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You are here: Home / Past Elections / Election 2018 / Open Thread: Andrew Gillum, Looking Better and Better

Open Thread: Andrew Gillum, Looking Better and Better

by Anne Laurie|  September 20, 201811:00 pm| 46 Comments

This post is in: Election 2018, Local Races 2018 and earlier, Open Threads, Post-racial America, Proud to Be A Democrat, Republican Venality

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So-called Republican activist calls fmr President Obama a “Muslim n——r” and is indignant about being called a racist. Just a reminder ppl still think being a labeled a racist is worse than actual racism https://t.co/H3s4EUGvIN

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 20, 2018

From the Washington Post, “‘The Obama excitement’”:

ORLANDO — Salandra Benton used to campaign so hard for Barack Obama that her feet would swell as she walked through nightclubs, hair salons, apartment buildings and church parking lots telling people they had to vote.

After Obama won Florida in 2008 and 2012, Benton hoped to step back from door-to-door campaigning. But then Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum shocked Florida last month by winning the Democratic nomination for governor, with the potential of becoming the state’s first African American chief executive.

Now, Benton has been drawn back into Florida’s political street fight on behalf of Gillum, who faces former congressman Ron DeSantis, the Republican nominee, in the Nov. 6 election.

“I think this is even bigger than Obama, because this is even closer to home,” said Benton, 54, a union organizer who is African American. “The Obama excitement was, ‘We are finally going to get a black president.’ But now this is Florida’s son, in a state we feel black men have been attacked and not protected, so we are waking back up.”…

Gillum also is hoping he can do better among white voters than Obama did in 2012, when he carried 37 percent of the white vote, according to exit polls. The school shooting last year in Parkland, Fla., and concern about the ongoing “red tide” fish kill on the state’s western beaches may be loosening Florida Republicans’ hold on white voters, Democrats say.

“There is a swing-vote population, largely suburban white women in Tampa and Orlando, and I absolutely believe Gillum can do well with those voters,” said Steve Schale, a Florida political strategist who ran Obama’s state effort here in 2012…

Even before Gillum’s primary win, Florida activists said the state’s black community was more energized than in previous midterm elections, because of a host of local and national issues, including Trump’s battle with National Football League players as well as the state’s controversial “stand your ground” gun law.

“I think people are more aware of how much these races have consequences, and they are not going to deal with those consequences,” said Lydia Hudson, a Tampa resident and head of the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida, which claims it helped to double black turnout for Gillum during the primary compared with past off-year primary elections.

In the general election, activists say, African American turnout could be further boosted by a measure on the Florida ballot that would restore voting rights for some felons, something activists and church leaders have been aggressively campaigning for since the start of the year…

I think we can be sure the GOP will give these voters every possible reminder of how much is at stake.

Don’t think we have a dedicated ActBlue widget for Gillum yet, but here’s his campaign website.

You know how if you get in a lot of car accidents, even if they're not "your fault" your rates go up because the common denominator is you? Seems like the same logic would apply to those who habitually associate with racists. https://t.co/ZhedX9INJo

— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) September 20, 2018

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46Comments

  1. 1.

    NotMax

    September 20, 2018 at 11:05 pm

    Memo to brain: Please stop misreading his name as Gollum.

  2. 2.

    Major Major Major Major

    September 20, 2018 at 11:09 pm

    Sometimes, in my darker moments, I think we might actually make some big wins in November.

  3. 3.

    Omnes Omnibus

    September 20, 2018 at 11:11 pm

    @NotMax: Call him Smeagol?

  4. 4.

    oatler.

    September 20, 2018 at 11:16 pm

    Quo vadis, Floriduh?

  5. 5.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 20, 2018 at 11:20 pm

    @oatler.: Straight to jail after trying to drive the quarter horsey ride in front of the Walmart drunk while wearing only a thong and Mexican carrying a Dessert Eagle in order to buy coke from a high school honor student who has been posing online as a 30 something year old cartel member.

  6. 6.

    NotMax

    September 20, 2018 at 11:21 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus

    “You can call me Ray. Or you can call me Jay.…”

    :)

  7. 7.

