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Ossoff downplays national implications of Georgia race
CNN ^ | 6/20/2017 | Lindsey ellefson

Posted on 06/20/2017 8:33:10 AM PDT by simpson96

New York (CNN) — As polls opened for a highly anticipated congressional runoff election in Georgia Tuesday, Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff demurred when asked by CNN's Alisyn Camerota about the race's national implications.

"The contrast in this district is between a career politician -- my opponent, Karen Handel, who is notorious for cutting off funding for life-saving breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood -- or a fresh voice who wants to work across the aisle to get things done, grow our local economy, (and) work to make health care more accessible and affordable for women and folks with pre-existing conditions," he said on "New Day."

"Out-of-state money has poured in on both sides. It's become a little bit of an arms race," the Democrat admitted. "I'm proud of the fact that my campaign is powered by small-dollar grassroots fundraising of an average contribution of less than $50 while my opponent's campaign has been bailed out by the same old special-interest super PACs peddling deception, fear-mongering and hate here in Georgia for months now."

"You want to see this race as about you against Karen Handel," Camerota pushed. "Understood. You've worked hard. But do you not see the national implications of this race, do you not think it's at all a referendum on Donald Trump?"

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: ga2017; ossoff
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To: simpson96

Consider the state of the Democrat party. Grasping at a special election in a Georgia district as a life preserver for a party that holds virtually no legislative power nationally and still won’t even if this guy wins.

Hey Democrats, if you win this one, only 1041 seats to go to get back to where you were 8 years ago.


41 posted on 06/20/2017 9:08:58 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (CNN IS ISIS.)
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To: Rusty0604

I thought so, too.


42 posted on 06/20/2017 9:09:26 AM PDT by madison10
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To: simpson96
"...my opponent, Karen Handel, who is notorious for cutting off funding for life-saving breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood -- or a fresh voice who wants to work across the aisle to get things done, grow our local economy, (and) work to make health care more accessible and affordable for women and folks with pre-existing conditions,"

and

"...while my opponent's campaign has been bailed out by the same old special-interest super PACs peddling deception, fear-mongering and hate here in Georgia for months now."

This type of talk works GREAT in Austin, Boston, the Upper East Side, the Hamptons, San Francisco, Seattle and Santa Barbara but NOT in the South.

Atlanta is a political liberal cesspool but only because of the solid lock the democrats have on Blacks, but this isn't gonna fly in Southern White suburbs.

43 posted on 06/20/2017 9:10:21 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
The braindead Black Caucus member is right. Ossoff projects that
handsome, brash, virile, self-assured masculinity reminiscent of JFK ....

Just an amazing likeness.

44 posted on 06/20/2017 9:10:48 AM PDT by Liz ( Liberalism: standing on your head, then telling the world that it's upside down.)
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To: simpson96
... a career politician -- my opponent, Karen Handel, who is notorious for cutting off funding for life-saving breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood...

First lie - first sentence. Typical CNN...

THERE IS NOT ONE MAMMOGRAPHY MACHINE IN ANY PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINIC ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. AT BEST WOMEN WHO ARE CHECKED AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARE LULLED INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY THAT THEY'VE BEEN 'CHECKED'.

Shame on CNN for the zillionth time.

45 posted on 06/20/2017 9:13:06 AM PDT by GOPJ (James Hodgkinson a Bernie Sanders true believer)kicks off Resistance Summer by shooting Republicans)
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To: Liz

What a pajama boy...I bet he wears skinny jeans and drinks cocoa.


46 posted on 06/20/2017 9:16:13 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (We must never shut up. Covfefe: A great dish served piping hot!)
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To: simpson96
Ossoff said: "... my opponent, Karen Handel, who is notorious for cutting off funding for life-saving breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood ..."

Just prior to reading this article I read through several dozen Dilbert comic strips. I laughed out loud when I realized how this drama queen would fit right into that world.

47 posted on 06/20/2017 9:17:48 AM PDT by William Tell
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To: SamAdams76

Is there anyone out there in Georgia 6th CD land, that can enlighten us peons as to how the voter turnout is going today?


48 posted on 06/20/2017 9:22:34 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: simpson96

Interpretation: The attempted assassination of Scalise and violence directed at conservatives has enraged the GOP base to the point that both democrat candidates are going to get wiped out tonight.


49 posted on 06/20/2017 9:26:22 AM PDT by DarthVader ("These lying tyrants are about to get hit with a tsunami of destruction on their evil reign." Gaffer)
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To: VikingMom

And this democrat is retelling the lie.


50 posted on 06/20/2017 9:26:52 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: simpson96

He’ll be the left’s new Anthony Weiner if he gets elected. He’s a southern Weiner.


51 posted on 06/20/2017 9:27:03 AM PDT by boycott
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To: Liz

Put a little cowboy hat and vest on him and he could pass for Woody in Toy Story


52 posted on 06/20/2017 9:38:02 AM PDT by BubbaJunebug
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To: Rusty0604

It is.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/10/02/the-repeated-misleading-claim-that-planned-parenthood-provides-mammograms/


53 posted on 06/20/2017 9:40:36 AM PDT by JayGalt
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To: Rusty0604

The other part that the left doesn’t get is that anyone who has used Planned Parenthood knows its a lie so when the claim that PP offers mammograms and breast cancer services they are outing themselves as liars.


54 posted on 06/20/2017 9:42:47 AM PDT by JayGalt
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To: JayGalt

But the Democrats don’t care about Democrat lies!!!


55 posted on 06/20/2017 9:49:05 AM PDT by LTC.Ret
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To: simpson96

In politics, “downplaying” is the same as “blinking”. Someone just blinked.


56 posted on 06/20/2017 9:50:15 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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To: Liz

“The braindead Black Caucus member is right. Ossoff projects that handsome, brash, virile, self-assured masculinity reminiscent of JFK ...”

Yeah, with that long face I would say he looks like John F’ing Kerry!


57 posted on 06/20/2017 9:52:14 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("“In America, we don’t worship government, we worship God.”" DJT)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

“The braindead Black Caucus member is right. Ossoff projects that handsome, brash, virile, self-assured masculinity reminiscent of JFK ...”

Yeah, with that long face I would say he looks like John F’ing Kerry!

I have to win the Internet for that one.


58 posted on 06/20/2017 9:53:13 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("“In America, we don’t worship government, we worship God.”" DJT)
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To: simpson96

Last minute polling must not be looking good for Pajama Boy.


59 posted on 06/20/2017 9:56:24 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittanc)
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To: simpson96
The press will turn on a dime if Ossoff loses.

They'll tell us the race was meaningless... that Ossoff was a weak candidate... that the loss means nothing.

The press is not JUST a liar - they're predictable liars...

60 posted on 06/20/2017 10:01:15 AM PDT by GOPJ (James Hodgkinson a Bernie Sanders true believer)kicks off Resistance Summer by shooting Republicans)
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