Oh yeah, I laughed out loud when I saw that headline, and I’m still laughing about it hours later.
Oh those mean-spirited Republicans running against Gabby and rubbing it in with a Special Ed teacher, that’s just vile.
Only one little problem with that knee-jerk thought. The guy running against Giffords is a Democrat. Oops!
And how is the Democrat Party taking it? Well, didn’t you know that you can’t touch their sacred cow? Even the spineless Republicans know that, as they will not run a candidate against her for that seat.
Anthony Prowell teaches at Liberty Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona. Until recently, he’s dedicated most of his time to educating special needs students. These days, he’s become a local villain for his candidacy to represent Arizona’s 8th Congressional District.
Prowell tells The Daily Caller that he intends to run for the seat currently held by Democrat Rep. Gabrielle Giffords because “so many people that you talk to now say that there’s nobody representing the average working person.”
Initially looking to run for office as a Democrat, Prowell has been subjected to the ire of local party officials and everyday citizens aghast that he would challenge Giffords, who has only cast one congressional vote since a near-fatal shooting in January.
The few local Democrat Party officials he has spoken with on the phone are “livid” and have “flat out said, ‘we already have a congresswoman and I will not support you in any means whatsoever’” before hanging up, Prowell said. Read the rest
What are your thoughts? As far as I’m concerned, anybody can run against her, she’s obviously not capable of performing her duties, so why not run someone else?