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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsin case people wonder why Florida dems will vote for Charlie Crist
Now, let me go ahead and say this cleanly and clearly.
I hate, have hated, and always will HATE Charlie Crist. Not dislike, HATE.
I hated him when he offered to open up oil exploration so he could be John McCain;'s veep, only to get beat out by Sarah Palin.
I hated him when his "independent" run helped put Marco Rubio in the Senator's seat 9though a lot of that was also another person I hate, Debbie Wasserman "I have GOP friends" Schultz.
However, as awful as Charlie is, we need to get rick scott out of there STAT. He already mamngled the one thign Charlie did right, the plan to buy the everglades from Big Sugar, after oddly enough, Rick Scott spent weekends at the King ranch in texas, aka a ranch owned by big sugar, where rich boys can act like hunters.
This is the same guy that refuses to expand medicaid, and indeed, refused the high speed rail Obama offered.
Yes, it is a sign of the times when the onyl two people that have a shot at election are the former idiot GOP giv and the guy that was behing the theft..er loss of millions of medicare dollars. However, I know that if Rick Scott manages to stay in, he will eithe rhand the state over to Jeb, or worse, use it as a bargaining chip for his OWN presidential run.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)But I guess that is about all the current Democratic Party can offer pretty much anymore. YAY, us!
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)what does Naderoffer us? He does nto have to worry, he and Jane Hamsher make money helping GOP candidates win.
Caller it lesser of two evils, I call it preventing a greater evil, especially since unlike many of the "we are so above this all types" I am on the social rung of the ladder where consequences are paid, unlike Ralph and jane that are doing just fine, thank you.
jambo101
(797 posts)I just dont get why people vote for such an obvious crook like Rick Scott/
[link:https://www.google.ca/#q=rick+scott+crooks+and+liars&safe=active|
onethatcares
(16,172 posts)it's been reported that he appointed a board member of big sugar to become the director of water policy in some way over the clean up of the everglades. tampa bay times front page todays date.
that was after his trip to the kings ranch that doesn't show up on his or the rpof calendars in any way shape or form.
try to picture that alien in hunting clothes? for some reason I can't
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)I have my absentee primary ballot. How many people even know who Nan Rich is? I know people want a "pure" Democrat, but I honestly think that Nan will not win the primary, let alone the Governorship. Lesser two evils? Chasm between those two evils. Everything that Crist supports the Space Alien, and his Repuke cronies, is against. The Presidential election is coming up, who wants Rick Scott running the state during that? Look down the road to that. Very, very important factor there.
JCMach1
(27,559 posts)General Election, if he wins, that's another story. Rick Scott has to go... even if that means electing a born-again Democrat.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)I just know that for all the thunder of primaries, the general is what matters. And if people really, really want liberals, they need to cut the posion out of the backroom.
FIRE DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ! Let her find "friends" in the GOP!