Op-ed:

Game, set, match...Harrington vs Wasserman Schultz; West vs Murphy

By: Diane Sori

Last night Florida won big with KAREN HARRINGTON winning the District 23 primary (encompassing sections of Broward and Miami-Dade counties), and LTC ALLEN WEST winning in District 18  (Martin and St. Lucie counties on the Treasure Coast, as well as the northern third of Palm Beach County).

Out of all the primaries in Florida yesterday these two were of paramount importance because of who Karen will go up against, and because in Allen’s case, we MUST make sure he remains in Congress.  Karen will take on the infamous Debbie Wasserman Schultz, otherwise known as ‘Debbie Downer’ by those of us who have the unfortunate distinction of having her as our current Congresswoman.

And Allen West’s race will be one of the dirtiest campaigns ever as George Soros is funneling in millions of dollars towards the running of Democrat challenger Patrick Murphy’s absolutely disgraceful and defamatory ads against our favorite Congressman.

In fact, Congressman West has challenged his Democrat opponent to four debates before the election.  But we all know that really has NO chance of happening, because Murphy has NO experience or real understanding or grasp of the issues.  Our Allen would chew him up and spit out the bones and Murphy knows it.  So all he has is deliberately fabricated lies to run on...and Soro’s money to help spread those lies.

And so it is with Karen Harrington who’s in her second rematch with DWS.  Having garnered 40% of the vote against Debbie during her first run as a basically an unknown, Karen now has the name recognition and momentum two years later.  But while DWS will be heavily financed by the Democratic political machine, hopefully the end of her stay in Congress is at hand as Karen has strong backing from major conservative and Tea Party players, a huge volunteer grassroots support team (of which I am a proud member), in addition to having won the primary in such a resounding way with her strong conservative message.

Karen issued this challenge to DWS, “I am challenging the Congresswoman to no less than five town hall-style debates so the constituents of the 23rd Congressional district can make a better, more informed choice as to who should be their representative in Congress.”  But like Allen’s challenge to Patrick Murphy we all know that will NOT happen as DWS does NOT speak in public unless she’s well scripted or preaching to her die-hard unquestioning followers.

And while both Karen and Allen readily beat their challengers, Karen was up against four other individuals vying for the chance to take on DWS.  And let’s just say that some of the opposition campaigning was not pretty.  And even with all the negative attack ads, phone calls, and TV commercials lobbied against Karen, she still handily won the primary by staying on task and sticking to the issues and her conservative message.

And this shows above all else that people are tired of the negative...they want solutions to the serious problems facing us under this current administration NOT infighting amongst the ranks.  And while the two who did the most attacks on Karen did call to congratulate her, and I thank them for that, the other two did not, and this is just plain wrong as we must forge ahead as a united front against Obama’s little lapdog and Pelosi wannabe.  If all of us in District 23 come together, bury the proverbial hatchet, and join ranks behind Karen, no matter who we supported in the primary, we can send Debbie Wasserman Schultz packing.  And that should be the main focus, objective, and goal.

So again, congratulations to Congressman Allen West and DWS challenger Karen Harrington for a job well done...and now the hard work begins on the grassroots level to send one back to Congress and the other to Congress for the first time.

As always, November 6^th can’t come fast enough.

To learn more about KAREN HARRINGTON click here:
https://www.facebook.com/KarenforCongress

To learn more about ALLEN WEST click here:
http://www.allenwestforcongress.com/about/district/