Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: fieldmarshaldj
The national GOP wrote off the race, and for good reason.

That somehow answers my post!

Have you ever met her in person or had any interaction with her!!

As a Swede/Floridian I am a friend of her husband Anders, and also his daughter, I never heard any of your allegation from him, except what you wrote above. As she was an effective SoS,(when the MSM smeared her, even her lipstick) she was the same as congresswoman, and is extremely intelligent. Hopefully Jeb will run!!!

I went by your about page, and like to see all the beauties, but why did you spoil my appetite with that ugly last photo, WHY, ugly, ugly???

172 posted on 12/04/2008 11:04:32 PM PST by danamco
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 171 | View Replies ]


To: danamco
"That somehow answers my post!"

The reasons I cited were the reason the national party wisely chose not to waste a dime on a thoroughly unwinnable race. On paper, she was a first tier candidate, in practice by the fall election, she was the equivalent of a nuisance opponent. The money needed to go into races where the Republican wasn't 30-40% behind in the polls. The fact she only lost by 22% was remarkable, but what was telling was that almost a million voters, roughly 20% of those voting, those being Republicans and Independents, broke with her nomination and voted for Nelson. One of the dirty little secrets why the legislature made the SoS office an appointive position beginning in 2002 was because KH was never going to be able to win reelection, or any statewide office again. There'd be a Democrat sitting in that office today otherwise.

"Have you ever met her in person or had any interaction with her!!"

If I had, I would've had a "Come to Jesus" meet with her and explained why she needed to retire and not put herself through one more day of the stress of being in the public eye. Sadly, people close to her were either unwilling or remained blissfully ignorant of reality to tell her what needed to be said about the elephant in the room.

"As a Swede/Floridian I am a friend of her husband Anders, and also his daughter, I never heard any of your allegation from him, except what you wrote above. As she was an effective SoS,(when the MSM smeared her, even her lipstick) she was the same as congresswoman, and is extremely intelligent."

When your wife is a prominent candidate for office or in the public eye, would you let it get out they had suffered a break from reality ? I felt badly for her and the nasty smear job by the media. She did her job as SoS, but she could barely hold onto a heavily GOP Congressional district (she couldn't get above 55% in a district that routinely elected her predecessor with far higher percentages) and started to make sloppy, ill-advised mistakes that were demonstrations of either arrogance (at best) or extreme mental distress (at worst). I heard one report (in private, which I refuse to speak of publicly since I won't give the Dems any more ammo that isn't already public knowledge) that confirmed it had shifted from the former to the latter. All I hope is that she got some help for the enormous stress she was under, even following the campaign.

"I went by your about page, and like to see all the beauties, but why did you spoil my appetite with that ugly last photo, WHY, ugly, ugly???"

Because it is meant as a practical joke.

173 posted on 12/04/2008 11:37:29 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 172 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson