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deminks

(11,014 posts)
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 11:59 AM Sep 2018

Donna Shalala drops the mic on Scott.




Governor Scott, I ran Medicare, and you are wrong. We Democrats stand united in protecting Medicare for our seniors. In fact, we Democrats protected Medicare when my team and the Justice Dept charged your company with Medicare fraud.
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Donna Shalala drops the mic on Scott. (Original Post) deminks Sep 2018 OP
Oh, that's gonna leave a mark! Aristus Sep 2018 #1
Yeah, to the well informed proglib217 Sep 2018 #32
Good to see! elleng Sep 2018 #2
well damn. ++++ JHan Sep 2018 #3
K&R Scurrilous Sep 2018 #4
Lock him up! DemoTex Sep 2018 #5
Nice! genxlib Sep 2018 #6
I couldn't agree more! green917 Sep 2018 #24
Those are powerful words bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #7
Prick Scott Racerdog1 Sep 2018 #8
tv ad Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2018 #9
K&R Puzzler Sep 2018 #10
K&R Gothmog Sep 2018 #11
Ouch! Nitram Sep 2018 #12
That needs to be a TV ad. Scott has been running so many lies, I fear I will destroy my TV. amuse bouche Sep 2018 #13
agreed NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #14
Love this! FakeNoose Sep 2018 #15
Scott is giving a response worthy of PeeWee Herman. lpbk2713 Sep 2018 #16
K&R! gademocrat7 Sep 2018 #17
Another Dem Woman speaks out! Hekate Sep 2018 #18
That Rick Scott (or whatever his real name is) and 'protecting Medicare' are in the same sentence sandensea Sep 2018 #19
Real name - Nick Nosferatu! AKA Nicky. dchill Sep 2018 #27
Ding·ding·ding! sandensea Sep 2018 #28
Striking resemblance? No! It's HIM! dchill Sep 2018 #29
In my neck of the woods, he's often referred to as Gov. Voldemort. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2018 #33
He wishes. sandensea Sep 2018 #36
Rick Scott should stay away from PatSeg Sep 2018 #20
No kidding! And what in the world does he mean by "socialist experiment" as a negative? Pacifist Patriot Sep 2018 #34
Scott left out a few key words (bad grammar checker, LOL) KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2018 #21
Scott threw a fastball down the middle and Shalala hit a home run. Good job Raven123 Sep 2018 #22
Boom. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #23
Whoa, took me 160+ recs!1 UTUSN Sep 2018 #25
Scott should be running out of money paying his white supremacist buddies for protection brewens Sep 2018 #26
KR! Cha Sep 2018 #30
We can't lose that seat. Run Scott out of town. oasis Sep 2018 #31
I hope Nelson's ppl use this! peekaloo Sep 2018 #35
 

proglib217

(88 posts)
32. Yeah, to the well informed
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 03:06 AM
Sep 2018

Unfortunately, not many voters, including Florida voters, read DU as we do. Not many voters are going to know of (or, in too many cases, believe) Shalala's response. They'll know of and swallow whole what Scott said and vote for him (and his ilk).

One of Democrats' problems for decades has been getting our message out and informing voters of the facts and how voting for RepubliCONs is a vote against their best interest. They've been so brainwashed by FOX and RW radio and TV ads that it's become almost impossible to rebut the misinformation they spew.

I don't have the answer. Unfortunately, I don't see us turning things around any time soon.

I will say this -- Should we take a house (or two) of Congress and the WH in 2020, we push, push and push our agenda through. Fuck negotiations, fuck compromising. And fuck any Democratic legislators who balk at pushing through a progressive legislative agenda. I love Obama. But he tried too hard to play nice while they fucked him over at every opportunity. Lesson hopefully learned by the next Democrat to occupy the WH.

genxlib

(5,524 posts)
6. Nice!
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 12:53 PM
Sep 2018

He has no business talking about Medicare and we should take him to the woodshed when he does.

Proud to say that Shalala has been out of politics for awhile as President of my alma mater. Go Canes!

green917

(442 posts)
24. I couldn't agree more!
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 08:07 PM
Sep 2018

He should be roundly chastised and beaten about the head and neck with anything handy the minute that the word "medicare" escapes his lips unless he is offering an apology to the millions of Floridian seniors he stole from! Madame Shalala was the Chancellor of my Alma Mater before she ran your school also...GO BUCKIE!!!!

bucolic_frolic

(43,115 posts)
7. Those are powerful words
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 01:05 PM
Sep 2018

Keep telling the Republicans, simply and directly, that they are WRONG

Keep repeating it to everything they say. They've gaslighted us enough.

 

Racerdog1

(808 posts)
8. Prick Scott
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 01:11 PM
Sep 2018

Piece of shit that really does belong in prison. Need to keep bringing up his past criminality.

sandensea

(21,615 posts)
19. That Rick Scott (or whatever his real name is) and 'protecting Medicare' are in the same sentence
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 02:17 PM
Sep 2018

is proof if nothing else that that nothing is beneath these people.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
34. No kidding! And what in the world does he mean by "socialist experiment" as a negative?
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 10:04 AM
Sep 2018

Sounds like a good thing to me.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,489 posts)
21. Scott left out a few key words (bad grammar checker, LOL)
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 02:58 PM
Sep 2018

Quote:
If you want to protect Medicare, vote Republican. If you want a socialist experiment with Medicare, by all means vote Democrat.

What Florida's reality is:

If you want to (promote privatized) Medicare, vote Republican. If you want (fair, democratic) Medicare (for all), by all means vote Democrat.

Scott must use the same Twitter writer's group from Heritage Foundation as Trump. Good gawd, what crooks..........

peekaloo

(22,977 posts)
35. I hope Nelson's ppl use this!
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 10:19 AM
Sep 2018

We really are through the looking glass with Scott.

I'd also like to see him pressed about his "service" in the Navy. How many sodas did he sell to his fellow seamen? *snicker*

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