    NotMax

    September 20, 2018 at 11:25 pm

    @Adam L. Silverman

    Otherwise known as a Tuesday.

    Toss in an alligator and a sinkhole for the hat trick.

    ;)

  8. 8.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 20, 2018 at 11:26 pm

    @NotMax: That’s Thursday.

  9. 9.

    TS (the original)

    September 20, 2018 at 11:26 pm

    I will always remember seeing the 7 hour queues in Florida – people at midnight still waiting to vote for President Obama – I cannot imagine doing that for anyone (well maybe for President Obama) – it also highlighted the lengths the GOP will go to suppress the democrat vote.

  10. 10.

    Omnes Omnibus

    September 20, 2018 at 11:29 pm

    @TS (the original): Democrat? Really?

  11. 11.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 20, 2018 at 11:32 pm

    Pick me, pick me!! pic.twitter.com/K5uxWVcL8e

    — Tina Brooks (@Pepperfire) September 21, 2018

  12. 12.

    Redshift

    September 20, 2018 at 11:33 pm

    I’m shocked, shocked to find out that a very Trumpy state candidate turns out to be an unsubtle racist and associate with lots of other unsubtle racists.

    Of course, our Trumpy Senate candidate here in Virginia was an out-and-proud racist (who of course denies he is) even before he won the primary. Different flavors of schadenfreude, I guess…

  13. 13.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 20, 2018 at 11:34 pm

    @NotMax: As I was saying!

    Meanwhile in Florida… https://t.co/pD3D8IhUdv #FloridaMan pic.twitter.com/zwrlMa7lFN

    — Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) September 20, 2018

  14. 14.

    Uncle Omar

    September 20, 2018 at 11:39 pm

    These people must belong to the RepubliKlan wing of the GOP. Or perhaps they’re stalking horses for the RepubliCrook wing. But, it matters not because the GOP is a Big Tent with plenty of room for both RepubliKlans, RepubliCrooks, and whatever other RepubliClowns show up for the show.

  15. 15.

    TS (the original)

    September 20, 2018 at 11:39 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: not being a US citizen I sometimes get things wrong – at the minute that is not my major concern – trump and Putin wiping out democracy is my concern.

  16. 16.

    Amir Khalid

    September 20, 2018 at 11:44 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:
    Anger seems like too much work in this context. I find the aesthetic shortcomings of naked bodies merely depressing.

  17. 17.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 20, 2018 at 11:52 pm

    @Amir Khalid: It is not against the law to wander around outside on your property in Florida naked. As long as you are not pleasuring yourself or having sex with anyone or anything (it’s Florida…), you can mow the lawn, sunbathe, trim the shrubbery, clean the gutters, wash and wax the car, paint the house, bbq, etc.

  18. 18.

    Mike in NC

    September 20, 2018 at 11:53 pm

    Reading Masha Gessen’s book about Putin on the plane ride today. He grew up in the USSR in the 1950s where the family had a TV and a telephone; almost unheard of back then unless you were connected to the KGB. Putin even had a car in college, while virtually none of his classmates did. Definitely an elitist, that Volodya.

  19. 19.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 20, 2018 at 11:55 pm

    Here we see rare footage of the Chilean 1st Special Brigade Cuteness Team/1st Canine Division (1SBCT/1CD).

    Puppies steal the show at Chilean military parade pic.twitter.com/rNCSRv2cvg

    — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 20, 2018

  20. 20.

    Mike in NC

    September 20, 2018 at 11:55 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Our close friends in Land O Lakes, Florida claim that their town has the largest nudist colony in the world.

  21. 21.

    Amir Khalid

    September 20, 2018 at 11:56 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    trim the shrubbery …

    Which shrubbery?

  22. 22.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 20, 2018 at 11:58 pm

    @Mike in NC: Did she say if he signed the letter of support for Kavanaugh?

  23. 23.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 20, 2018 at 11:59 pm

    @Mike in NC: Don’t know if it is the largest, but it is large. I grew up about 15 miles south of there.

