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Election 2002: Bush becomes first GOP governor in Florida to earn re-election (AP)
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| Nov. 6, 2002
| BRENDAN FARRINGTON
Posted on 11/06/2002 7:22:48 AM PST by summer
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If anyone posts an article about the demographic breakdown of the FL vote in the FL gov race, please ping me, as I am very curious to see which voters went for Gov Bush.
Also -- thank you all for allowing me to participate to the extent I did here on FR. This was the first time I ever became involved in politics on any level. And, what an education I received here! All thanks to each of you. Thanks again. :)
PS Let's do it again in 2006, if Gov Bush decides to run for US Senator from FL. And, in 2008, if Gov Bush decides to run for President. I have no doubt he can beat Senator Hillary Clinton in that race! :)
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posted on
11/06/2002 7:22:49 AM PST
by
summer
To: All
I meant to bold this part of the article as well:
Bush is only the third Republican elected Florida governor since the 1870s Claude Kirk in 1966 and Bob Martinez in 1986 were the others and both lost re-election bids. Florida governors were prohibited from serving two terms before 1968.
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posted on
11/06/2002 7:24:29 AM PST
by
summer
To: SpookBrat; Elkiejg; floriduh voter; Frances_Marion; gatorman; livius; Amore; seekthetruth; ...
Thank you so much for all your help and support on the JEB threads. You really made a big different, IMO, keeping those threads bumped for the eyes of who knows how many lurkers and countless others.
Also, thank you for never asking me to take you OFF my JEB! ping list! LOL.... :) !
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posted on
11/06/2002 7:29:14 AM PST
by
summer
To: summer
different, = difference,
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posted on
11/06/2002 7:29:50 AM PST
by
summer
To: summer
After all the heart and soul you poured into those Jeb threads you did, summer, I tip my hat to you -- your incredibly thorough research and heartfelt commentary provided me a great deal of ammo which I expended and shared freely with everyone else I could, pro and con.
We all did our part, and victory is indeed sweet. Time to take a short break, and then get cracking in preparation for 2004. $:-)
To: summer
WOW! What a night!
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posted on
11/06/2002 7:32:36 AM PST
by
cksharks
To: /\XABN584; 10mm; 3D-JOY; 75thOVI; a contender; AABC; abenaki; Abortion SUCKS out a Life; ...
Hey, FL folks, a gentle reminder here:
FL Gov Jeb Bush made history last night! :)
PS Your favorite Dem from Nov 2000, Carol Roberts, lost her race.
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posted on
11/06/2002 7:35:43 AM PST
by
summer
To: Joe Brower
Thanks so much, Joe. And, a whole lot of heart and soul was on those threads from FR posters, too.
For over a year, I visited Dem sites to find anything remotely like what was going here. But all I found was a lot of hate, and every once in awhile, a plea to vote for Dem candidates. There was such a huge different in the quality of the discussions, and the objective of the discussions, readily apparent to anyone lurking on both sites.
I personally think FR swayed some FL voters for JEB, and those threads I wrote helped, but the overall positive tone of the discussions, and the informative input from FR people, also played a big role. So, thank YOU! :)
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posted on
11/06/2002 7:38:39 AM PST
by
summer
To: summer
The Bush family is a class act.
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posted on
11/06/2002 7:39:04 AM PST
by
MJemison
To: summer
different = difference
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posted on
11/06/2002 7:39:49 AM PST
by
summer
To: cksharks
bttt! :)
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posted on
11/06/2002 7:41:07 AM PST
by
summer
To: summer
Bob Butterworth lost, too!
According to the SoS website, Jeb won by 667,619 votes - and I think at least 619 are freepers.
Thank you, summer!
To: summer
Yoohoo! Hello! Good morning, Summer! Thank you again for the splendid job you did here at FR with your threads! Wonderful work! And, yes, good discussion from other Freepers. This was just an overwhelming victory!!! Nothing close to the "humiliation" Hillary was planning for President Bush in the "sunshine state". Can you tell me the reason for the huge victory - despite the pretense of a "close" race???? A lot of Democrats came out for Governor Bush evidently also. Could this mean the Democrats are turned off by the Clinton/Reno hate rhetoric finally?
Also, where were the 10,000 lawyers poised to challenge everything in Florida and elsewhere?
Finally - I loved hearing Jeb Bush thank GOD for his victory - first thing! God bless him and thank you, Florida, once again!!! And Katherine Harris winning and Carol Roberts losing are just icing on the cake!!!
To: summer
WE KNOW!!!!
And we Florida FReepers thank everyone for the kudos! Not only did we kill the remainder of the Klintoon/Algore legacy down here last night, but we put some real conservatives into Congress. The rats are in full panic mode down here. Life is good, the Michelob tasted great last night, and NOW it's time to get to work on the repeal of Amendment 9.
To: summer
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posted on
11/06/2002 7:55:51 AM PST
by
mafree
To: summer; All
This was the first time I ever became involved in politics on any level. And, what an education I received here! All thanks to each of you Same for me. You guys are the greatest!
To: Freedom'sWorthIt
" Also, where were the 10,000 lawyers poised to challenge everything in Florida and elsewhere?"
In my area they were clogging up all the bars by 11 p.m. trying to enjoy one last smoke. What's funnier is that at about $150 per hour, they made a killing yesterday for nothing. Just like a demorat to spend money for nothing.
To: summer
The sun is shining just a little bit brighter today! Jeb is our Governor, Katherine is our Representative, the Florida cabinet is all Republican,... The demonrat spin has begun on mcbribe with the excuse being that Jeb had name recognition and lots more campaign money (yeah, right...with all the demonrats in the country wanting to embarrass GW by defeating Jeb, mcbribe was campaign funding poor). Thanks all you Freepers who championed Jeb and Katherine and thank you Summer for your yoeman (yeoperson?) efforts.
To: summer
Congratulations!!! You did a great job keeping us informed about Jeb and the issues he was running on. Thank God that people were not blinded by revenge and hate, and elected the person who actually cares about his state.
To: summer
Many kudos to you, Miss summer- you did yoeman's work writing, researching and promoting these informative posts.
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posted on
11/06/2002 8:02:14 AM PST
by
backhoe
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