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« on: August 27, 2012, 12:58:05 PM »

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2012/8/27/fla_gop_gov_charlie_.html

An official with President Barack Obama's campaign said Sunday that Crist will speak at next week's convention in Charlotte, N.C., but the day hasn't been worked out.


We found the mystery GOP speaker.
Once again, I'd like to remind everyone that Crist is not a Republican. Smiley

I expect to hear a riveting speech from him on how he and Obama share the same political values. Oh wait, he has none...

It won't be on him and Obama, it'd be on how he left his party (or the party left him), that today's Republicans are too extreme to govern, there's no room left for moderates, that kinda thing.
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« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2012, 06:01:39 PM »

I'd have much more respect for Crist if he'd come out of the closet. I mean, as a politician, I don't see how going from Republican to Independent to Democrat is any more embarrassing than just admitting the truth.

Because in a hypothetical Democratic primary, a good part of his base (namely northern ConservaDems and African-Americans) aren't friends with that community, and besides, he's married. Or do you believe Jim Greer?
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« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2012, 07:29:43 PM »
« Edited: August 27, 2012, 07:50:16 PM by IDS Legislator SJoyceFla »

I haven't really followed this closely, but what is the evidence that Crist is gay?  Some guy claims to have had an affair with him?  Didn't a man also claim to have had sex with Obama?  Does that mean he's gay?

Dear Lord, where do we begin (not that there's mountains of evidence, it's just a really complex plotline; Florida politics is interesting)... Okay, the former chairman of the FL Repubs is a guy named Jim Greer, who is now under arrest for several felonies (organized scheme to defraud, money laundering, grand theft); he made a company that would take funds from the FL GOP and use it on his personal expenses. Greer says that Crist knew about it, people don't believe him, his attorney talks to the guy in charge of Crist's law firm (John Morgan), his attorney says that Crist is gay, had gay relationships with at least two men, paid those two men to leave the state, tried to kiss Greer, went on drunken escapades, and attempted to run over people while on a drunk golf cart joyride. Crist says that it's "a bunch of delusional lies" and that Greer is trying to extort him, and Morgan questioning why, if Crist was gay, would he try to kiss Greer (in his own words, "He (Crist) would have to be a sick son of a bitch to try to kiss Porky the Pig"), and also comparing the questions Greer's attorney was asking to be comparable to "when was the last time you [smurf]ed the neighbor's sheep", or "are you still beating your wife." After this incident, Greer accused Crist of appointing George LeMieux to the US Senate in order to keep him quiet about Gayporkydrunkengolfcart-gate.

Also, there was a 21-year-old GOP staffer (Jason Wetherington) six years ago who boasted that he had banged Crist and also said that a convicted robber (Bruce Carlton Jordan) was Crist's long-term partner. They both worked for Katherine Harris in her Senate bid. AFAIK nothing much ever became of it, but it was fodder for some documentary (Outrage, I think it was called).
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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2012, 02:08:15 PM »

Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren
Former president Bill Clinton
First Lady Michelle Obama
Former President Jimmy Carter will address the gathering by video
Former Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin
Newark Mayor Cory Booker
Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Tammy Duckworth
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Georgetown Law School Graduate Sandra Fluke
Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper
Former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine
U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts
Women’s rights activist Lilly Ledbetter
Obama Campaign Co-Chair Eva Longoria
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick
Former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland

These are the only people on the list I have ever heard of, and none of them make me want to go out and watch their speeches. The only ones I'd be anywhere near interested in watching are Clinton, Carter, Kerry (former Presidents/candidates), Crist (obvious reasons) and Hickenlooper (I kinda like him). All the others aren't exactly high-profile. Stupid list overall. Where's the John Lynchs, the John Kitzhabers, the Jon Testers, the Jim Webbs, the Brian Schweitzers, the Russ Feingolds?
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