Op-ed:

Mudslinging at the local level...as nasty as it gets

By: Diane Sori

Politics is dirty, make no mistake about it.  Dirty from the top all the way down to the lowest local election.  And somewhere in the middle sits the dirtiest mudslinging of all...the District 23 Congressional race to unseat the infamous Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Obama’s little lapdog.

People have no idea just how low some candidates will go to try and buy themselves an election, especially when they have NO qualifications at all or made-up ones at best.  It’s well known that I am a supporter and volunteer for KAREN HARRINGTON.  KAREN ran against DWS two years ago and got 40% of the vote as a relative unknown.  How’d she do it...through hard work is how...going door-to-door, phone banking, speaking at meetings...everything and anything to get her fiscally conservative message out.  And her showing for a first time candidate was truly amazing, especially going against an entrenched liberal Democrat in a Democrat controlled county.

Within a short period of time after losing this first election KAREN made the decision to go it again as she felt, and rightly so, that DWS was helping to take our country in the wrong direction.  And so Karen started her new campaign with her calling card being, FIRE DEBBIE! 

And KAREN has run this campaign as she did her last, as a woman of principles who supports among other things, our military and veterans, LEGAL immigration, cutting and capping government spending, repealing ObamaCare, traditional family values, Israel, and many more issues and beliefs near and dear to our Conservative hearts.  KAREN is out there daily pounding the streets as she goes door-to-door getting her ‘principled conservative’ message out to the voters.

Sounds like a winner against Debbie doesn’t it...well there’s a wrench thrown into the mix.  Being that KAREN got 40% of the vote last time out and now has the name recognition needed to beat DWS, ALL Republicans should have united behind her as a strong front against Debbie.  But did they...of course NOT!  We now have four other candidates, two of which are johnny-come-latelies who are only in there only to split the vote, one in fact who thinks his last name alone will take the Hispanic vote away from KAREN, and the other laying the groundwork to become a career politician.

And that leaves the other two.  One is a very nice man who is extremely strong on the issues of Israel and the dangers islam and sharia law pose to the fabric of our American society.  However, this is his sole strong point, as he knows very little about economic or business issues, the crux of this election.  Maybe in time he will become a well-rounded candidate but he is not one now, and I think he knows that as he panics like a deer caught in the headlights when asked questions of an economic nature.  Bottom line...this candidate is NOT strong enough to take on Debbie and the vileness she is sure to campaign on.

As for the last candidate...well that is another story altogether.  Never in my entire time involved in politics have I ever seen a person sink to the same gutter level tactics the Democrats are so famous for using.  This candidate is running his entire campaign based on out and out lies and innuendos against KAREN, while at the same time pouring more and more of his own money into his campaign, because he is NOT getting the private donations needed to run a campaign that is supposed to be for and by the people...just another example of someone trying to buy themselves an election as they have NO record or grassroots support to run on.  Also, remember that when someone has to try so hard to cover up and make excuses for past, what they refer to as so-called ‘mistakes,’ like this person is doing with his barrage of negative only attack fliers and robocalls, they are just drawing more attention to those very so-called ‘mistakes’ they are trying so hard to hide.

For all I know, this candidate might be a nice guy in real life away from the campaign trail, but with the constant lies about KAREN that have spewed out of his mouth it leaves me doubtful.  I feel strongly that if someone only runs a campaign based on lies I doubt they’ll be able to even recognize the truth when in DC.  And we have enough of those now in DC as it is, we sure don’t need another one, even with an R next to their name.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz MUST be removed from office but NOT replaced by someone just like her only dressed in Republican clothing.  Washington needs a new brand of political leaders who have not only knowledge and a will to stand by and speak for ‘We the People’ but someone who will honor and govern by our Constitution; someone who also lives by the principals of civility and decorum, and yes even has class, because all these things have been missing from the little Obama mouthpiece and Pelosi wannabe known as Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

The ONLY candidate who fits that bill to a tee is KAREN HARRINGTON.  I wholeheartedly endorse and support KAREN and I hope that all who live in District 23 will vote KAREN for Congress. 

To learn more about KAREN HARRINGTON, visit her FB page ‘Karen for Congress’ at: 

https://www.facebook.com/KarenforCongress