The saga of Charlie Crist’s love for Barack Obama’s stimulus is getting out of hand and harder every day to keep up with.
In February, Crist sent a letter to Barack Obama saying Crist supported the stimulus.
Later that month, Crist stood on stage to praise the stimulus and Barack Obama. In return, Obama called Crist his favorite Republican.
Then two nights ago, Crist said he had never supported the stimulus.
Then last night, Charlie Crist praised the stimulus.
This serpentine maneuvering back and forth on the stimulus is really becoming funny. Either Crist likes and supported the stimulus or he did not. We know he did. We know he supported it. We know he embraced, literally, Barack Obama. So why the waffling?
He either has dementia or just thinks he is a good liar. Neither is useful in this election.
Memory problems
DCHinckley Friday, November 6th at 9:56AM EST (link)If the man cannot remember what spin he spun a mere 2 days ago, he is a prime candidate to forget a) that he is a Republican and should vote like one, and b) the voters that got him there in the first place.
Do we really need any more of these? Have we not reached our limit in Washington of Repubs with the spine of a wet noodle?
Crist is an eclair - pretty on the outside, but nothing but fluff in the middle. But if he gets elected to the Senate, he could look very good to a presidential candidate wanting balance on a ticket. The time to stop this from happening is now.
reallyredhockeymom
*cough*
reddwarf Friday, November 6th at 9:56AM EST (link)A cyst is a closed sac having a distinct membrane and division on the nearby tissue. It may contain air, fluids, or semi-solid material. A collection of pus is called an abscess, not a cyst. Once formed, a cyst could go away on its own or may have to be removed through surgery.
“Once formed…”.
Quite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyst
WH Gibbs throws Crist under the bus ...
joayn Friday, November 6th at 9:57AM EST (link)Link to Politico article from yesterday. With Crist out of the way, I think the WH is banking on Marco Rubio losing to the Dem.
However, I believe they have squandered their biggest base of voters by pushing Pelosicare: OLD PEOPLE. Don’t know how the Dem will get around that fact.
http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1109/kiss_of_death_1fa538c0-ac7b-45eb-bd9e-1fa09e006689.html
Hmmmm, maybe I should reconsider ...
joayn Friday, November 6th at 10:13AM EST (link)Actually, after a little thought, maybe the WH is just passing out retribution to Crist with no other strategy attached. Rahm had a little temper tantrum, perhaps?
Have to check that urge to give them too much credit. Sometimes it is what it is.
It is very, very simple...
mschmitt Friday, November 6th at 10:00AM EST (link)And this smear of Crist cannot be abided by! Governor Crist has been totally consistent!!!
He was FOR it when it was popular, but then he was AGAINST it when it was unpopular. He is FOR it in Alachua county, where it is popular, but he will be AGAINST it throughout the remaining primary (except in Palm Beach County, where he will be for it). He will be FOR it if he gets the chance to battle Meek, but he will be AGAINST it if Obama’s approval hits below 30%. Right until he gets to the Senate…
Crist has never, ever, waffled on his view that Republicans, and voters in general, are too dumb to be reasoned with on such complex matters and deserve to be lied to. He has been totally consistent.
Outrage!
reddwarf Friday, November 6th at 10:43AM EST (link)It’s an outrage that you suggest The Laundered Sheet flaps and flutters whichever way the wind is a’blowin’. The suggestion he tailors his essence to suit those he stands before, that he is anything other than that which he is, is beneath you, sir.
A duel, then!
mschmitt Friday, November 6th at 11:01AM EST (link)Over “Charlie’s Virtue”. I say he is a lying, insipid, skunk — what say you, sir?!
Virtue.
reddwarf Friday, November 6th at 11:33AM EST (link)Some might think, that by The Laundered Sheet refusing to come clean, he has judged US; has weighed US in the scales, and found US wanting. Others might think that it is not the “offence” (if such it be), but the cover up; nay, futher, it is the willingness to use another, and a venerable estate established by the self-existing One, to cloak his true self, that renders him untrustworthy (rather than the “offence” itself).
Lying is not about the words one uses, it is about the impression one seeks to create in the mind of another. For instance: do you recall this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuDs1_4Lk_c
“I believe that Jesus Christ is the son[sic?] of God and the Saviour of the World.”
Romney wanted (uninformed) Christians to think that Mormons agree with Christian dogma, i.e., that MORMONS believe that Christ Jesus, the Son of the Living God, the Second Person of the Most Holy Trinity, is consubstantial with The Father, is the uncreated Creator, self-existent, possessing life in Himself, that He is God in Himself. Of course Mormons believe no such thing, they deny it.
