FINALLY! A Progressive Is Primary-ing DWS in #FL23

[Segami]

I don’t think I need to go into any detail about how truly terrible Debbie Wasserman Schultz is. Not just at her job as chair of the DNC, but just as a Congressperson in general. If there is one thing that unites Hillary and Bernie supporters, it’s our shared loathing of DWS.

Enter Tim Canova:

Tim Canova @Tim_Canova

Hello Twitter! Today I filed my papers to run for #FL23. Lets take back our country and restore democracy.

11:46 AM - 7 Jan 2016

"....Tim Canova was an early critic of financial deregulation and the Federal Reserve under Alan Greenspan. In the 1980s, he wrote critically of the federal bailout of Continental Illinois, the nation’s seventh largest commercial bank, and the collapse of the savings & loan industry. In the 1990s, prior to the Asian currency contagion, he argued against the liberalization of capital accounts. Throughout the Bush administration, he warned of an impending crisis in the bubble economy. Since 2008, he has lectured and written widely on the causes and consequences of the present economic and financial crisis. In 2011, Tim Canova was appointed by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to serve on an Advisory Committee on Federal Reserve Reform with leading economists, including Jeffrey Sachs, Robert Reich, James Galbraith, and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stieglitz...."

https://www.law.nova.edu/faculty/full-time-faculty/canova-timothy.html

So, let’s show this man some love while we show Debbie the door. He doesn’t have a campaign site up but you can donate through ActBlue here: secure.actblue.com/…


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/01/08/1467165/-FINALLY-A-progressive-is-primary-ing-DWS-in-FL23

[Prism]

1. Where do I donate?

Seriously. I haven't seen a Democrat as damaging as her in awhile.

[Segami]

4. ActBlue donation link provided.

[immoderate]

6. Donate here:

http://timcanova.com/

--imm

[Betty Karlson]

35. His site is up! Even better! eom

[floriduck]

38. Thanks. I just contributed $. nm

[libdem4life]

2. Amen, brother. Not just another handsome face, either. With a track record and all.

[merrily]

3. Trying to primary the current head of the DNC is brave. I wish him well

and will donate.

Sometimes, just the fact that someone runs means a lot to me, win, lose or draw. Bernie and Canova fit that description.

[madokie]

5. Good bye debbie

it was fun but not anymore.
Oh and when you leave lock the door behind you, we don't want any more of the people like you supported to be able to just walk right in anymore.

[Betty Karlson]

34. No: she must hand in the key, and WE WILL lock that door behind her. eom

[madokie]

36. I figured she could leave the key on the table

but I like your idea even better. That way we know for sure the door is looked plus we can have the lock changed so she won't have any other key stashed around.

You can't trust people like her

[Betty Karlson]

54. No-one can trust DWS, except her corporate sponsors in the prison industry. eom

[Duckfan]

49. I thought Hillary supporters thought she was greatest thing since sliced bread?

At least that was my first impression.

[madokie]

52. Was's ass they still think that

[restorefreedom]

7. dayum! the revolution is happening!! nt

[Gman]

8. DWS is doing a fine job

Any problem with her is purely imagined.

[Segami]

9. OK.....now please excuse me while I....

[Punkingal]

18. LOL....

[Art_from_Ark]

10. Thanks for the laugh

Fine job =

Net loss of 10 state legislative chambers in 2014
Net loss of 3 governorships
Net loss of 13 House seats
Net loss of 9 Senate seats

If that's a "fine" job, I'd hate to see a "lousy" job.

[zeemike]

19. Depends on your perspective.

If you are a conservative Republican Debbie is doing a hell of a job.

[emsimon33]

43. YES!

Unfortunately... .

[emsimon33]

41. Gman's definition of "good job" is not that of the rest of the world

[Warren DeMontague]

11. Heh

Comedy gold, sir

[TSIAS]

20. Am I missing the sarcasm tag?

[Gman]

21. No. It's not there.

[demwing]

29. Hey, pass that over here!

I want some of whatever you're smoking!

[Phlem]

37. The party is turning Republican.

[Warren DeMontague]

45. He better not be. Debbie Wasserman Schultz wants all the pot smokers in prison.

She's doing a fine job, see!

[Enthusiast]

39. Apparently that is true. Or some believe it to be true.

[Autumn]

44. Now that's funny

oh yeah, this too

and let's not forget this one

[passiveporcupine]

12. Are you kidding?

If there is one thing that unites Hillary and Bernie supporters, it’s our shared loathing of DWS.

Based on what I've seen on DU, Hillary supporters bow down before DWS.

[Divernan]

22. Witness the flurry of pro-Deb posts from Camp Clinton

The word apparently has come down from on high: Job One - defend Debbie from attack, or risk the wrath of She Whose Name Shall Not Be Spoken!!!!

Talk about lock step marching over a cliff!

[Trajan]

53. Those posts justify my overly large ignore pile ...

Clearly DWS has a weed problem ....

No ... strike that ... she has an authoritarian problem .... She has a right wing problem ....

