john plumber won a seat in the florida legislature because of his last name. and the association that people naturally made with a very prominent and politically active family in miami-dade called the plumber family. john plumber spent less than $1,700 in order to beat a very, very well qualified, engaging attorney whose name was allen rosenthal. plumber was an african-american 38-year-old bus driver who had not even attended a public meeting by a colee jal body because of his last name and his avoidance of a photograph in any of his so-called campaign material and so all of the voters, a majority of the voters, a significant majority of voters sent this man to the legislature. and he stayed for a full term. and he made a joke about, okay, race innuendo and so it's not critical in a sense of negativity. it is and it is a device that's used by people as a strategy to gain votes in a democratic world and we cannot judge, evaluate or defend its use. >> congressman? >> let's not forget even recent history. multimf member districts were a way to deny minorities elec

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