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Actress Melissa Gilbert announces run for Congress
The Livingston Daily ^ | August 10, 2015 | Wayne Peal

Posted on 08/10/2015 3:58:52 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued

From the “Little House” to the Congress? It could happen for Livingston County resident Melissa Gilbert.

Gilbert, star of the hit 1970s television series, “Little House on the Prairie” on Monday announced she would run as a Democrat for the 8th District Congressional seat in next year’s election.

The news thrilled area Democrats.

“I think it’s very, very exciting news,” said county party chairwoman Judy Daubenmier,

“We worked with her on the Schauer campaign (for governor) and, I can tell you, she’s a real trooper. She’ll be a very effective campaigner.”

(Excerpt) Read more at livingstondaily.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: boredhousewife; halfpint; howell; littlewhoreontheprai; livingstoncounty; melissagilbert; melissasuegilbert; mi08; michigan; money
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To: Clintonfatigued
I don't trust her ever since she went to Za'ha'dum!!!!!

:P

21 posted on 08/10/2015 4:10:02 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: cripplecreek

Crossthread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3323014/posts


22 posted on 08/10/2015 4:10:04 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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To: Clintonfatigued
In her announcement, Gilbert said... “I believe building a new economy is a team effort, and we need to bring fresh voices to the table to get the job done,” she said.

LOL, got enough PC memes stuffed into that statement, Melissa? Actually, you forgot to end with "as we turn the page at the end of the day."

Go have some wine with the girls and collectively decide what to say tomorrow.

23 posted on 08/10/2015 4:10:09 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

“Earlier this summer, it was revealed that the IRS had filed a $360,550.72 tax lien against her, alleging she had failed to pay her federal income taxes.”

“First term U.S. Rep. Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, currently holds the seat and Gilbert’s tax woes appear likely to surface during the campaign.

[In 2014] Bishop defeated Democratic nominee Eric Schertzing by a 55-42 percent margin.”


24 posted on 08/10/2015 4:10:49 PM PDT by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: MNDude

And Nellie.


25 posted on 08/10/2015 4:11:02 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

26 posted on 08/10/2015 4:13:29 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: cripplecreek

Yep I knew about that tweet years ago, thats when I figured out she was a far left loon


27 posted on 08/10/2015 4:13:46 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

[ Melissa Gilbert has always been a flaming liberal..she has tweeted many times how she wants to ban guns so this is nothing new. The only Conservative on Little House was Melissa Francis who played Cassandra Cooper(She is on the Fox Business Network) ]

The funny thing was she was married to Bruce Boxenleitner who is apparently a conservative and was good friends with Jerry Doyle.


28 posted on 08/10/2015 4:13:54 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

That will hurt her badly in Michigan. She might be able to get away with it in the Dingell district but not where she is.


29 posted on 08/10/2015 4:16:22 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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To: dfwgator
I forgot how much I hate Mrs. Olson

The coffee lady?


I never trusted Mrs. Olson the coffee lady. She spoke with a foreign accent and it was at the height of the Cold War when foreigners couldn't be trusted.

Seriously, I vaguely remember the actress who played Mrs. Olson in the coffee commercials playing a Soviet spy in a episode of "The FBI".
30 posted on 08/10/2015 4:16:25 PM PDT by Ticonderoga34
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Michael Landon gave us Little House and Highway to Heaven, and his last series US was also going to be great.

All of his shows were wonderful, certainly Little House was a Christian program

Some of the episodes of Highway to Heaven allowed for some of his liberal views to come through (yes I have seen them all)

I am not all that sure of his exact beliefs, he was raised apparently in a mixed Jewish Christian home, I guess he had some liberal views, certainly you did not know that watching Little House, but you could see some of his struggles in a few of his Highway to Heaven episodes, as he let some of his views slip in

But what a legacy he left in Little House and Highway to Heaven

I hope he was a Christian

God Bless him for the great programs he left us, I pray he Knew The Lord, how could a guy that made such programming not be, many of the episodes he wrote


31 posted on 08/10/2015 4:16:49 PM PDT by Chauncey Uppercrust (I COULD EASILY SAY...ALL IN FOR TRUMP)
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To: chajin

Somebody should have sued their cosmetic surgeon...


32 posted on 08/10/2015 4:16:57 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Beware the Wisconsin Weasel - GOPe Plan B)
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To: Talisker
got enough PC memes stuffed into that statement, Melissa?

What a PC lightweight Melissa Gilbert is! No mention in her statement about "saving the environment" or "helping the children".

Perhaps all that will be included in a future statement.

33 posted on 08/10/2015 4:20:37 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Chauncey Uppercrust

They show Little House all the time on TV..in fact before I saw this news I was actually watching the show. I still enjoy it even after all these years, to me it was a more on the Conservative side which I liked. You wouldn’t see that kind of programming today that’s for sure


34 posted on 08/10/2015 4:23:18 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Clintonfatigued
Livingston County is a Republican strong hold..

She needs to go back to California, and get the heck out of my STATE..

35 posted on 08/10/2015 4:24:14 PM PDT by just me (GOD BLESS AMERICA Amen)
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To: chajin

36 posted on 08/10/2015 4:26:13 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: MNDude

Isn’t her sister the one on “The Talk?”


37 posted on 08/10/2015 4:26:53 PM PDT by pnz1
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Yep little House is on in my household every day, Hallmark and Inspiration show it every day, you could watch about 6 episodes every day at a minimum.


38 posted on 08/10/2015 4:27:00 PM PDT by Chauncey Uppercrust (I COULD EASILY SAY...ALL IN FOR TRUMP)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I never thought she was pretty, but I don’t know; let’s ask Trump to describe her.


39 posted on 08/10/2015 4:33:56 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Clintonfatigued

I thought she was dead.

What’s that? Only her career is dead?


40 posted on 08/10/2015 4:36:28 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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