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78. How about just wishing for Howard Dean's 50-state strategy as DU's policy!

Sat Jul 15, 2023, 03:18 PM

Jul 2023

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Why just wishing? Why not just alerting? Primary season's coming, and red state Democrats -- who've seen too few donations and other support -- should not feel undermined by heated, careless, or even reasoned claims that diminish their existence.

Only 21% of FL is 65+, or 4,573,800 out of 21,780,000 state total.
Only 1,000,000 snowbirds exist in Florida.
Which means the stereotype is PR media hype for the rest of the state.

I live 12 miles off the coast and will be spending a comfortable winter in Florida, working for a couple of activist groups and voting as a Democrat.

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Florida is hurting as it becomes where empathy, kindness and decency go to die! [View all] RKP5637 Jul 2023 OP

Kick dalton99a Jul 2023 #1

K&R!!! Thanks!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2023 #2

Thank you! Cha Jul 2023 #5

... RKP5637 Jul 2023 #9

Hey Aloha, RKP Cha Jul 2023 #15

Florida -- It's a good place to be from. NCjack Jul 2023 #46

My wife and I were two of the resignations from a FL SUS obamanut2012 Jul 2023 #3

DeSantis and his gang are clearly putting the DUH in FloriDUH. It's a shame and very sad. RKP5637 Jul 2023 #10

I am betting he is in even longer obamanut2012 Jul 2023 #50

OMG, I hadn't thought much about that angle. That, would be an endless nightmare. Maybe he will RKP5637 Jul 2023 #56

I said almost 18 months ago he would get the other law overturned obamanut2012 Jul 2023 #57

Yep, n/t RKP5637 Jul 2023 #58

Welcome to California! Thanks for bringing all your skills, and may you both be very happy here. Hekate Jul 2023 #14

We love it here so much! obamanut2012 Jul 2023 #51

FL's loss is our very cherished gain! Starry Messenger Jul 2023 #28

We love being nearish you, too!!! obamanut2012 Jul 2023 #52

No doubt faculty and staff will leave FL, but there were be 50 applying for the empty positions. SYFROYH Jul 2023 #63

And Common Sense! TY, RKP Cha Jul 2023 #4

all because DeSantis wants to run for president BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 2023 #6

Desatan here is a news tip. Bird Lady Jul 2023 #21

I am used to living with religious conservatives. I leftyladyfrommo Jul 2023 #7

And it's flat, flat, flat. Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #29

I haven't ever been there. Or Texas. nt leftyladyfrommo Jul 2023 #33

Innumerable weird predatory insects devour more people Hortensis Jul 2023 #75

It's not just the young people. My wife and I will be out of here in about a year. Lochloosa Jul 2023 #8

That is what we were looking at too when deciding to move. We don't like the type of people RKP5637 Jul 2023 #12

Florida Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #18

I don't have the link(s) right now (updated), but some real estate firms up north are advertising RKP5637 Jul 2023 #19

All these Gen X and Boomer Magassholes are going to Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #31

HUGE amount from IL and MI -- Realtors REALLY market FL as paradise there obamanut2012 Jul 2023 #55

Florida is the biggest MAGAt magnet in the country by far. Mariana Jul 2023 #69

"We don't like the type of people moving into Florida who seem to love this environment of ugliness obamanut2012 Jul 2023 #54

Perhaps you & others here haven't fairly given credit to FL Democrats who're fighting ancianita Jul 2023 #71

Very well said, seriously! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2023 #76

How about just wishing for acknowledgement that FL Democrats exist? Hortensis Jul 2023 #77

How about just wishing for Howard Dean's 50-state strategy as DU's policy! ancianita Jul 2023 #78

:) Can't do it. Can't believe in simple Hortensis Jul 2023 #80

You obviously mistake "simple" for easy. ancianita Jul 2023 #81

No, the people I'm talking about do. Doability is the experience Hortensis Jul 2023 #82

