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Crist Looks to Go It Alone
The Wall Street Journal ^
| 04-29-10
| PETER WALLSTEN And VALERIE BAUERLEIN
Posted on 04/28/2010 5:57:15 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
Florida Governor Will Exit Republican Senate Primary to Run as an Independent
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, figuring that he can't win the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, has decided to exit that race and run in November's general election without a party affiliation, according to two of his advisers.
Mr. Crist has scheduled a formal announcement for Thursday in his hometown of St. Petersburg, Fla. If the governor follows through, he would upend one of the country's most closely watched campaigns.
His withdrawal would hand the GOP Senate nomination to former state House Speaker Marco Rubio, who has drawn energy from the party's conservative wing and the tea party movement to take large leads over Mr. Crist in surveys. Republican leaders have abandoned Mr. Crist in recent weeks, calling him an unreliable partner in their fight against the Democratic agenda in Washington.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2010midterms; crist; fl2010; gop; jasonwetherington; thirdparty; wsj
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist takes a cellphone call in his Tallahassee office Wednesday
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posted on
04/28/2010 5:57:15 PM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
To: 506Lake; AdvisorB; antivenom; angry elephant; Blonde; BornToBeAmerican; boxlunch; brivette; ...
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posted on
04/28/2010 5:57:42 PM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
To: GOP_Lady
Crist is far more important than the success of the Republican party in Florida. Just ask him! I hope he takes away from the Democrat in the General Election. No Conservative/Republican should even consider voting for him.......TURNCOAT!
To: GOP_Lady
It never occurred to this twit that he could have ran for the Senate in 2012 against Nelson, and he'd not only have the party backing, he'd probably get an endorsement from Rubio himself.
Naw, it's so much better to be hard-headed and lust for power even when you're getting killed in the polls and you have no base of support running as an independent.
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posted on
04/28/2010 6:03:11 PM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(Obamunism: You have two cows. The regime redistributes them and shoots you dead)
To: GOP_Lady
“Christ takes a phone call....”
- Christ: “Hello”
- Caller: “Hi, I think we found your honor, it was on the floor under the table next to your napkin at the Outback Steakhouse”
- Christ: “ummm... No problem you can keep it, I won’t need that back anytime soon.”
- Caller: “But sir, it’s your honor we’re talking about.”
- Christ: “Hey, after accusing my opponent of using his GOP credit card for a back wax, do you really think I need that any more?”
- Caller: “Good point.”
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I suspect it did occur to him that he could run in 2012, but he feels entitled to be a senator before then.
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posted on
04/28/2010 6:06:10 PM PDT
by
freespirited
(I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise. --Robert Frost)
To: GOP_Lady
All his boyfriends are Democrats, so his secret’s safe for now.
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posted on
04/28/2010 6:07:28 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(If 30 million freedom-loving Americans moved to Australia,it would be the leading power in 10 years.)
To: GOP_Lady
Good, he can split the liberal vote with the Democrat Party candidate, and put the seat safely in the “r” column.
Further, Mr. Crist will have alienated himself from the Republicans, so it will be good riddance for him as he joins Sen. Specter and others.
To: GOP_Lady
This looks awful, like he's a sore loser....
I hope Rubio cleans his clock.
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posted on
04/28/2010 6:17:45 PM PDT
by
mike_9958
To: GOP_Lady
after all the lies and waffles he’s made, only Moogly has more broken promises....he will be alone, and he will be beaten because no one can believe him....I could make Rubio’s spots from charlies own words.....
And you wait for Madam President’s campaign.....all she’ll have to do is replay Moogly on the campaign trail and the outcome....”another broken Promise, Nothing he says can be trusted”
To: Defiant
But now Charlie Crist IS THE GOVERNOR. Is he a homosexual? Enough information has surfaced to make it highly likely that he may be. If he is not, he certainly, in my opinion, does not do much to repudiate the accusation once and for all. Certainly, if I were charged with such a claim, I would repudiate it vehemently and provide all manner of evidence to back the truth. Governor Crist has not done this, or anything close to it, to my knowledge.
