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Resisting Trump, Surge In Democratic Women Ask: How Do I Run For Office?
NPR ^ | 1/7/2018 | Danielle Kurzteleben

Posted on 01/17/2018 11:59:54 AM PST by simpson96

On a Saturday morning in December, Kate Coyne-McCoy stood before 26 women in a small conference room in Manchester, N.H., explaining what fires her up in the morning.

"I wake up every day, the first thing I do is look at this list of members of Congress that I have, and I figure out who's sick and who's going to die," Coyne-McCoy told the women. "Because I want to replace them with you."

She wasn't trying to be macabre; she's a candidate trainer for Emily's List, a group that supports Democratic women who favor abortion rights, and she's passionate about filling seats with those women. Her style is more sermonizing pastor than civics teacher.

"I believe that the country's going to hell in a clutch purse and that you are the answer," she continued.

Coyne-McCoy has been training candidates since 2001, but she's a lot busier these days than she was just over a year ago. In 2016, prior to Election Day, just 1,000 women had reached out to Emily's List saying they were interested in running for office. Since Election Day, 25,000 women have reached out to the group. And this year, Emily's List has already trained 2,500 women.

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I bet the "training" is a real doozy.

If this were 2012 or so, and it was Conservative women wanting to run for office, they wouldn't be "Resiting Obama", they'd be "racist", "hate-filled", etc...

1 posted on 01/17/2018 11:59:54 AM PST by simpson96
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>>I bet the “training” is a real doozy.

It entails bigger and bigger tools


2 posted on 01/17/2018 12:03:03 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: simpson96
But, but .... they would have to contend with this ...


3 posted on 01/17/2018 12:03:30 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: simpson96

All of this “resistance” because a clear majority of American voters outside of the megapolitan areas did not want someone who likely has problems with alcoholism or Parkinson’s or dementia as their President. As a further thing, I’d be curious to know if any of them would be able to pass a civics quiz that any seventh grader should be able to ace.


4 posted on 01/17/2018 12:04:02 PM PST by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: simpson96
Run this way:


5 posted on 01/17/2018 12:04:23 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: a fool in paradise

First, get rid of the ankle bracelet. Second, get through rehab. Third, get a makeover.


6 posted on 01/17/2018 12:04:25 PM PST by jimbug
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To: simpson96

These womyn should primary each other. After all why should one power mad woman have to yield to another power mad woman before the voters even get a say?


7 posted on 01/17/2018 12:05:11 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: simpson96

Should be: How can I get elected?


8 posted on 01/17/2018 12:05:53 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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“I believe that the country’s going to hell in a clutch purse and that WOMEN LIKE YOU are the REASON,” [Diana in Wisconsin] continued.

Fixed! :)


9 posted on 01/17/2018 12:06:24 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: jimbug

Hillary got something like 600 hours in the makeup chair in 2016.


10 posted on 01/17/2018 12:06:56 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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“Democratic Women Ask: How Do I Run For Office?”

Was going to make a joke about them needing to wear tight cloths and learn to take a grope... but I dont even think the DemoSoyBoys are that desperate.


11 posted on 01/17/2018 12:07:17 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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a group that supports Democratic women who favor abortion rights

They support demonic women who favor baby-killing.

12 posted on 01/17/2018 12:07:26 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: simpson96

“Emily’s List, a group that supports Democratic women who favor abortion” - the murder of babies and possible future workers who would pay into the Social Security system.


13 posted on 01/17/2018 12:08:17 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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Ladies and gentleman of the jury, I'm just a caveman, unfrozen by your scientists. Later I went to law school.

I have no idea how to contact a political party and file the correct papers to become a candidate for political office. These strange ways frighten and confuse me.

But I do know that if my client slips and falls on the public library sidewalk, he is entitled to 1.7 million dollars.
14 posted on 01/17/2018 12:09:51 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: SkyDancer

I would not laugh. My home town, a republican stronghold took a huge hit in the last election. Though local, the democrat candidate for TAX COLLECTOR got more votes than the very popular first selectman.

the board of estimate and taxation went democratic. 25% of the local town council is now pussy hat liberals.

I wouldn’t underestimate them.


15 posted on 01/17/2018 12:10:07 PM PST by bioqubit (bioqubit: Educated Men Make Terrible Slaves - Aristotle)
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“Democratic women who favor abortion rights”

Oh here we go again with the baby killing. Yes, this is a priority as if every woman on the planet requires constant non stop abortions. Yes, the unborn are trash buy God forbid you should call a foreign country a sh*thole.


16 posted on 01/17/2018 12:15:20 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (The remoulade was a trifle tart, but the souflee for dessert more than made up for it.)
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To: StevenCrowder

This looks like something you must attend.


17 posted on 01/17/2018 12:21:02 PM PST by stylecouncilor ("The future ain't what it used to be." Yogi Berra)
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To: OttawaFreeper

seventh grader should be able to ace.

they can’t ace that test anymore since civics is no longer taught in most schools.


18 posted on 01/17/2018 12:24:39 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: simpson96

My first thought upon reading the title was, “Surge?”, “NPR?”, “Must be as many as three or four...”


19 posted on 01/17/2018 12:24:39 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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cause if ONE Hillary couldn’t get it done, why not run an ARMY of Hillarys????????


20 posted on 01/17/2018 12:37:39 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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