Posted on 11/01/2022 8:29:48 AM PDT by NeverCheney
Democrat Charlie Crist has picked up his third endorsement by a major Florida newspaper — this time, from the Tampa Bay Times, under the headline: “A decent man or a bully?”
Previously, the Miami Herald and the Palm Beach Post recommended voting for Crist, who served as governor as a Republican between 2007 and 2011 before becoming a Democrat and winning election to the U.S. House.
“I’m incredibly grateful to earn the support of my hometown paper, the Tampa Bay Times, as we work to defeat Ron DeSantis’s divisive games and bring decency back to the Sunshine State,” Crist said in a written statement. “Floridians are good people and deserve a governor who will unite them, not divide for his own political ambitions — I’ll be that governor.”
Nevertheless, Crist continues to trail the Republican incumbent in the polls and lags far behind in fundraising.
Two major Florida newspapers — the Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun-Sentinel, published by the Tribune Co. — have announced a corporate dictate to withhold endorsements in the races for governor and U.S. Senate this year.
It’s not clear newspaper endorsements carry weight any more, Susan MacManus, professor emerita of politics at the University of South Florida, said in a telephone interview.
“For older voters, endorsements still matter, and for people who read newspapers and love their newspapers, endorsements can matter, but those are often people who also have already made up their minds about who they’re going to vote for,” she said.
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Does Soros own newspapers in Fl.?
Which way are the town criers leaning?
Not one iota.
It just doesn’t matter!
It matters not one iota. Leftist Rags will endorse Leftists. It’s a given.
This is news?
Disgraceful democrats…
Hopefully Republicans don’t buy those newspapers.
DeSantis is beloved here in Florida, except for a few democrats. Charlie did a decent job when he was governor in the past, but he has gone full on liberal now and people see he isn’t the same person.
I don’t see DeSantis loosing this one, or it even being close.
For the most part, I cherish the endorsements of the Tampabay Times. I vote the other way.
Newspapers are a waste of trees
I would never vote for anyone because they were endorsed by the morons down at the local fishwrap factory.
Just goes to show how Fupped these “editors” are
Such a SLAM DUNK for DeSantis alone, but to “endorse” a dysfuctional lookitmee self centered career politician as GayBoiCharlie just shows how out of touch with Floridians
Shameful excuse for “journalism” They ALL should be fired and get some real news people in there
Decency is not on the ballot.
When it comes to the Tampa Bay Times, 9 out of 10 fish say that they would not be caught dead in it.
LOL!
Liberal trivialities~B$: Abortion; Global warming; Jan. 6 riot., Gay males giving birth, Pelosi’s husband attacked by a 6 Jan riot type of guy!, Republican Deniers of whatever is posing as news, these days, 24/7.
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GOP New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu told NBC’s Chuck Todd when he repeatedly asked about Republican “election deniers” running for office: “You’re in a bubble, man.”
“You are in a bubble if you think anybody’s talking about what happened in 2020 or talking about Mar-a-Lago and all that,” Sununu said. “People are talking about what is happening in their pocketbooks every single day when they have to buy groceries or fill up gas.”
“It kind of has baffled me through this whole campaign season, the fact that Democrats keep pushing this stuff and talking about things that aren’t really what voters want to hear about.”
No significant daily newspaper, including the ones that were once regarded as conservative (Boston Herald-American, Manchester Union-Leader, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Orange County Register) endorsed Trump. He won anyway.
Big surprise! 🙄
If the Tampa Bay Times were anymore left leaning, they’d fall off the Earth.
Nothing NEW from the MSM:-)
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