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Democratic lawmaker immediately defects to GOP after winning re-election (www.rawstory.com)

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Florida state Rep. Susan Valdés announced Monday she is defecting to the Republican Party — immediately after being re-elected as a Democrat.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A politician? Misrepresenting their goals? Changing them after being elected? Impossible!

You must be young.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not young. I get your point, but I think you understand mine. There's a huge difference between not fulfilling campaign promises and totally voting opposite the party you were elected under. So I toss it back...do you think this is fine or okay, or even typical, and we should just shrug it off?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think it's typical, yeah. I don't think it's fine. I have no expectation of things ever being fine in government so I'm hardly surprised.

I also think it's less egregious (so far) than, for example, Obama running on "hope and change" then renewing or expanding all of Bush's worst excesses, the things we hoped he would change.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tell us what you would accept from the choices available.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I've accepted there isn't fuck-all I can do about it if that's what you mean