Romney, judged US, and found US wanting, and having judged US, he determined to engage in deception.
It’s not the “offence”, it’s the cover-up.
When absence of bearing becomes a virtue, Crist will become a saint. nt
mschmitt Friday, November 6th at 12:21PM EST (link)"For 'tis the sport to have the enginer hoist with his own petard..."
RedBeard Friday, November 6th at 10:17AM EST (link)Poor Charley. This one thing, without all his other weaknesses, could be his undoing.
Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.
Poor Charlie
erp Friday, November 6th at 10:44AM EST (link)He bet on the wrong unicorn and now he’s toast.
erp
Rubio-Don't Bet Against Him
pirate55 Friday, November 6th at 11:04AM EST (link)Neither the White House or the Florida Republican Party should bet against a strong principled conservative. This conservatism sweeping the country will continue to blossom as alas, the Democrats simply can’t help themselves. As for moderate Republicans. Hopefully someday that term will be what it always should have been, an oxymoron.
The Hoffman supporters are energized
Hooah_Mac Friday, November 6th at 11:09AM EST (link)They are not dispirited. In their minds(and mine), they won a victory. They have energy and now they need a place to put it. Florida here they come. The NY-23 race was not the end of the insurgency, it was just the starting line.
Understand too, most of these people want a revitalized, conservative GOP, and that’s where they will put their energy, and it will be a holy smackdown. More on this as I continue my NY-23 After Action Review.
“You can call yourself a Republican, but if you’ve lost the support of Fred Thompson, you are an unholy thing that will be destroyed by a rain of fire.” -IMAO
Pathetic, Charlie
chbroussard Friday, November 6th at 11:11AM EST (link)When you lie about saying something when you’ve been recorded on tape saying it, people need to give real pause about voting for this man. How many times will the Democrats be able to use that against Charlie in a campaign?? Remember Kerry being for it before he was against it? He looked like an idiot, and so will Charlie Crist.
If the RNSC has not learned their lesson after blindly supporting Dede Scozzafava, then We The People should cut them off financially and send our $ directly to Rubio. Money is the one thing that you can count on to get someone’s attention, and the RNSC is no different. Bankrupt them.
Rubio on Laura Ingraham Right Now n/t
Swamp_Yankee Friday, November 6th at 11:25AM EST (link)nt
Not Dead Yet!
Send some $ to Marco,
LDahl752 Friday, November 6th at 1:48PM EST (link)please. I just sent him a little more today. Oh, how I wish I could do more; but, I felt compelled to send a little to Michele Bachmann, too. (Bless her heart for sending out a call to action a week ago.) We need a couple hundred more like Bachmann and Rubio to speak up for conservative PRINCIPLES in D.C. Even if there are some Republicans now serving in D.C., they are far too quiet. We cannot get this country back on track without many more LOUD voices. They need to be totally convicted to conservative principles and to NEVER follow the likes of McCain, Graham and so many others. I’m weary of all of those who think they need to “reach across the aisle.” It has never worked for the good of the country; and, I doubt it will work in the near future. When the libs focus on THEIR AGENDA, they don’t give a hoot about even considering a more moderate or conservative component. So, why do we allow them to dilute our principles?
Linda D, Henderson NV
Sorry, Charlie.
tenebrous Saturday, November 7th at 9:07PM EST (link)The fact that he can’t keep track of his lies is his undoing. He doesn’t even bother with the “misquoted”, “taken out of context”, or “statue of limitations has expired” Clintonian song-and-dance. I wonder if he has less of conscience than Clinton, then? What is becoming more and more clear is that Crist is not the right man for the seat. When the primary comes around, Rubio might just bury him. Everything Crist says on the stimulus is one huge albatross around his neck.
Nah, Charlie doesn't have Dementia.
Kenny Solomon Saturday, November 7th at 9:22PM EST (link)My Dad’s got Dementia. He’s in a nursing home, surrounded by professional caregivers 24/7, confined to a wheelchair and about 50 of the time is unable to recognize his wife (my mom) and about 90% of the time doesn’t know his own son (that would be me).
Good ol’ Governor Charlie on the other hand knows what he’s doing and thinks he can get away with it all because the GOP and NRSC are behind him, because they’re all part of the “change” problem too.
As far as waffles goes, I don’t know a thing about the man’s diet, but I want to stay away from whatever is causing him to physically emulate George Hamilton.
Of course you can have my guns……. Bullets first.
I didn’t say rounds, shells or magazines……
I said bullets first.