For example, when I first heard the rumored possibilities that our newly elected Governor may be a homosexual, I had a personal conversation with a high ranking official in the Governor's Office whom I have known for over 35 years. This person, in defense of the Governor said, "that is none of your business, his personal sex life should be private." Well, yes...except that he IS THE GOVERNOR and if his sex life is homosexual in nature...it raises all kinds of policy, health and morality issues...because he is now the Governor, it IS MY BUSINESS! And...If he was NOT A HOMOSEXUAL - why not just simply say, "no, he is not, that is simply a vicious rumor." There simply is not a vehement repudiation of this claim coming from the Governor's Office...when by all rights, there SHOULD BE, if he indeed is not a homosexual.
Why does this matter now, you might ask? Apparently Charlie Crist has other political ambitions that may indeed, one day land him in or near the White House. Florida and national voters - and especially Christian voters need to know what the possibilities are.
Some might ask, "Why would a church website post an article such as this?" The answer is simple...first, this is a moral, biblical issue that all Christians should be informed about. Secondly, Christians are voters and citizens too. They need all the information possible at hand when making informed, Biblical decisions about their elected officials.
Of course, it is my sincere desire that we ultimately find out that Governor Crist is not a homosexual. If he is not - then I would be among the first to defend him from what would then be termed "vicious attacks." In the meantime...we must consider the information at hand. Take a look at the following articles and facts and then YOU DECIDE.
Listen to the Sworn Testimony (AT BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE) of Dee Dee Hall, a staffer to Katherine Harris who claims to have had converstations with convicted felon, Bruce Carlton Jordan about his "love life" with Charlie Crist.
NEW!!! From Broward Palm Beach News - ONLINE
Here
Article Title - The Talk of the GREEN IGUANA
Synopsis - Interview with a Gay Bar owner about Charlie Crist's frequenting of the bar before he ran for governor and how widely known it was that Charlie was a "flamer" gay. READ THIS WHOLE 3 page article...it is a chronicle of the whole Charlie Crist debacle...This one article should convince you one way or another as to Gov. Crist's sexuality...It is AMAZING the number of convicted FELONS that he is CLOSE friends with!
From TAMPA BAY ONLINE
Here
Article Title - Police Suspect Former DCF Spokesman Had Other Victims
Synopsis - Child pornographer and homosexual Al Zimmerman - recently arrested - has direct ties to Charlie Crist and used Governor Crist's name and reference to secure a job with the Florida Department of Children and Families.
From the BROWARD PALM BEACH NEW TIMES online
HERE
Article Title - Charlie Crist Is NOT Gay
Synopsis - An article in which Charlie Crist, flatly denies being gay - during his campaign for Governor. A synopsis of his past marraige and sexual accusations.
From the ONLINE JOURNAL
HERE
Article Title - What Floridians should know about Charlie Crist
Synopsis - "In mid-September, 2006, millionaire Reform Party gubenatorial candidate Max Linn . . . insist(ed) that Charlie Crist is gay" . . . on Orlando radio station WFLA-AM 540 . . . to talk show host Bud Hedlinger. . . . Linn said he would 'put my hand on a stack of Bibles' to say Crist is gay. His sexual preference is not to women. . . . ' (See Gadfly in governor's race may have a sharp stinger. From a St. Petersburg Times article.)"
"As to Crist's being gay, Linn claimed to know this because he and Crist were in the same 1985 class of Leadership St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce program. 'We discussed it,' Linn said. Linn . . . said if Crist were to win, he would be subject to extortion and blackmail. In the next breath, Linn said he would avoid mudslinging but that Crist's personal life is a special case because it's about integrity."
"WMR has also learned that Crist's fraternity brother at Florida State was Brent Sembler, son of major Bush and Crist financial backer Mel Sembler. Sembler, who served as George W. Bush's ambassador to Italy and Daddy Bush's ambassador to Australia, was the brains behind the founding of SEED, Straight, Inc. and the Drug Free American Foundation (DFAF). Straight and SEED have been accused of abusing teens undergoing drug rehabilitation, including subjecting teens to brainwashing techniques. And what doctor served on the advisory board of SEED and approved of such techniques that subjected underage teens to brainwashing? None other than Dr. Charlie Crist, Sr., the father of the man who seeks to replace Jeb Bush and Governor of Florida. And why has Bernie McCabe, the State Attorney for Pinellas County, never brought charges against SEED, Straight, and DFAF for child abuse? It might have something to do with the fact that McCabe is a campaign contributor to Charlie Crist."
