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Birth-control activist Sandra Fluke suddenly takes herself out of congressional race
Daily Mail ^ | 2/5/14

Posted on 02/06/2014 1:02:48 AM PST by Impala64ssa

Sandra Fluke, the contraception activist who shot from obscurity to the national spotlight in 2012 when she argued that her Catholic law school should be required to provide birth control to female students for free, said Wednesday that she's decided not to run for Congress in California.

The newly minted 'social justice attorney' was one of three Democrats who had petitioned the California Democratic Party for its endorsement in the 33rd District election set for nine months from now.

Henry Waxman, who has served in Congress since 1975, is vacating that seat at the end of his current term.

Fluke will run instead for a state Senate seat held by Democrat Ted Lieu, who is running for Waxman's seat.

'I am extremely moved by the outpouring of local and national support I have received since I announced that I was considering running for office,' Fluke said in a statement.

'While I strongly considered offering my candidacy for Congress, I feel there is a better way to advance the causes that are important to our community.'

Attorney Sandra Fluke made her name as a feminist advocate for universal access to contraceptives, but she'll need a broader platform is she wants to be a member of Congress +8

Attorney Sandra Fluke made her name as a feminist advocate for universal access to contraceptives, but she'll need a broader platform is she wants to be a member of Congress

U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman once chaired the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, but announced his retirement in an era where Democrats have little chance of returning to the majority any time soon +8

U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman once chaired the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, but announced his retirement in an era where Democrats have little chance of returning to the majority

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: California
KEYWORDS: henrywaxman; sandrafluke; tedlieu
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To: Impala64ssa
she's decided not to run for Congress in California

Yeah, SHE decided, all right...

Undoubtedly, a more senior communist has already been designated by the Central Committee to inherit the seat, and she submitted to party discipline.

21 posted on 02/06/2014 3:28:01 AM PST by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise. E)
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To: Right Wing Assault
Got an offer from CNN to Host a late-night Female Problems Forum to keep her name in the public arena.
22 posted on 02/06/2014 3:54:23 AM PST by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: Impala64ssa

Oh Sandra we hardly knew ya!


23 posted on 02/06/2014 3:57:49 AM PST by jimfree (In November 2016 my 13 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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To: Kozak

Ya mean she....

Pulled out?

LOL!!


24 posted on 02/06/2014 4:09:19 AM PST by RandallFlagg ("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
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To: Impala64ssa
Attorney Sandra Fluke made her name as a feminist advocate for universal access to contraceptives, but she'll need a broader platform is she wants to be a member of Congress

Um, Sandra, being a newly minted lawyer and all, I would think that you would be aware of the law. Contraceptives are legal. Everyone who wants them can buy them. I do not know how access can be more universal than that.

If you're going to argue that the tax monies taken for the purposes of maintaining public infrastructure, protecting public safety and health, and providing national defense should be diverted for things that people should provide for themselves like food, contraceptives, housing, clothing, etc., I would suggest studying that Constitution a bit more. The Constitution says nothing about government stealing from one person to give to another.

25 posted on 02/06/2014 4:17:39 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: VRWC For Truth

Well she definitely has the ugly liberal, probably half-lesbian look that’s perfect for feminazism.


26 posted on 02/06/2014 4:42:42 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Impala64ssa

I actually had someone on facebook unfriend me because I said that “SANDRA FLUKE IS A SLUT”

So I guess I better not say that “SANDRA FLUKE IS A SLUT” anymore.

But I’ll still be thinking that “SANDRA FLUKE IS A SLUT”


27 posted on 02/06/2014 5:00:00 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Catmom

Thanks. I’ll be giggling all morning.


28 posted on 02/06/2014 5:01:18 AM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: Impala64ssa

Gee! That didn’t take long...


29 posted on 02/06/2014 5:11:30 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: John O

That’s one way to purge your FB account.


30 posted on 02/06/2014 5:15:38 AM PST by tioga (Every knee shall bend, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.)
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To: onyx

She tested the electorate and backed out

31 posted on 02/06/2014 5:21:32 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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To: Impala64ssa

And so we see how a useful tool/idiot, in the eyes of her political fathers (Marx, Lenin, Mao, Obama), kowtows to the Party’s mandate that she abandon her aspirations and settle for a lower, menial office. Talk about a war on women. Talk about inequality. Talk about women being overlooked for promotion and higher salary. Well done, Comrade Fluke. The DemocRat National Socialists Party appreciates your cooperation in testifying before Congress to continue to promote the destruction of personal responsibility. You played your part as indiscriminate slut well. But, at this time, the Party feels you are best needed at a lower echelon to continue to organize the proletariat against the Bourgeois.


32 posted on 02/06/2014 5:22:11 AM PST by cashless (Obama told us he would side with Muslims if the political winds shifted in an ugly direction. Ready?)
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To: knarf

She’s not walking away empty handed, though. The dems are going to give her a state senate seat.


33 posted on 02/06/2014 5:34:24 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
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To: Impala64ssa

What? Weren’t there enough guys she boinked to give her a vote?


34 posted on 02/06/2014 5:35:54 AM PST by Thorliveshere (Minnesota Survivor)
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To: Thorliveshere

“Attorney Sandra Fluke made her name as a feminist advocate for universal access to contraceptives, but she’ll need a broader platform is she wants to be a member of Congress.”

As I recall Sandra made her name when Rush called her a slut. The left went nuts because they are so violently opposed to the truth.


35 posted on 02/06/2014 5:43:24 AM PST by lrdg
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To: Thorliveshere

she boinks guys?


36 posted on 02/06/2014 6:19:50 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: Impala64ssa

She was successful at one thing, though- extending her 15 minutes of fame!


37 posted on 02/06/2014 6:48:20 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Impala64ssa

I’m shocked...”Democrats for sluts” were wholeheartedly supporting her!!!


38 posted on 02/06/2014 6:56:05 AM PST by ontap
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To: knarf
she boinks guys?

Wouldn't that stand to reason? She needs contraceptives to keep from getting pregnant. Last I knew, a woman can't get another woman pregnant...unless the world has REALLY gone topsy-turvy.
39 posted on 02/06/2014 10:08:12 AM PST by Thorliveshere (Minnesota Survivor)
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