  24. 24.

    Mike J

    September 21, 2018 at 12:03 am

    @Mike in NC: More likely a colony of the largest nudists.

  25. 25.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 21, 2018 at 12:06 am

    @Amir Khalid: Also, straighten up the verge.

  26. 26.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 21, 2018 at 12:07 am

    @Mike J: Depends if they’re coming from Lutz or Wesley Chapel.

  27. 27.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    September 21, 2018 at 12:11 am

    @Major Major Major Major:
    Did you ever get my message on Against Stupidity?

  28. 28.

    jl

    September 21, 2018 at 12:22 am

    @Adam L Silverman: Pix? Trust but verify, you know.

  29. 29.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 21, 2018 at 12:26 am

    @jl: Isn’t me. I wear appropriate attire and safety gear at all times.

  30. 30.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    September 21, 2018 at 12:27 am

    @??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??: I’m sorry young man, this is ‘Merica; we’re Pro-stupidity.

  31. 31.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    September 21, 2018 at 12:29 am

    @Adam L Silverman: So just safety glasses then?

  32. 32.

    Mary G

    September 21, 2018 at 12:30 am

    Thread (keep going after this first one, it’s a bit misleading):

    I have known men of great character from Georgetown Prep. My son is named after one, another is my daughter’s Godfather. I would trust those men with my life. 1/

    @ChuckGrassley
    @SenFeinstein

    — casey mooney (@casey_connects) September 20, 2018

    (Disclosure, I took out a bunch of members of the Judiciary Committee that she hashtagged at the end, to stay out of moderation.)

  33. 33.

    Miss Bianca

    September 21, 2018 at 12:31 am

    @Adam L Silverman: But…but some of these things naked? Sunbathing OK, I can understand that, but…grilling? Mowing the lawn? Ahh…no. No, I’d think you’d wanted to keep both feet and dangly bits covered up for some types of endeavors.

  34. 34.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 21, 2018 at 12:37 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Ear protection too!

  35. 35.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    September 21, 2018 at 12:37 am

    @Miss Bianca: It’s Floriduh!

  36. 36.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    September 21, 2018 at 12:38 am

    @Adam L Silverman: Ah, yes. Ear protection is very important.

  37. 37.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 21, 2018 at 12:40 am

    @Miss Bianca: One would think.

  38. 38.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    September 21, 2018 at 12:50 am

    @Adam L Silverman: From your posts about your fine state, it seems that many of the residents don’t in fact, think.

  39. 39.

    Anne Laurie

    September 21, 2018 at 12:52 am

    @Adam L Silverman:

    It is not against the law to wander around outside on your property in Florida naked… you can mow the lawn…

    And here I’m too cautious to mow the lawn without putting on sturdy shoes, for fear of accidentally running over my toes.

  40. 40.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 21, 2018 at 12:53 am

    @Anne Laurie: Imagine sticking to the vinyl seat on a riding mower…

  41. 41.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    September 21, 2018 at 12:54 am

    @Anne Laurie: Oh, you’re related to Cole?

  42. 42.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 21, 2018 at 1:01 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Florida is a lot like this Rorschach quote from Watchmen:

  43. 43.

    Ruckus

    September 21, 2018 at 1:05 am

    @Adam L Silverman:
    It isn’t just sticking to the seat, it’s what is sticking to the seat.
    But I’d bet that’s what you meant.

  44. 44.

    Bruce Luett

    September 21, 2018 at 3:28 am

    @Adam L Silverman: Damn it all with our restrictive penal penis pleasuring laws

  45. 45.

    Bruce Luett

    September 21, 2018 at 3:30 am

    crap I’m in jail for mentioning something that rhymes with Venus.

  46. 46.

    J R in WV

    September 21, 2018 at 11:24 am

    @Adam L Silverman:

    I am so glad my nudist-leaning (Rockefeller Republican nudist atheist, yes I know, hard to believe!) Dad did not know that while living winters in Osprey!!!

    He just wore a thong, out at the pool, which was at the foot of their steps… I fear he would have been all over it…!

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