"If Republican delegation got Crist in a dark alley, all you'd have left is a tuft of white hair."

[seafan]

LOL, these Republicans are in a frothing lather over Florida Governor Charlie Crist's appearance with President Obama. These people are barking mad.


By the way, isn't this considered to be a threat against an elected official, and therefore, illegal??


Gov. Charlie Crist takes heat from Republicans for supporting stimulus package

By Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor
February 13, 2009



President Obama, left, is introduced by Gov. Charlie Crist at a meeting on Tuesday in Fort Myers. Many Republicans are unhappy Crist appeared with Obama. AP

Democrats may be lavishing praise on Florida's Republican governor for enthusiastically supporting the Democrats' economic stimulus package, but Republicans are questioning whether Crist damaged his future in national politics.
"I don't think he's helped any national Republican ambitions he may have by stepping up to the plate and batting for the other team. … There's a difference between working in a bipartisan way for the common good and switching sides and putting on the other team's jersey," said veteran Republican consultant Alex Castellanos. "At the one moment when we've finally found our voice and remember who we are as Republicans, Charlie Crist forgets. It's stunning."

Crist's full-throated support evoked a rare rebuke from one of his closest political allies, Florida Sen. Mel Martinez, who said on the Senate floor that Crist didn't get it.
"I don't know that my governor understands all the details of this package — that there will be nothing here to help with Florida's housing economy," Martinez said stressing the need for more tax cuts. ..... "It certainly hurts Charlie Crist with the Republican base. … There's a lot of energy among Republicans across the country in opposition to this. The fury that I have seen directed against Arlen Specter and the two Maine ladies is amazing," Pat Toomey, president of the conservative Club for Growth, said, referring to the three Republican senators who voted for the package.

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"They may not be saying it outright, but the Republican delegation is very angry. If they got Charlie Crist in a dark alley, all you'd have left is a tuft of white hair," said Ana Navarro, a Republican consultant from Miami, suggesting Crist has dampened enthusiasm for a potential Senate run in 2010.
"I've gotten about four or five calls from national Republican donors saying, 'What is this guy doing? Is he really thinking of running for Senate?' " Navarro said. "We're going to spend 30 to 40 million dollars to get a Republican elected to that Senate seat, and we could end up with a guy who's going to be the 60th vote for Democrats."

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But some Republicans question whether GOP anger over the stimulus package could damage Crist's standing for a future presidential campaign or a 2010 U.S. Senate bid — Crist says he'll decide about the Senate after the legislative session ends in May — and many Republicans are seething about Crist joining Obama in Fort Myers.
"Every Republican in the state of Florida is wondering where his mind is. He's cooking his own goose," said Broward County Republican state committeeman Ed Kennedy. "I worked for him, campaigned for him, raised money for him. Now we're sitting back and saying, 'My God, what do we have here?' "

Just up the coast, at a Palm Beach County Republican Party meeting Wednesday night, one activist unsuccessfully pushed for a vote to censure Crist, according to the Palm Beach Post, which reported that his censure motion drew applause before being blocked on procedural grounds.

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"My concern is not about what's best for one party or the other. My concern is what's best for the state and what's best for the people of Florida," (Crist) said Thursday, when he invited a mostly Democratic group of African-American legislators to the Governor's Mansion to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the NAACP and the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
"This is our president, and I wanted to show support for what he's trying to do, to help our students in the classroom, the most vulnerable in our society who deserve health care and the infrastructure benefit that this will bring about," Crist said.

Again, isn't the 'dark alley' quote above considered to be a threat against an elected official??

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. I love it

Charlie Crist "... batting for the other team."

Well, DUH.

[barbtries]

2. i don't know about that

but a person would have to be deaf dumb and blind to miss the fact that the republicans have no interest in furthering the common good. they take partisanship to extremes and apparently have forgotten that any other thing matters. :puke:

[Pirate Smile]

3. Didn't he also extend voting hours? He actually seems concerned about the

people in Florida. No wonder he is so hated by Republicans.

[seafan]

6. Yep, he did. And boy, did it tick off these same people. Can't have people voting, doncha know.

Florida declares emergency, Crist extends early voting hours statewide, October 28, 2008

[camera obscura]

4. Yup, as soon as he shows a soul, the rabid right starts smearing him.

If he runs for Senate I would expect a very dirty campaign from anyone who tries run against him in the primary.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

5. Charlie is a RINO...and seems like a nice guy but we're still

suffering from jeb