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Is Lucy Flores the Latina star Democrats have been waiting for?
MSNBC ^ | July 5, 2014 | Benjy Sarlin

Posted on 07/05/2014 2:42:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. – “I don’t have the background of a typical politician, right?” Lucy Flores told a crowd of Democratic activists as she accepted the party’s nomination for lieutenant governor of Nevada in June.

It’s a line you’ve heard before: Candidates love to brag about how they didn’t grow up like those “typical” politicians. But there’s no other way to describe Flores, a Latina rising star who was born into an impoverished family of 13 children, whose mother abandoned her in grade school, who fell in with a gang, who was sentenced to a youth prison, who dropped out of high school and who became a lawyer and a state legislator– all by age 31.

Flores, now 34, isn’t running from her troubled past; she’s running on it. Her early struggles – and the way she’s overcome them – are the centerpiece of her campaign.

“There are Lucys in every town across this state,” she told activists. “That’s why my focus is on making sure that this is a state that works for every Nevadan, not just the privileged few.”

Flores isn’t the only one betting big on her life story either. Nevada Democrats are looking to her underdog tale to lead their entire party in a challenging year....

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Nevada; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: democrats; hispanics; inequality; latinos
So she went to prison before she became a Democratic politician? Smart, that gets that out of the way. What?

It also says: Join Lucy Flores for a Q&A. Ask your question here.

Don’t miss an opportunity to ask Lucy Flores your questions. Get started!

1 posted on 07/05/2014 2:42:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yikes.

No thanks. I’ll stick with rooting for Mrs. Palin.

:D


2 posted on 07/05/2014 2:45:33 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Went from a gang to being a part of Dingy Harry’s crew. Once a criminal, always a criminal.


3 posted on 07/05/2014 2:47:43 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

4 posted on 07/05/2014 2:48:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What I know is Hutchinson is Nevada GOPe. I am just sick of those slugs. But Flores is Reid’s plant.


5 posted on 07/05/2014 2:49:52 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ye gads...you might be right.


6 posted on 07/05/2014 2:50:28 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Her story is: I killed my child like Casey Anthony and I have no regrets.

Ladies & Gentlemen: say hello to abortion barbie 2.0

I wish her as much success as the plastic mess that was her predecessor, who became Texas’ version of Chucky.

Nevadan Democrats recently chose ‘none of the above’ over both major candidates for governor. The only thing that makes the state party look vaguely good is how terrible the Nevadan Repuke Party is.


7 posted on 07/05/2014 2:51:29 PM PDT by Viennacon (Rebuke the Repuke!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Aye meho. No way es ay. Of course that would raise charges of racism against someone of Spanish decent. Kinda like a european ain’t it? Or does speaking Spanish establish a “race”.


8 posted on 07/05/2014 2:53:05 PM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She was a gangbanger too! How many people has she killed (besides the little one she mercilessly sentenced to death?)


9 posted on 07/05/2014 2:54:25 PM PDT by Viennacon (Rebuke the Repuke!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“She” looks like a dude. Just sayin


10 posted on 07/05/2014 3:01:57 PM PDT by barmag25 (There is nothing that a man needs that he can't find in the North Georgia mountains.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

All we need... loose foot whores who hate real firm women in power.


11 posted on 07/05/2014 3:11:58 PM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Looks like Miss Flores been to prison and had an abortion so she’s a perfect candidate for them.


12 posted on 07/05/2014 3:26:24 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And these same lefties sneer at Sarah Palin!

Why do we let them determine who’s electable for us????!!#


13 posted on 07/05/2014 3:43:58 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s not the personality that is the problem it is the policies that DON’T WORK (aka progressivism) and that ruin lives that is the problem!


14 posted on 07/05/2014 4:06:09 PM PDT by JSDude1
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; AuH2ORepublican; Clintonfatigued; GOPsterinMA; ...

Woof, you could kick a field goal with that head. And she’s bragged about her abortion? Is that what makes her a “star”? Disgusting.

Go Hutchison!

I’m hoping the NV GOP is able to do very well in the statewide races, won nothing but Gov and LT Gov last time. This time the rats are not contesting the Governorship. Zero chance of taking either House of the legislature, the most winnable (only?) winnable rat seat in the tiny State Senate is not up this year.


15 posted on 07/05/2014 4:47:15 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A gang-banger, criminal who bragged about her abortion is the Dem choice?

wow.

Is Nevada so far gone??


16 posted on 07/05/2014 4:58:35 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

Only if she wins, that the rats are promoting such a disgusting person is hardly a surprise.


17 posted on 07/05/2014 5:18:44 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: Viennacon

We had one running here last year that was an avowed commie and her hubby was a gangbanger. She almost won.


18 posted on 07/05/2014 5:44:11 PM PDT by sheana
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thought she was going to be attractive. She looks like a tranny.


19 posted on 07/05/2014 6:17:07 PM PDT by nhwingut (This tagline is for lease)
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