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Florida has a new contender for "Idiot congressman" (Original Post) Archae Aug 2013 OP
Keep electing those Tea Party crazies, Florida. sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #1
Shouldn't that be "Yahoo"? KamaAina Aug 2013 #2
I thought the Third district was more competitive. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #3
I can only say - wow, this guy is nuts rurallib Aug 2013 #4
Thank Republican gerrymandering. Scurrilous Aug 2013 #5
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
3. I thought the Third district was more competitive.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 02:55 PM
Aug 2013

This guy seems to think he is not going to have to worry about re-election.

rurallib

(64,828 posts)
4. I can only say - wow, this guy is nuts
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 02:59 PM
Aug 2013

"Yoho also seemed to embrace the right-wing claim that Obamacare is “racist” because it taxes tanning beds, explaining that if he goes tanning then he will be “disenfranchised because I got taxed because of the color of my skin.”

Well, Ted, maybe if you guys weren't so ashamed and felt you had to change your skin color?

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
5. Thank Republican gerrymandering.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:05 PM
Aug 2013

They took blue Alachua County (home of Univ. of Florida) and tossed it in with all the surrounding No. Florida redneck areas to create a new district.

Tea Party a-hole then wins the next Congressional election.

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