Guerrero fell into political oblivion after saying that she finished her degree.

One narrow, exacting no-pity standard for Democrats compared to “anything goes” for members of Club Pachyderm.

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Nope she didn't take these classes................................shes republican, but watch she will win, after all its Florida, and now a 11 year old can HACK" their voting machines.....................he did it at the DEF CON meeting.................

Did she really think nobody would catch up with that lie?

When you have found somebody has lied to you about something like this, you have to wonder what else they have lied about, are lying about now or will lie about in the future.

I think the Republican Party is taking the line of least resistance by not getting her ass out of the contest. I sincerely hope this POS does not get elected.

Of course, the way things go nowadays, she might end up being president someday.