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 Crist Breaks With the GOPPosted on Apr 29, 2010
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s political prospects took a sharp downward turn after he man-hugged President Barack Obama in February 2009. And the emergence of the tea party movement—not to mention the boost it has given Crist’s main rival for election to the U.S. Senate, Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio—hasn’t helped Crist’s cause either. For these and no doubt other reasons, Crist has decided to break with the Republican Party and run for the Senate as an independent candidate. Here’s what he had to say Thursday about his anticipated announcement. —KA
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By MarthaA, April 30, 2010 at 9:43 am Link to this comment
Moderate and Conservative is the neocon, neolib corporate crook vote.
It is difficult to cook with perfection without the proper ingredients, but President Obama is doing better for our country than any other president since the beginning of the Conservative Movement to destroy all the cooking ingredients as far as the populace is concerned.
The last thing the country needs is for the Republicans to get back into power under the guise of Republicans and Democrats being individually equal, which is a bunch of hog wash. The best the Democrats can do is genteel academics to compete with the GOP’s old money elite corporate capitalists. There is no old money corporate power on the Democrats left side, therefore the major wealth of the nation is on the Republican right side. All the Democrats have for power is the great numbers of the populace, which must start being used against the Republican socialism of the banksters and corporate assemblage.
Report thisBy MarthaA, April 30, 2010 at 9:43 am Link to this comment
Moderate and Conservative is the neocon, neolib corporate crook vote.
It is difficult to cook with perfection without the proper ingredients, but President Obama is doing better for our country than any other president since the beginning of the Conservative Movement to destroy all cooking ingredients as far as the populace is concerned.
The last thing the country needs is for the Republicans to get back into power under the guise of Republicans and Democrats being individually equal, which is a bunch of hog wash. The best the Democrats can do is genteel academics to compete with the GOP’s old money elite corporate capitalists. There is no old money corporate power on the Democrats left side, therefore the major wealth of the nation is on the Republican right side. All the Democrats have for power is the great numbers of the populace, which must start being used against the Republican socialism of the banksters and corporate assemblage.
Report thisBy tropicgirl, April 30, 2010 at 7:38 am Link to this comment
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After getting to know Obama and Rahm, and the new Democratic operatives,
and how interfering with and controlling the outcome of local elections are a
priority for them, in spite of all the national problems we have…I think it was in
the works all along. The “Obama kiss” says it all.
The Washington Democrats are supporting Crist, behing the curtain, as it is
obvious only local Dems are supporting Meek.
This is all so that Obama can get the few “bipartisan” votes he needs to appear
successful, even if it is “Independent”. The “kiss” was good for Obama, but
“deathknell” for Crist. But that is the fix, like it or not its pretty obvious.
It also foolishly perpetuates Obama’s myth of the “moderate Independent”.
They are not (moderate), not by a longshot. Even in Florida.
Moderate is too often considered the “neocon, neolib, corporate crook vote”
these days. It’s been the angry, non-moderates leading the independent
movement. Geesh. So obvious anything else is spin or vast, willful, ignorance.
In Obama’s case, it is deliberate spin because he would like the moderate,
Report thiscorporate “cave-ins” to ease their conscience and feel special when they help
him further his corporate, huge government, big world bank agenda. Like Crist
would.