Florida Republicans gloat and pat themselves on the back over GOP convention.

I just love it when they do that. They show their true colors. They are proud of their divisiveness, proud of their attack style politics.

They sound like little children. They really are proud of how things went down in Minnesota.

From the Ledger Tallahassee Bureau. Their subject line gets it right at least.

Attack politics take the place of discussion about solving problems.

First let's hear from that good old Christian fundamentalist, AG Bill McCollum.



Bill McCollum, family man, Christian...loves him some "slicing and dicing."

House Speaker Marco Rubio, Jeb's shadow, talked about how Obama wanted to bring European style socialism to this country....how it was all about Obama's journey of personal discovery.

Now let's hear from that media person, Susan MacManus, who pretends to be neutral. We all know she is Republican to the core....yet is used as an impartial spokesperson by Florida media. It's okay, most of us know better.



Susan MacManus fell in love with Sarah Palin's new face in the party.

Republican party state chairman, Jim Greer, gets off the talking points and insists it is all about not attacking, that the country is tired of that kind of poliitics.



They love Joe Lieberman here in Florida. He's their buddy.

The chants carried the day for some delegates. "Drill baby drill" was one of the most popular.



Oh, and yes, Marco Rubio really did compare Obama to Marx.

Conventional musings



Many were especially proud of their "national treasure", Jon Voight.



Charlie Crist was not there, supposedly because of all the hurricanes. But most there were proud that the hate-filled, divisive tactics of Karl Rove permeated the convention.



The campaign, the convention, the Florida Republicans, priding themselves on their tactics of ridicule and destruction.

Agreed.

Democrats". This is how they proudly speak about other Americans, as 'bad guys.' A perfect example of why I would never vote for anyone with "R" next to their name.

and that is how they think of us.

...that the entire Republican party is made up of nit-witted children and criminal scum.

"Bad guys". "Evil doers".

Geez, you could find a higher level of conversation in a kindergarten class.

They speak in talking points, memes. They have done it for years and don't realize they are doing it.

Thanks for keeping us up to date on the FL goings-on of the RNC. I'm in grad school at the University of South Florida and saw Susan MacManus on a local political roundtable on TV last weekend- didn't know she was a Republican partisan. I'll pay more attention to what she says from now on!

She even served on Jeb's Florida Election Commission. But then again, in Florida it is hard to tell them apart.

She sounds good unless you really pay attention.

Also be sure to read the comments at the end of the blog. When I post stuff about Florida, I have people come here to admonish me just like that comment on that 2005 post.

Watch it sometime if I post something controversial. Someone immediately appears to "set me straight".

http://www.flapolitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=243

"As of June, 2004: "MacManus has served as an adviser to the governor and was a member of his transition team. Jeb Bush also appointed her to the Florida Elections Commission, which she chaired until 2003. Currently, she's a member of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors." Her ties to Bush are rarely mentioned in the many stories in which she is quoted.

Indeed, MacManus is routinely quoted as some sort of professional "neutral". Here's the best summary on bias: "GOPundit".

Blue :: Who Is Susan MacManus?
Some tid bits from the article (there's much more):

- "She routinely takes a negative spin on Democratic candidates. When Janet Reno was seen as Jeb Bush's chief rival in 2002, MacManus spoke in article after article about how Reno's Parkinson's disease made voters uneasy, as if she were repeating a mantra from Republican headquarters."

- "The Associated Press' Brendan Farrington reported MacManus' belief that the Republicans were embarking on 'absolutely brilliant politics' in the presidential election."

She was also slammed by Media Matters earlier this year: "Sign of the Times? NY Times, St. Petersburg Times misrepresented political ties of individuals praising Jeb Bush's handling of Schiavo case" ("The New York Times reported MacManus's assertion that Bush is 'a very ideologically consistent person' who is 'putting politics aside' in the Terri Schiavo case").

these "demographics"? Surely the DNC or the Obama Campaign has a statistician that does more than divine numbers. There needs toexist a means to counter the lying (or skewing/flaws) of the polls and newscasts that KEEP the meme that the election is CLOSE.

I cannot believe the election is close at all, but media sensationalizing continuously wears on the spirit. And is there a Dem plank that states an initiative to fight election criminality--it seems almost a taboo subject?

More questions and worries than the average bear...........sorry this is slightly off topic.

NoFederales

I think they are being manipulated. Moore said so openly on Larry King.

At my Dad's old company in Lauderdale (they basically canned him, or "eliminated his position"- he was an Exec. VP), the President of the company quoted Batista in a company-wide e-mail.

Needless to say, my Dad, a non-fascist, and he DID NOT get along AT ALL. They're shameless and not afraid to flaunt their fascist, power-grabbing tactics.

Al Capone. They were interviewing this fat old blonde broad, (Unfortunately, the image that just flashed in your mind, though stereotypical, is exactly what she looked like), and she was in her sofa chair talking about the good ole days when she was his girlfriend and how lavish and generous he was to the people in the neighborhood and how good she felt about herself because she was part of his life. She never once criticized him, nor suggested that her adulation of him was improperly placed. That fat old broad, and how quickly she sold herself out to a gangster, is exactly what I think about Floridians who have drank the Kool-Aid.

The Florida power structure is like a combination of fascism, cronyism, good-ole boy network, ganster style "government"- and no one seems to notice or care.

Now that Bu$h is unpopular, I've heard many conservatives admit his failings and distance themselves from him as a person. But they still support his tactics and policies without question. It's infuriating!

when he tries to interview him after finding him at a party with Tom DeLay during the convention. John Mica, R-FL

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5709582

FL Republicans, just very different than others. FL Democrats...in midst of identity crisis.

Every damn time. :eyes:

---

---

:hi: