Petty state Senate leader in Florida: Dean is "welcome in certain, small enclaves of the state”

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Thu Sep-27-07 04:31 PM
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Petty state Senate leader in Florida: Dean is "welcome in certain, small enclaves of the state”

How irritating, how petty, how childish. How annoying, and how very divisive.

This just in: Geller to miss Dean fundraiser

Senate Democratic Leader Steve Geller, who on Wednesday labeled Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina “terrorist, rogue states” for coercing Democratic presidential candidates not to campaign in Florida in advance of its Jan. 29 primary, on Thursday announced he will not be attending a Tallahassee fundraiser held by the head terrorist himself, Democratic chairman Howard Dean.

“He’s welcome in certain, small enclaves of the state,” Geller told the Q. “If you don’t have something nice to say about someone, you shouldn’t say anything at all. Therefore I will not go.”

Dean is scheduled to attend an Oct. 9 fundraiser at the law office of Allan Katz, a Florida Democratic National Committee member who has unsuccessfully tried to persuade the state party to abandon the Jan. 29 primary and schedule a convention or caucuses after Feb. 5.

As long as they keep acting like fools, I intend to point it out.

That would be this Steve Geller who laughed his own amendment off the floor, said the Feb. 5th amendment was only meant to prove to the DNC they tried....but dont vote for it...ha ha.

Geller: "...So the Democratic leader and the Democratic leader pro tem are jointly making this motion, which we will duly show them later, that we tried not to have the election on, um, before (Feb. 5).
President: "And so Sen. Geller are you urging a negative vote or would you like us to pass this vote?"
Geller: "Oh no sir. We really, really want this. Don't we senator? (sarcasm and audible laughter in chamber).

More here:
Florida's Geller joked about his amendment: "sarcasm and audible laughter in chamber"

Howard Dean is coming to Tallahassee for a fundraiser October 9, and they are acting all pissy about it. How dare the chairman who bailed the Florida party out to the tune of $200,000 and makes sure they get $350,000 yearly...how dare he come here. :shrug:

But...that is not enough of the rudeness and pettiness.

Hillsborough DEC chair says Dean not welcome in Florida. Laughs at him.

Meanwhile, the primary controversy isn't keeping Howard Dean away. He's scheduled to be in Tallahassee Oct. 9 for a $100-per-person fundraiser. (Suggested amount..not required)

Hillsborough Democratic chairman Mike Suarez burst out laughing at that news Tuesday.

"I'm not too sure that he's the best person to be doing fundraising in Florida at the moment," Suarez said of Dean.

This is just embarrassing. But there is more. It is the legislative and congressional leaders who are leading the battle.

Wasserman-Schultz helps Nelson lead the battle against the DNC.

Dennis Cook / AP Wasserman Schultz: Make Sure Our Votes Are Counted

She told a complete lie about the DNC. Dean has been talking to the state since the first of the year.

They were absolutely uninterested in sitting down and figuring that out with us. So based on everything I’ve said, it became clear that we should just stick to the Jan. 29 date so we make sure Florida voters are counted."

I don't know if Karen Thurman, the state chairwoman, is strong enough to stop them from hurting all of us.

Petty and vindictive, and hurting us all.