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Lots of energy and rowdiness among the Democrats at Disney today, despite the snubbing from their leading presidential candidates. They did get one energizing top tier politician to show up - George w. Bush, or least an impersonator, who downplayed the impact of the Democrat's Florida boycott: "What can it cost you, a couple hundred votes? When has a couple hundred votes ever made a difference?"
Alcee Hastings was a big crowd pleaser: "Even though you don't see those candidates here today they're here in the person of each of you who supports weach one of them! And it's clear that we are going to a place that's higher - and it is a black man, and a woman and a Latino and white man ... We'll be with them in Dade and we'll be with them in Dade City and we'll be with them in Daytona and we'll be with them in Deltona. And we'll be with them in Denver! I assure you Florida Democrats will be seated at next year's convention and Florida Democrats will be the reason America celebrates a Democratic inauguration!"
Check out the Gelber sign - which is unclear as to whether it's FL or US Senate he's after. Hmmmm.
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How pathetic. A state conference without candidates. I am ashamed of the FDP. Bringing in a Bush impersonator is a poor subsitute for all the Democrats running for president.
Posted by: big blue | October 27, 2007 at 11:58 AM
Gelber is running for Nelson's seat?
Posted by: | October 27, 2007 at 12:28 PM
No, he is running for your mama's seat.
Posted by: | October 27, 2007 at 12:56 PM
How dumb do you have to be to have your own candidates not bother to come campaign for your support even though they do come for your CASH?? And you don't realize you're being TAKEN FOR GRANTED????!!!!
Posted by: | October 27, 2007 at 06:02 PM
What all of Florida is REALLY thinkingis: who needs the DEMOCRATS?
Posted by: | October 27, 2007 at 06:03 PM
6:03 - America needs the Democrats.
Posted by: | October 27, 2007 at 06:05 PM
America already has millions of illegal immigrants, we don't need the Democrats in addition... oh but wait! It's the Democrats who want to keep the illegals, and make them into Democrats.....
Posted by: | October 27, 2007 at 08:49 PM
Democrats = Party of Disenfranchisement.
They will even disenfranchise their own memebrs.
Posted by: | October 27, 2007 at 09:27 PM
Dan Gelber & Steve Geller support local government's drunken spending.
No way they will ever win.
Posted by: | October 28, 2007 at 03:15 AM
12:28 - No. He's running for the Gwen Margolis seat.
12:56 - now that was funny!
Posted by: | October 29, 2007 at 09:54 AM
You can thank the FL Congress for this mess - both sides. The Republicans for trying to blatantly disenfranchise FL Democrats and the Democrats for being too stupid to understand what moving our date would mean for the state. Just think, if they had moved to Feb. 5 FL would be one of the biggest contenders nationally. But nooooo, why would we do something that makes sense?
Stop blaming the presidential candidates, they're just reacting to a bad situation as best they can.
Posted by: | October 29, 2007 at 11:46 AM