She apparently wants to (re)criminalize pot users, including medical users ...

To quote Seinfeld - "That's a pretty big matzoh ball hangin' out there" ...

She is rapidly becoming low hanging fruit ... Yet, Hillary supporters in DU have to twist into a pretzel to rationalize the cognitive dissonance here ... Pretty sad ...

[Warren DeMontague]

55. I especially like the "sure she's doing a crappy job, but how dare you criticize her!" Posts.

Honestly Im susprised people arent falling all over themselves to defend her support for arresting medical marijuana users.

Maybe thats next.

[madfloridian]

13. Not my district, but I sure can donate.

So glad someone is running against her.

A reminder of her past history:

This is a super video of Debbie and Ed Schultz on the Larry King show in 2008 trying to out talk each other. Ed wins.

Two Florida Democratic congress folks prefer their Republican incumbents to their own party.

Democrats torn between party, GOP allegiances

This time around, Wasserman Schultz and Meek say their relationships with the Republican incumbents, Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and his brother Mario, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, leave them little choice but to sit out the three races.

''At the end of the day, we need a member who isn't going to pull any punches, who isn't going to be hesitant,'' Wasserman Schultz said.

The decision comes as Democrats believe they have their best shot in years to defeat at least one of the Cuban-American incumbents with a roster of Democrats that include former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez, opposing Lincoln Diaz-Balart; outgoing Miami-Dade Democratic party chair Joe Garcia, opposing Mario Diaz-Balart; and businesswoman Annette Taddeo, opposing Ros-Lehtinen.

But Wasserman Schultz and Meek say their ties to the three Republicans are personal as well as professional: Both served in the state Legislature with Mario Diaz-Balart and say they work in concert with all three on South Florida issues.

[Segami]

15. And now DWS is shilling for Hillary....

Nobody should be the least surprised.




Thanks for the clip!

[pengu]

31. Meek pisses me off

I voted for him over Crist in the senate race, but he was a piss poor democrat. He wasn't an actual republican like Crist, but those sorts of Dems just keep getting their asses handed to them in Florida. Yet we keep running them every time we can't find an actual republican to run as a democrat like Charlie Crist or Patrick Murphy.

I really hate my state party.

[emsimon33]

42. Well said!

How soon too many forget!

[Yallow]

14. Help Tim Canova Act Blue

Just set up an ActBlue Page. Made my first donation to him....

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/helptimcanova

[Yallow]

16. Since My Credit Card Bills To A Different Address

My donation won't show up till it is verified.

[Omaha Steve]

17. DU for Tim Canova at Act Blue

I'll make it pretty tomorrow. I'm calling it a night.

OS

Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/du4timcanova




https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/42087

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. Am I the only one to notice those defending DWS have something in common?

[AlbertCat]

50. Am I the only one to notice those defending DWS have something in common?

No, you are not.

[mmonk]

24. I'm someone looks around the country

for a good candidate or two to support in addition to presidential candidates and governorships. Thanks for the info.

[Uncle Joe]

25. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Segami.

[Freddie Stubbs]

26. Great. He can split the crazy vote with the Gyro-copter Felon who is already running

Gyrocopter pilot to challenge Wasserman Schultz

A Florida man arrested earlier this year for landing a gyrocopter on the Capitol lawn in a call for campaign finance reform will challenge Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) in the 2016 primary.

Lawyers awaiting the felony sentencing of Douglas Hughes informed the D.C. Circuit Court of his plans to challenge Wasserman Schultz, who also serves as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, in a filing Wednesday.

The Associated Press first reported on the filing and Hughes's plans.

"Mr. Hughes plans a 'strong ground game for his campaign, and will not engage in
aerial civil disobedience,'" the document says while arguing to lift certain travel restrictions stipulated by the court in light of the longshot bid.

more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/264164-gyrocopter-pilot-to-challenge-wasserman-schultz

[djean111]

27. I am in a different district, but I will be supporting him.

Thanks for the links!

[Kentonio]

28. I suspect Mr Canova will not be short of donations for this campaign.

[pengu]

30. I'm so short I couldn't manage my Bernie donation this month

The holidays killed me, but I'll be back on track for February donations. I'll do a touch more research, but I think this guy is almost certainly getting added to my Feb donation list.

[Duppers]

32. Donated!

We MUST remove Debbie and Tim looks GREAT.

[Betty Karlson]

33. Tim Canova may - may! - not be perfect, but as far as I'm concerned:

he is an angel and a blessing and if he pulls this off I'll call him the saviour of the Democratic Party.

[emsimon33]

40. Gave $50 but wish I could give much, much more to rid the party of this plague

[Gmak]

46. He sounds like the real thing. I donated to him just now. Time for DWS to move on to lobbying.

[Jack Rabbit]

47. Let's give Debbie some of that populist shit

She needs it.

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[ancianita]

48. SO relieved and happy to donate to DWS' opponent. Thanks for the OP!

[jwirr]

51. I will donating next month - already spent my donation money

this month. Thank you for the tip.