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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Florida Gov Rick Scott Beclowned by #Fantrum

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Florida tried to have a debate of the real issues between Governor Rick Scott and his opponent Charlie Crist, but it was thwarted by a fan. No, not a human fan of either politician, but a mechanical fan under Charlie Crist's podium. The Scott campaign didn't want the fan to be there, so the Governor refused to come onstage for many minutes, leaving Crist to just smile at the audience while the question panel seemed in a quandary about what to do next. Finally Scott stumbled onto the stage with some lame excuse, but it was too late. The Twitterverse had coined #Fangate and #Fantrum, and the rest is part of Florida election history.

Basically, Governor Scott beclowned himself with a fan.



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From NPR
Viewers who tuned in Wednesday night to watch Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Crist (once a Republican, now a Democrat) instead saw an empty stage, with moderators explaining about "an extremely peculiar situation." Within seconds Crist strode out and spent the next several minutes lamenting Scott's absence, and how it was ridiculous to argue over the fan at the base of Crist's podium when Florida faced so many important issues, before Scott finally joined him and the debate began.

But what TV viewers didn't know was that Scott's campaign was so agitated about the fan that it was demanding the event be canceled and that the TV station providing the live feed not proceed with the broadcast.

"Why? Who knows? Your guess is as good as mine," Wendy Walker, head of one of the debate's co-sponsors, Leadership Florida, told NPR Friday. "They had a bee in their bonnets about the fan.... I said, guys, do you want the story to be the fan?"



From the Miami Herald
“It was a missed opportunity. It was very odd,” said Fort Lauderdale lawyer Ed Pozzuoli, a Scott ally and former Broward County GOP chairman who echoed numerous Republicans. “Gov. Scott has a record that he needs to extol at every opportunity, and the only thing being discussed now is the fan.”
. . . Scott didn’t show until 7:07. He told CNN’s Wolf BlitzerThursday that he was told not to go on stage by “organizers.”
Rather than staging a brief boycott, Pozzuoli said, Scott should have used humor to defuse the controversy: “He would have gotten a lot more mileage out of it,” he said.
Instead, the flap became a social media punch line and the talk of morning cable TV shows. On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, viewers saw the video and an incredulous Mike Barnicle asked: “What’s wrong with these people? The governor of Florida demanding no fan?”



Scott tries to Gov-splain, but Fails:















. . . Why should Crist get to cool himself with a fan, but Scott isn't allowed to control his
temperature by laying on a chilled rock?
~ Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central









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Monday, August 27, 2012

Charlie Crist Endorses Obama, Heads Explode

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Charlie Crist Op-Ed in Tampa Bay Times
As Republicans gather in Tampa to nominate Mitt Romney, Americans can expect to hear tales of how President Obama has failed to work with their party or turn the economy around.

But an element of their party has pitched so far to the extreme right on issues important to women, immigrants, seniors and students that they've proven incapable of governing for the people. Look no further than the inclusion of the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims.

The truth is that the party has failed to demonstrate the kind of leadership or seriousness voters deserve.

Pundits looking to reduce something as big as a statewide election to a single photograph have blamed the result of my 2010 campaign for U.S. Senate on my greeting of President Obama. I didn't stand with our president because of what it could mean politically; I did it because uniting to recover from the worst financial crisis of our lifetimes was more important than party affiliation. I stood with our nation's leader because it was right for my state.

President Obama has a strong record of doing what is best for America and Florida, and he built it by spending more time worrying about what his decisions would mean for the people than for his political fortunes. That's what makes him the right leader for our times, and that's why I'm proud to stand with him today.

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I’d say Gov. Crist’s endorsement adds one more vote in Florida. And that’s it.
~ Virginia’s Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, known as Governor Ultrasound

Today we have seen a repugnant display from a self-centered, career politician. While the people of Florida, and thousands of visitors who’ve traveled here, are facing an emergency, Charlie Crist has demonstrated, yet again, that his political ambition will always come first.
~ Republican Party of Florida Chairman Lenny Curry, via ABC News

Charlie Crist, bless his heart, he is just so desperate to be in the parade, he will wear anybody’s costume.
~ Former Rep. Adam Putnam, now the Florida Agriculture Commissioner on Fox News, quoted by Daily Caller

He's like a muppet -- except muppets are lovable, not bizarre and creepy.
~ comment by Yale Dikes on Daily Caller

Just another political ho with a spray on tan and no agenda other than himself....
~ comment by Fl Stingray on Daily Caller

Charlie Crist is the PERFECT example of what I call a "political chameleon". He'll change his colors faster than a cuttlefish to do whatever he thinks is necessary to please whatever audience is right in front of him at the moment! I'm VERY thankful that Marco Rubio defeated him in his Senate bid both in the primaries and in the General Election, because his victory in getting the Senate seat permanently ended Crist's chances of getting elected even as a local dogcatcher anywhere here in FL!!
~ comment by A_Proud_Infidel on Daily Caller

I guess that will help Obama lock up the lying weasel vote.
~ comment by Tom on the Palm Beach Post

Charlie Crist Is Lovin' Him Some President Obama
~ Headline on Sunshine State News

Well the true Charlie Crist has come out....now he;'s come out of the closet supporting Obama, What will come out of his closet next? What a gadfly. Sour grapes and poor loser,. He was a big Republican then indepependent (when it became apparent he was going to gte his clock cleaned by Marco Rubio in the GOP primary...and he did nyway as an Independent). Hes not an independent, a democart or republican. hes just a Chrlie Crist party guy
~ comment by Dave on the Washington Examiner



















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