Corrine Brown for President (Dem Congresswoman Runs for House and Senate at the Same Time)

Canada Free Press ^ | 10/21/09 | Yomin Postelnik

[Yomin Postelnik]

Democrat tricks would be comical, if they weren’t so blatantly farcical.

At this time in our nation’s history, we need people with ingenuity. So when a congresswoman with little name recognition decides to run for US Senate while simultaneously running for reelection to her House seat, that kind of creative thinking is worth noticing. Sure she dropped out after amassing hundreds of thousands in campaign funds, but you’ve just got to applaud that outside of the box thinking, the kind of thinking that makes sane people pause the nation over.

Still, one cannot help but wonder why Corrine Brown has stopped there. Running for US House and Senate simultaneously allowed her to skirt campaign contribution limits. But a run for the presidency would open up new doors altogether. And judging by Obama’s rating trend, at the end of the day she’d at least come in ahead of the incumbent. I can hear Hillary’s 2012 campaign cry already: “No way, no how, no crazy congresswoman.”

[GeronL]

We live in a farcical habitat where the needs of the left outweigh the earnings of everyone else.

[GeronL]

Hey, that was tagline material.. may need a little work.

We live in farcical times where the wants of the left outweight the earnings of everyone else.

[KJC1]

I volunteered in ‘04 in Jacksonville, FL for Bush-Cheney, and my spot was the biggest polling office in Duval County. I remember seeing Corrine Brown showing up handing out flyers titled “Corrine’s Picks” trying to tell people how to vote and she very distinctly got closer than the 100 feet allowed by law for campaigning. She walked the line right up to the door of the building where voters had to enter. I obviously made the appropriate people aware of what she was doing.

[kingu]

Don't miss the interesting trick that's not mentioned here. Sure, sure, one can skirt campaign contribution limits, which admittedly, can be an advantage in a heavy challenge in a district. But any candidate for federal office can also be paid, by the campaign, a salary equivalent to the federal office they are seeking.

She gets to personally pocket more than a hundred thousand dollars for /just/ being a candidate.

Yup, nothing quite so corrupt as a government official. The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is that the Republicans are usually embarrassed by it, while the Democrats try to out do each other.

[MiltonFriedmanFan]

1..2..3...4....5.....cora-in brahhn dont take no jive.... Go GATA!!!