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In reply to the discussion: Debbie Wasserman Schultz wins primary [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)78. What a classless tool--I'll bet the reason Sanders DIDN'T stump for him is that he realized his
error in endorsing the jerk in the first place.
DEMOCRATS--real ones, anyway--don't behave like this. This is just shittiness:
Bernie Sanders backed Canova and helped him raise money from donors nationwide, but never came to campaign for him in South Florida.
Canova hadnt conceded shortly before 10 p.m. when he spoke to reporters at Kasa Champet, a Haitian restaurant in Pembroke Pines. Although he said he was in a wait-and-see mode it was clear that he was far behind.
Life knocks us on our ass a lot of times, he said. Everyone gets knocked on their butt a lot of times. The test of character is getting back up on our feet and this movement has been knocked off its feet time and time again.
But even when it became clear later that he had lost, Canova didnt go quietly into the night, refusing to concede.
I will concede Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a corporate stooge, he said.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article98944892.html#storylink=cpy
DWS knocked him on his ass, and he needs to stay there. Or go hang out with his right wing radio buddies.
Putz!
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Hardly the truth. Well her District believes she is plenty Progressive
misterhighwasted
Aug 2016
#13
Getting rid of payday lenders without giving them a chance to clean up their act will just
MADem
Aug 2016
#67
I am happy for DWS, she has worked hard on the primaries and now is rewarded by
Thinkingabout
Aug 2016
#35
Sixty - Forty is a decisive primary win, particularly when there were a lot of new voters who
MADem
Aug 2016
#57
And 58% is less than 68%. Shall we keep repeatin ourselves until one of us tires?
Jim Lane
Aug 2016
#59
Hey, shit happens. She prevailed. DECISIVELY. That is all that will be remembered
MADem
Aug 2016
#62
They can't touch her anymore. She's walking proudly back to the House to
misterhighwasted
Aug 2016
#47
In politics appearances count for a lot and W-S losing would have spelled disaster.
ucrdem
Aug 2016
#54
What a classless tool--I'll bet the reason Sanders DIDN'T stump for him is that he realized his
MADem
Aug 2016
#78
I suspect when Clinton wins in November, the people of that district are going to have to go looking
hughee99
Aug 2016
#76
I think Clinton is going to put people she trusts in important positions, I don't think she trusts
hughee99
Aug 2016
#82