Jessica Lunsford's father considering a run for the FL House.

[Ganja Ninja]

Mark Lunsford considering run for office

HOMOSASSA -- After his 9-year-old daughter's slaying two years ago, Mark Lunsford became a highly visible national advocate for tougher child protection laws. Now he says he may run for state office.
Lunsford said he is considering running for the state House of Representatives if his district seat opens up soon.

An opening will depend on whether Gov. Charlie Crist picks state Sen. Nancy Argenziano for one of two seats on the Public Service Commission. If that happens and Argenziano resigns from the Senate, state Rep. Charlie Dean, R-Inverness, said he will run for the vacant Senate seat, which would open up Dean's House seat if he wins.

That could clear the path for Lunsford to run in a special election.

The Homosassa truck driver is a Republican and has never run for office. He said no one has talked to him about running, and he knows it won't be easy.

"There's a lot of issues at hand, not just with children," Lunsford said. "Someone like me, just a truck driver turned advocate, there's a lot I'd have to learn about what the community wants as far as working in Tallahassee."

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I'm sorry but this guy is getting downright annoying. Up until his kid was murdered he was your basic dead beat dad, alcoholic, piece of trailer trash. His kid was being raised by his parents. Now he's some kind of celebrity biker soon to be a GOP politician. It's just too much.

[rox63]

1. I guess the military aren't the only ones having trouble recruiting blood n/t

[lazer47]

2. I have a question???

What Exactly is Trailer Trash, How do you define that?????

[rpannier]

3. I have a friend who lived in a trailer park for 4 years

He used the term while he lived there and still does.
He uses it to mean someone who thinks they know everything, but is undereducated; will scream about how inconsiderate others are, but when someone else asks them to be more considerate they get angry and tell them to "Cheney off!"; they complain about how the whole world is conspiring against them and all their failures are someone else's fault, etc

For my money, the term is over used. It's kind of like saying someone from the south is a red-neck, someone from the west coast are flakes, etc.

It frames an arguement by using stereotypes.

I think your response is approriate. Asking someone what they mean by what the term(s) they use.

[bluedog]

4. whatever.............Citrus County Leans RED

Politics
Citrus County leans slightly Republican in national, state and local races, electing a mix of some local Conservative Democrats and Republicans, while generally voting Republican in presidential elections.

Presidential elections results Year Republican Democratic Other
GOP DEM
2004 56.9% 42.1% 1.0%
2000 52.1% 44.6% 3.3%
1996 40.6% 44.4% 15.0%
1992 36.7% 35.6% 27.9%
1988 63.0% 36.4% 0.7%

[Maine-ah]

5. now, if he was running as a dem, would you feel the same way?

it's sad that it took his daughter's death to turn his life around. But, maybe something good could come out of it.

I hate that term "trailer trash". I think you really alienate many people using that term. Just like some jerk in the Maine forum that told us that Mainer's don't realize that it's low class to hang your laundry on a line to dry. :wtf: