Comments on: Florida State Senator Al Lawson, 2010 Primary Challenger to Blue Dog Alan Boyd http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/florida-state-senator-al-lawson/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:27:20 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: dannyluv http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971518 dannyluv Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:06:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/blue-america-welcomes-florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971518 <p>Welcome Sir! If you promise to be ant-blue dog I will do all I can to help you win! Our President needs all the help he can get!</p> Welcome Sir! If you promise to be ant-blue dog I will do all I can to help you win! Our President needs all the help he can get!

]]> By: Oilfieldguy http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971418 Oilfieldguy Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:12:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/blue-america-welcomes-florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971418 <p>And thank you Jane for bringing this race to our attention. Indeed, for keeping us informed on so many things.</p> And thank you Jane for bringing this race to our attention. Indeed, for keeping us informed on so many things.

]]> By: Cujo359 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971417 Cujo359 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:07:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/blue-america-welcomes-florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971417 <p>I like that quote.</p> I like that quote.

]]> By: Oilfieldguy http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971416 Oilfieldguy Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:06:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/blue-america-welcomes-florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971416 <p>Thank you. You have moved me closer to the other two options in my above comment. I don’t mean to be pig-headed, but you don’t learn anything the second time a donkey kicks you. Good luck.</p> Thank you. You have moved me closer to the other two options in my above comment. I don’t mean to be pig-headed, but you don’t learn anything the second time a donkey kicks you. Good luck.

]]> By: Cujo359 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971415 Cujo359 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:06:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/blue-america-welcomes-florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971415 <p>That David Simon quote from the other day makes the specifics of how they’d screw us seem irrelevant to me: <i>[U]ltimately I have the utmost confidence in the ability of any ambitious soul anywhere to take what is not progress and what is not valid and to gloss it up and to say, “We’re doing a great job.”</i></p> <p>If roughly the same conditions are in place when the trigger conditions are evaluated as are in place now, they’ll ignore the result just as they’ve ignored all the critics who have been pointing out the obvious now. Like Simon, I have faith that they’ll find an excuse that at least suits them and the news people who are willing to be sycophants for them.</p> That David Simon quote from the other day makes the specifics of how they’d screw us seem irrelevant to me: [U]ltimately I have the utmost confidence in the ability of any ambitious soul anywhere to take what is not progress and what is not valid and to gloss it up and to say, “We’re doing a great job.”

If roughly the same conditions are in place when the trigger conditions are evaluated as are in place now, they’ll ignore the result just as they’ve ignored all the critics who have been pointing out the obvious now. Like Simon, I have faith that they’ll find an excuse that at least suits them and the news people who are willing to be sycophants for them.

]]> By: Oilfieldguy http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971414 Oilfieldguy Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:04:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/blue-america-welcomes-florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971414 <p>Yes, thank you Senator Lawson. Clearly better than Boyd. You have my support. But to illustrate my point, support is not the same thing as donate and volunteer.</p> Yes, thank you Senator Lawson. Clearly better than Boyd. You have my support. But to illustrate my point, support is not the same thing as donate and volunteer.

]]> By: Lawson2010 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971413 Lawson2010 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:01:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/blue-america-welcomes-florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971413 <p>I would not vote for a bill with triggers, it does not get at the heart of the problem</p> I would not vote for a bill with triggers, it does not get at the heart of the problem

]]> By: Jane Hamsher http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971412 Jane Hamsher Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:00:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/blue-america-welcomes-florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971412 <p>Thank you Rep Lawson, we really appreciate it.</p> Thank you Rep Lawson, we really appreciate it.

]]> By: Oilfieldguy http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971411 Oilfieldguy Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:59:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/blue-america-welcomes-florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971411 <p>Sorry to pick nits, but “not support” and “refuse to vote for” are not the same thing.</p> Sorry to pick nits, but “not support” and “refuse to vote for” are not the same thing.

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971410 dakine01 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:57:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/05/blue-america-welcomes-florida-state-senator-al-lawson/#comment-1971410 <p>Thank you for letting us get to know you today Senator.</p> Thank you for letting us get to know you today Senator.

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