{"id":33521,"date":"2018-08-29T13:15:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T20:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33521"},"modified":"2018-08-29T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T20:15:30","slug":"florida-and-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/29\/florida-and-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida and Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0829Priomaries\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0829Priomaries\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/0829Priomaries.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Last night there were a couple primary races I found noteworthy in Florida and Arizona.&#160; They include the governors&#8217; races in Florida and the race for Jeff Flake&#8217;s Senate seat in Arizona.&#160; Of course, one of the Republican candidates stooped to racial slurs in less than a day, but that&#8217;s what we expect from Republicans.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/state-politics\/article217456845.html\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Gillum<\/a>, a Social Democrat supported by Bernie Sanders won the Democratic primary for Governor of Florida in a huge upset over the more traditional candidate.&#160; Here is his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AHhqw00Bamw\" target=\"_blank\">victory speech<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/AHhqw00Bamw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I might be concerned about a candidate so progressive in a very red state, but his opponent is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/state-politics\/article217456295.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ron DeSantis<\/a>, a self-styled Trump clone.&#160; He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eT1dLyNpKrg\" target=\"_blank\">demonstrated<\/a> his similarity to his Fuhrer in short order.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/eT1dLyNpKrg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As much as I think his claims that this wasn&#8217;t racist are pure bull, lets assume he&#8217;s telling the truth.&#160; If his statement was innocent, for him not to plan that such a statement will be interpreted that way in today&#8217;s political climate is too incompetent to be considered for <em>Dawg<\/em> Catcher, let alone Senator.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">In the <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2018\/08\/arizona-gop-senate-primary-mcsally-defeats-ward-arpaio.html\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Senate race<\/a>, Republican Kelli Ward and Joe Arpaio split the most extreme fascist votes, allowing Martha McSally, a Bought Bitch Mitch clone, to eke out a win.&#160; Already she is five points down in the Real Clear Politics <a href=\"https:\/\/realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2018\/senate\/az\/arizona_senate_mcsally_vs_sinema-6328.html\" target=\"_blank\">average<\/a>, behind Democratic nominee Kyrsten Sinema.&#160; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HSyzT6wPaq0\" target=\"_blank\">Here she is<\/a>. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/HSyzT6wPaq0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Now don&#8217;t forget&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold\">RESIST!!<\/font><\/font><\/h1>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold\">VOTE BLUE!!<\/font><\/font><\/h1>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold\">69 DAYS!!<\/font><\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night there were a couple primary races I found noteworthy in Florida and Arizona.&#160; 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