Understood. Perhaps those people have now changed doability to "electability" from experience, too. ancianita Jul 2023 #83

Yeah, where people are involved, everything's hard and problematic. Hortensis Jul 2023 #85

Thank you. Happy Sunday to you, too. ancianita Jul 2023 #86

I was born there, parents moved when I was a baby Warpy Jul 2023 #41

Same. We have a project plan to move out at the end of next year. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2023 #62

I know a bigger reason to leave Florida. roamer65 Jul 2023 #11

And as the saying goes, don't let the alligators bite your ass! RKP5637 Jul 2023 #13

They will just hafta swim faster. roamer65 Jul 2023 #30

Remember when we used to get "those" emails... Grins Jul 2023 #16

Yep!!! Florida, where freedom also goes to die! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2023 #17

Florida is sinking in more ways than one. ananda Jul 2023 #20

Raw Story / Rubin are posting misinformation Bonx Jul 2023 #22

No takers on that one, lol. Ligyron Jul 2023 #48

Plus endless storage facilities, huge ones, stories high! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2023 #65

Thank you. YOu're one of the few who aren't buying the media hype. ancianita Jul 2023 #72

Now if those 675,000 go to swing states or small red states.... GreenWave Jul 2023 #23

Whatever one does it will never satisfy the GOP unless they can run over you and consume you. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2023 #25

That number is completely wrong. See reply #22 Bonx Jul 2023 #27

I really wonder what the UN and other human rights groups must be thinking. Initech Jul 2023 #24

Yeah, that's why we're getting out of here as soon as we can. DeSantis will rule Florida until 2027 RKP5637 Jul 2023 #26

Beat the major part of the exodus, please. roamer65 Jul 2023 #32

We're trying, things seem covered in molasses sometimes, so slow. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2023 #34

This is Ron's Country Blue Owl Jul 2023 #35

Yep, them white pretty walking shoes! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2023 #37

I have a GF there who wants out. Kath2 Jul 2023 #36

Great to hear!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2023 #38

Dixie Chicks "I'm Not Ready To Make Nice" came on while driving with my daughter. Deranged Rs Cancel Pepsidog Jul 2023 #39

And a Rupert Murdoch problem who is single handily dismantling the US democracy. IMO he is RKP5637 Jul 2023 #43

It is a shame it didn't happen before the last census. LiberalFighter Jul 2023 #40

duhsantis and floriduh dai13sy Jul 2023 #42

K&R!!! RKP5637 Jul 2023 #44

Politics aside, anyone who plans to buy a home in Florida should think twice. Lonestarblue Jul 2023 #45

I have a feeling many moving to Florida will be doing so because they like the DeSantis RKP5637 Jul 2023 #53

yes, fascists do tend to follow....fascists Skittles Jul 2023 #60

Maybe it is best if we have solid blue and red states. I've seen real estate companies now focused RKP5637 Jul 2023 #64

I'm not surprised that this process is underway, BUT Vogon_Glory Jul 2023 #47

Yes, quite true! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2023 #49

Excellent point. And something DU Democrats can positively help red state Democrats with. ancianita Jul 2023 #79

excellent Skittles Jul 2023 #59

I do not plan to die here, but DonCoquixote Jul 2023 #61

If you can afford to move here to CA, you can afford it obamanut2012 Jul 2023 #87

not everyone DonCoquixote Jul 2023 #88

i'm confused by this article..... Takket Jul 2023 #66

Please see this. RKP5637 Jul 2023 #67

ahhhhhhhhhh! now it makes sense Takket Jul 2023 #68

No, it probably won't. Mariana Jul 2023 #70

Glad it helped. I currently live in this rapidly changing state and the comments are RKP5637 Jul 2023 #73

:) Don't bother being terrified about FL. For that, Hortensis Jul 2023 #74

And it's too hot with too many hurricanes! nt ecstatic Jul 2023 #84