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ProfessorPlum

(11,416 posts)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 04:15 PM Jun 2022

Old DU favorite Alan Grayson is running to unseat Marco Rubio!

Some of you may remember Grayson for actually having the guts to call out Republican inhumanity for what it is. He famously outlined the GOP healthcare plan as "Don't get sick. If you do get sick, die quickly."

He has lost some primary and general races in the years in between. And I remember there being allegations of domestic abuse during a divorce.

But he's exactly the kind of person I would love to see in the Senate, calling out Reptilian Bullshit.

See this wikipedia entry for the list of candidates in his race

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Old DU favorite Alan Grayson is running to unseat Marco Rubio! (Original Post) ProfessorPlum Jun 2022 OP
Yeah, pass on that one. Tommy Carcetti Jun 2022 #1
Val Demmings all the way Bucky Jun 2022 #9
+10000000 Pachamama Jun 2022 #11
I thought Val Demmings was running against him. Crunchy Frog Jun 2022 #2
She is. GoCubsGo Jun 2022 #4
Yup, we have not had our primary yet In It to Win It Jun 2022 #21
Rep. Val Demings is running for that seat also... brush Jun 2022 #3
+1000 aeromanKC Jun 2022 #6
Oh that sucks. He has tons of money. This could be a huge mess mucifer Jun 2022 #5
What's wrong with Val Demings? Ocelot II Jun 2022 #7
Exactly. It's a good thing it's a primary. I think she'll... brush Jun 2022 #8
He's Michael Avenatti without the arrest record Polybius Jun 2022 #23
Perfect, Yes he is. Or John Edwards without the charm Tom Rinaldo Jun 2022 #27
may as well bring John Morgan back from the political dead onethatcares Jun 2022 #10
Grayson was smeared by the vast RW conspiracy... rubbersole Jun 2022 #12
As my friend who lives in Florida says, Dems have to be almost perfect to win anything down there... LenaBaby61 Jun 2022 #15
Oh No snowybirdie Jun 2022 #13
That's precisely why I don't want him in the Senate brooklynite Jun 2022 #14
NO! 2naSalit Jun 2022 #16
No, just no mcar Jun 2022 #17
I think most DUers got over him years ago. Kind of like Avenatti. Or Weiner. Go Val! n/t demmiblue Jun 2022 #18
Good to see ! FoxNewsSucks Jun 2022 #19
Only if you want to lose. He won't win statewide in Florida. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #24
But you won't see him in the Senate, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2022 #26
He is a grandstander, Val Demmings is head and shoulders above this loon. tritsofme Jun 2022 #20
Lol! Polybius Jun 2022 #22
He's a slimy opportunist. OBrien Jun 2022 #25
Can't be - he hasn't asked me for money yet! Retrograde Jun 2022 #28

brush

(58,714 posts)
3. Rep. Val Demings is running for that seat also...
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 04:25 PM
Jun 2022

and has been for a while now. She didn't just jump in. I think I'll go with her as she's a current rep., a former trump impeachment manager and former police chief.

brush

(58,714 posts)
8. Exactly. It's a good thing it's a primary. I think she'll...
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 04:50 PM
Jun 2022

beat Grayson and hopefully go on to beat Rubio in the general.

Tom Rinaldo

(23,024 posts)
27. Perfect, Yes he is. Or John Edwards without the charm
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 07:50 AM
Jun 2022

His political messaging may be aimed squarely at folks like me but I don't trust him a bit as a person.

onethatcares

(16,656 posts)
10. may as well bring John Morgan back from the political dead
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 04:53 PM
Jun 2022

FFS....I hope the pukes aren't trying to split the vote, especially if a few ghost candidates from south florida are tossed into the mix.

That would loosen the collar around littlemarcos neck.

Think about it.

Grayson backed legal cannibis----at the time it killed his chance----FL is a medical mj state now

Morgan----for a lawyer he couldn't keep his mouth shut---in both directions------the pukes will eat him alive again.

Ghost candidates----jeez, not in south fl...

rubbersole

(9,081 posts)
12. Grayson was smeared by the vast RW conspiracy...
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 06:28 PM
Jun 2022

The domestic abuse allegations were proven false. It will be baggage anyway. Val Demmings has the creds to beat lil' marco...but this is Florida...we let rick scott into public office. The.Most. Corrupt. Politician.In.Florida.History. Alan Grayson is a good man.

LenaBaby61

(6,991 posts)
15. As my friend who lives in Florida says, Dems have to be almost perfect to win anything down there...
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 06:56 PM
Jun 2022

And even if they are, DeathSantis will FIND enough votes to pull little Marco across the line. He has a friend whose still in politics (My friend is long retired), and he said the friend told him that they are going to SMEAR Val something awful and take apart her husband with LIES. Yeah, she has NO chance down there in DeathSantisville, the place where the right-winged governor is head of the new KKK, anti gay and who wields power in that state like Stalin. Poor Val. IMHO, she has NO chance. NONE. God, I'd love to be wrong, but I don't think I will be.

My friend in his 70's said for all the flak Grayson got from his own party, look at the "pure, racist, treasonous filth" Rick Scott and most GQP'ers are. My friend is 100% correct. Rick Scott's gotten away with stealing a billion plus from Medicare. Scott should be in jail. Bet a Dem would have been in jail, but no Dem would have done that. The GQP US Taliban party gets away with more and more seemingly by the day. You have Herschel Walker running for Senator from Ga., you have a murderer from Indiana running for office out of Indiana in jail, you have people guilty of treason running to keep their seats, even though they still don't think Biden is President, and they were involved in tRump's Jan. 6th civil insurrection, and you have a pedophile still sitting in the Congress in Matt Gaetz, along with enabler Gym Jordan. SMDH.

We unfortunately don't have a functioning press either. They are all mostly corporate entities and love big ad dollars that tReasonous tRump bought into their coffers.

snowybirdie

(5,841 posts)
13. Oh No
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 06:29 PM
Jun 2022

That man is a phony and a flake. Allegations of domestic abuse is not redeemable. Democrats don't need a primary fight. I'll split the vote.

 

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
14. That's precisely why I don't want him in the Senate
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 06:36 PM
Jun 2022

Far too many people are enamored by elected officials whose claim to fame is making stirring speeches that they like but don't seem to change anyone else's mind on an issue. I want someone who can develop needed legislation and convince other people to vote for it. Grayson has no such record of accomplishment.

nb: I męt with him the LAST time he ran for Senate. My takeaway was: he think's he's brilliant, and he wants you to think he's brilliant.

mcar

(43,846 posts)
17. No, just no
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 07:12 PM
Jun 2022

He needs to stay the hell out of Val Demings way. She's been campaigning for months and now this guy shows up?

No, just no.

Val is calling out Rubio every step of the way. We don't need a failed politician to gum up the works here.

Retrograde

(10,890 posts)
28. Can't be - he hasn't asked me for money yet!
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 11:16 AM
Jun 2022

I'm on the other side of the continent and everytime he's running for something I get begging emails asking for my support - i.e., he wants me to send him money for his current lost cause.

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