And no, it wasn’t Erick who did that. It was John King.
Background: there was a debate on Monday night between Alex Sink and Republican Rick Scott. There had been an agreement beforehand that there would be no notes or outside help… and Sink promptly ignored said agreement by taking advice from a campaign staffer via cell phone. The staffer has since been fired; and that might have been it… except that Sink last night decided to double down on stupid by claiming that she didn’t know that the call had been politically-related when she took it. Relevant quote: “…the makeup artist held up her phone and said ‘I just got this message, I don’t know who it’s from…’”
CNN says… no, actually, that’s not what we heard.
Relevant quote there: “But we listened very closely to the audio, and the makeup artist, when she approached Alex Sink, said ‘I have a message from the staff.’ And at that point they looked, it was on a cell phone, it was two sentences…”
It’s not that Alex Sink made a mistake, really: it’s that she lied about it afterward. In some ways, it’s worse that she lied so badly at it. Everybody makes mistakes, after all – and it’s probably exceptionally unreasonable to expect politicians to maintain 100% veracity at all times, under all circumstances, with no exceptions. But this was an impromptu test in Sink’s ability to operate well under pressure, and she flunked it handily. We’re just fortunate to find out about it now.
Also: did Sink really need to be told to be more aggressive towards her challenger? That’s like being told to not pick your nose on national television. If you have to give that kind of elementary debate advice…
Moe Lane (crosspost)
PS: Rick Scott for Governor, of course.
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Ha Ha Ha Ha! Alex Sink Is SUNK!! (nt)
IJB Wednesday, October 27th at 2:30PM EDT (link)Everywhere in Florida today....people are clear that SINK is a cheat...both on and off the camera
fpete13527 (Diary) Wednesday, October 27th at 2:43PM EDT (link)…..she just thought that Floridians were not smart enough to see it.
She is wrong. Floridians are very smart and they see very clearly what she is…..a cheat.
Floridians also see that she is 100% backed by Unions(SEIU), Soros PACS, and Obama Socialists. She would be a rubber stamp for Obama and a disaster for Florida.
Sink thought no one would find out how bad she is. Floridians know better.
And CNN openly acknowledged that she is a cheat.
Great post Moe.
As a junkie of politics not a FL resident, I
earlgrey (Diary) Wednesday, October 27th at 4:04PM EDT (link)was curious about how much this incident would affect FL voters. You think they are aware of it and bothered by it?
Floridians are VERY aware of it and VERY bothered by it....
fpete13527 (Diary) Wednesday, October 27th at 4:35PM EDT (link)Sink is SUNK
Rule Number One:
dambama Wednesday, October 27th at 2:49PM EDT (link)Democrats always lie.
It's got to be egregious if CNN is calling her on it
civil truth (Diary) Wednesday, October 27th at 2:59PM EDT (link)I guess she violated one law of journalism that even Democrats are subject to.
Which is don’t tell the press directly that what they heard is wrong when they have video/audio evidence. They may be in your pocket, but even they will get ticked off if you get in their face that way.
The greatest evil…is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern. -C.S. Lewis
How Apropos...
qsclues (Diary) Wednesday, October 27th at 3:16PM EDT (link)…that the top of the Florida Democratic ticket is comprised of two people named “Meek” and “Sink”. Sums up the whole party in this election.
Main Entry: rac·ism
Pronunciation: \ˈrā-ˌsi-zəm also -ˌshi-\
Function: noun
Date: 1933
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination
3 : term used by a liberal to concede an argument
Conjugate the verb sink.
romeg Wednesday, October 27th at 3:53PM EDT (link)Sink
Sank
Sunk
“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” – C. S. Lewis
Sink won't make it, doesn't meet Dem lying standards
johnt Wednesday, October 27th at 4:32PM EDT (link)Perhaps she isn’t insane enough, not enough of a psychopath. But she definitely failed the deceit test this time around. Party leaders, you can always tell them by the smell and the soiled pants, are shaking their heads right now. “We thought she would be a top quality liar, we may be in trouble”.
Sometimes they make mistakes.
“a man’s admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him”. Tocqueville
Florida is growing more concerned about having a CFO(Sink) who cheats so openly
fpete13527 (Diary) Wednesday, October 27th at 5:58PM EDT (link)From the Republican Party of Florida website:
“Floridians have been shocked to find out that the very campaign advisor spoon-feeding her lines during the debate is actually an insurance lobbyist, lobbying Sink’s very own office,” said RPOF Executive Director Ronnie Whitaker.
“There is clearly an undeniable web between May, Sink, CFO employees, and Sink campaign staff that requires significantly more inspection in the wake of the iCheat scandal. From the get-go, Alex Sink hasn’t been honest or shown integrity about the iCheat scandal. Considering we’ve now seen her cheat, throw a lobbyist-advisor under the bus to cover it up, and then lie about it on national television, Floridians are rightfully questioning her competence and honesty in the final week.”
SINK DIDN'T GIVE KING A THRILL UP HIS LEG
heir2freedom Thursday, October 28th at 2:08AM EDT (link)First Chris Matthews slaps around Jack Conway for his bald-faced dishonesty, and now this.
I always loved “Mutiny on the Bounty”.
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