From the DAILY KOS.com news site
HERE
Article Title - FL-GOV: Crist Outed Further, Longtime Lover a Criminal
Synopsis - "A young rising star in the Republican Party has boasted to witnesses of his sexual relationship with Charlie Crist, the frontrunner in the Florida governor's race who has repeatedly denied that he is gay. The GOP staffer, 21-year-old Jason Wetherington, told friends at separate social functions in August that he had sex with Crist, according to two credible and independent sources who heard Wetherington make the claim first-hand.
Wetherington, who recently worked as a field director for U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris and currently works for state representative Ellyn Bodganoff's reelection campaign, also named a man whom he said is Crist's long-term partner, a convicted thief named Bruce Carlton Jordan who also recently worked for Harris in her long-shot Senate bid."
From PROUD OF WHO WE ARE - Florida Homosexual Political news and blog site
HERE
Article Title - Letter Urging Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist to be HONEST about His Sexuality
Synopsis - "After the sworn testimony of Dee Dee Hall (LISTEN BELOW) - and further research - by this Fla. Chapter of the Homosexual Political Action Committee - Proud of Who We Are - Governor Charlie Crist is urged to "come out of the closet" by Florida Homosexuals.
From The FLORIDA BAPTIST WITNESS - online newspaper article - interview
HERE
Article Title - INTERVIEW -Why do you want to be the Governor of Florida?
Synopsis - A telling and tough interview conducted by the WITNESS. Questions are asked of Crist about abortion, homosexual adoption, morality, his personal relationship with Jesus, etc. If Governor Crist is indeed a homosexual, then many of his answers were disingenuous and downright dishonest.
WITNESS: Why should Florida Baptists care about this election?
CHARLIE CRIST: Because it's important to the future of Florida. It's important to their children. And they need to have a good, moral leader as the next governor of this state. And that's why I hope they vote for Charlie Crist.
From the BROWARD PALM BEACH NEW TIMES
HERE
Article Title - Crist Denies Trysts II
Synopsis - "Videotaped sworn statement has surfaced that bolsters the contention that Florida Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist had a recent romantic relationship with a convicted felon and former travel aide to U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, Bruce Carlton Jordan."
Listen to the Sworn Testimony HERE (11 minutes long)
This testimony is from Dee Dee Hall, a staffer to Katherine Harris who claims to have had converstations with convicted felon, Bruce Carlton Jordan about his "love life" with Charlie Crist.
Wednesday February 11, 2009 2:05 AM
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posted on
04/28/2010 6:21:57 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
To: GOP_Lady
I think I either heard or read that everyone who was helping him run under the GOP banner are not going to help him and will quit their jobs.
Has anyone else read or heard this?
To: ducttape45
saw this one coming miles away. Its all about himself, and what he want and not what the ppl want
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posted on
04/28/2010 6:35:44 PM PDT
by
4rcane
To: 4rcane
Maybe nobama can give crist a hug and a kiss to make him feel better?
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posted on
04/28/2010 6:45:23 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
($10 (I think) ajmo0unts through the internet from all over the world.)
To: originalbuckeye
This idiot vetoed the No Tenure bill the House passed
because the teachers union said they would support him
in his run for the senate.
When did a liberal (D) ever vote for anything other than
a liberal (D)?
Charlie got snookered again..
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posted on
04/28/2010 6:59:16 PM PDT
by
ThreePuttinDude
(o).. Elect Marco Rubio in 2010 .. (o)
To: GOP_Lady
Crist is a closet rat.....must be because this supposed run of his will own hurt Rubio.....
pubs are such babies....don't get their way and they take their ball and go home and pout, planning revenge...
what do rats do?....swallow hard and then go and support the rat candidate.....
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posted on
04/28/2010 7:02:36 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: Rome2000
I think he had the same pitching coach as BO. One of the reasons I would love to see Palin as President is because she will have an opportunity to show these clowns how to throw a baseball!
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posted on
04/28/2010 7:46:01 PM PDT
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: ducttape45
Apparently Cornyn pulled the Republican Senatorial endorsement but haven’t heard that they endorsed Rubio. Also nothing from McConnell or McCain about this other than the egg on their face.
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posted on
04/28/2010 7:47:56 PM PDT
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: GOP_Lady
“I’m running as a Republican.”
—Charlie Crist
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posted on
04/28/2010 10:48:32 PM PDT
by
ArcadeQuarters
(Stuck with a RINO? Donate $$$ to a different district.)
To: GOP_Lady
That seat now will probably go Dem. Thanks judas!
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