Posted on 08/29/2018 10:58:09 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Tuesdays primaries show theres no doubt the Democratic Party is lurching to the left.
The last time Florida Democrats won the states governorship was in 1994. With GOP Gov. Rick Scott leaving office to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic Party leaders were determined to nominate a candidate who could appeal to centrists. They recruited former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, the daughter of a popular former governor and U.S. senator, who had won support from business in the past.
But in a major upset, Graham lost the gubernatorial primary to Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who had the endorsement of Bernie Sanders and top liberal donors George Soros and Tom Steyer. Gillum swept the states urban areas by targeting young people, single women and black voters a coalition he hopes to ride to victory in November.
The governors race in the nations third-most populous state will probably represent the starkest ideological contrast in the country. Gillum is unapologetically liberal, calling for a $15 an hour minimum wage and repeal of the states stand your ground law, which allows residents to use force without retreating to defend themselves against threats. Gillums GOP opponent will be U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, who swept the Republican primary with the endorsement of President Trump. DeSantis is also the favorite of free-market groups such as the Club for Growth. During his career in Congress he has riled some of his colleagues by opposing the use of taxpayer dollars to settle sexual misconduct claims and to give Congress special privileges under ObamaCare.
Despite DeSantis maverick history, you can expect the national media to shower Gillum with favorable coverage. Much like African-American gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams in Georgia, Gillum will be heralded as a symbol of a New South that is progressive and focused on diversity.
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“Their defeat will not look pretty.”
Neither will their looting and mayhem on Nov. 7 that Big Media will encourage and defend.
So, Haiti north?
Oh please, this guy and the woman in GA will lose big time. The left already has its racist South meme ready when these two lose.
Georgia’s democrat kool aid spills over to Florida.
If you love Bernie Sanders, AO-C and, to a lesser extent, Fauxahousis, you’ll just absolutely LOVE Gillum.
Moderates don’t win elections any more, from either side. They’re just following the DJT playbook. You have to be a bit extreme to fire up the base and get that “grassroots” effect.
It’s kind of scary to think we are just going from one extreme to another.
They still are peddling that in the media?
Civil Rights movement achieved major goals 50+ years ago.
Heck, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were both said to be the new breed of southern politicians decades ago.
The Republican Party never became racist, the real New South is one in which southerners are inclined to vote Republican and accept Republican ideals. Out of 200 Democrat governors, senators, and congressmen from the south, only 2 - one senator (Strom Thurmand) and one congressman - switched to the Republican Party. The others died identifying as Democrats.Richard Nixon was accused of running a southern strategy in 1968, but in fact the Deep South went for Wallace in 68, and Nixon won in California and plenty of other states, including the rest of the south.. The Electoral College wasnt nearly as close as the popular vote in that year.
Even with Wallace winning the deep south, Nixon won the presidency with 301 EV.
Sounds to me like we already won the Florida governors race.
The “New South” demands whites sit in the back of the bus, train, or plane.
They want segregated superior facilities- like bathrooms, beaches, and swimming pools.
Exceptions made for ‘randy-ferals’ hunting to ‘date’ white girls.
Shepherda Smith just quizzed him on the investigation, but I wasn’t listening. Gillum gave a very long complicated response.
The Lefties are already playing the “Muh Racism” card on DeSantis...
The pendulum hasn’t swung as far to the left - socialism, communism, Marxism, leftism etc - as its momentum is carrying it. They’re going to wreck the USA, and in a few election cycles, we’ll have to put it back together.
FINALLY they’re taking my advice and going left, left, left. Although I’d like to see them go even farther left. They’ll get even more votes.
The Democratic Party in FL like in the rest of the South - is a brown, minority party.
White men fled to the GOP. Abrams and Gillum are gonna he beaten soundly - not because theyre black but because theyre extreme leftists.
And that doesnt play well in Dixie. It aint New York or California.
Here’s a thought...
The Dems are electing hard core left wingers. This will only turn off the more moderate voters in their camp.
Independents are going to move to the GOP in record numbers come November.
This might also be an indication that the center of the DNC didn’t enthusiastically want to engage politically in these primaries?
I’m guessing that come November, that the Looney left turns out 99%, but the rest of the traditional DNC voters are either sitting at home, or voting for the GOP.
In today's extreme left, anti-white bias is strong, even among white leftists. I would say that it's even stronger among black leftists, who can support BLM with more authentic feeling, although I'm not particularly accusing Abrams and Gillum. It just goes with the territory.
As to your comment about whites fleeing the Dem Party... I don't understand why it isn't nationwide.
I was down in Fla last week.
The ‘rat candidates were trying to ‘out-hate Trump’ each other.
Sounds like the king ‘rat won.
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