“Yo-Ho, Yo-Ho! A pirates life for me!” That should be Ted Yoho’s campaign theme song. He has been plundering and pillaging the public since he was elected in 2012. This is the idjit that wanted to restrict African Americans to 3/5th of a vote each! This is the butterbrain in a speech in 2014 that we should go back to only allowing property owners to vote. Renters and people in nursing homes aren’t citizens I guess. He endorsed birtherism, and actually said that it would be good for the U.S. to default on its debt. Enough of this shit already!
Let’s try Kenneth McGurn. He graduated high school early at 16. When he turned 18 he joined the army, showing such leadership skills that he was made platoon leader in less than a year. At 19, he volunteered for and went to Vietnam. His leadership continued, and he was a captain before he turned 22.
After 7 years he left the army and went to college on the GI bill. He received a business degree from The University of Florida, followed by a Masters and a PhD. Then, he and his wife started creating successful companies. Then he and his wife made it a personal passion to revitalize the crumbling downtown Gainesville downtown. They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams, and now the place is an economic and cultural jewel, bringing in 5-6 times the property tax revenue to the city than it did before they got there. I guess the guy’s pretty good at business.
Ken is strong on the issues. He supports equal pay, and pay raises. As a Vietnam vet, he is strong on veterans issues, wants to keep the VA from being privatized, and get them fully funded to care for our wounded warriors. He supports stronger K-12 education funding, and wants to fund programs like Early Head Start. He wants to fix student debt, reduce interest rates and restore full year Pell grants for lower income student. Oh yeah, and he wants to fight climate change too.
I’ll be honest, this is a heavy lift. The district is in the GOP north stronghold area. But Yoho hasn’t done himself any favors. He seems to have a penchant for saying stupid shit, maybe some of them too stupid for even his constituents, he could be wearing out his welcome. Also, Gainesville is the home of the University of Florida. McGurn is a highly successful alumni, and has been honored by the school for his philanthropic works. If he can drive up voting there, it could make a solid difference. Yoho is a veterinarian by profession. Let’s send him back to treating hamsters, gerbils and other small rodents, he should feel right at home.
Let’s get Ken Mcgurn over the top and restore sanity to Florida. To learn more about Ken, click HERE. To donate, you can go HERE. And to sign up to spend some time in the Florida sunshine, with all the mosquitoes, or talk to neat people on the phone you can try THIS. Ken is proudly listed on the incredible 90for90.org, so you know all of his bona fides are in order. We’re in the home stretch, let’s finish it with a world record kick shall we?
Thanks as always for reading and GO Blue!