"It seems many good men lose their soul when they become a high powered
politician. Seemingly consumed with power, a sadly large contingency of these
individuals relegate any previously subscribed to principles to the recycle
bin".
That is how a recent post, titled Sorry Charlie, about Charlie Crist, the former GOP Florida governor, who without a significant pivot point, changed course to become the best friend of Barack Obama and Joe Biden and is now running again for governor of Florida as a Democrat, began.
Crist, a charlatan to be sure, is in a battle with current republican governor Rick Scott, who although a mediocre candidate at best, has actually done a pretty fair job in his first term.
This is not lost on Crist, so he has attached himself to a vehicle to help him slip past Scott, a Florida Constitutional Amendment (2) to allow the medical use of marijuana for individuals with debilitating diseases. Pull on the heart strings, but behind the scenes, there is much more than meets the eye.
With Crist removed from public office by having been defeated for the US Senate in Florida by Marco Rubio, Crist went to work for high powered Orlando based attorney John Morgan, a progressive Democrat who has hosted fundraisers at his Winter Park home for Democrats, inclusive of President Obama.
Morgan, whose law firm slogan is For The People, is the leading statewide advocate for the passage of Amendment 2. Morgan was down in Polk County recently and spoke to a crowd of Amendment 2 supporters, where he addressed the crowd. Take a listen:
Marijuana can indeed help individuals with debilitating diseases, and the avenue for those folks to get the necessary legal drugs to help them should be placed on the fast track. But, if you take the temperature of the crowd Morgan is addressing, you quickly recognize those folks are not in attendance. These are low information useful idiots, and people I would decline to be associated with.
Those who are in attendance are those who want pot legalized so they can smoke it till their hearts content, seemingly oblivious to the pain and suffering the bill is advertised to be attempting to help.
Reports have Morgan having bought up tracts of land in Florida to have a hand in growing marijuana should the amendment pass. Although, given his high level advocacy, Morgan should disclose this if true. but otherwise, this is America. Hope he has connections at the local permitting offices.
Crist is all in with Morgan, who is among the strongest financial backers of the Crist campaign.
Crist tells us Floridians he will wake up every day thinking how he can help the working families of the state.
We don't need or want his help. We want government out of the way, with their interaction with the public limited. Crist does not find the citizenry capable of functioning efficiently without him.
Crist once claimed to be a Reagan republican, a champion of limited government. Now he is a Democrat, where he champions government having a visible and invisible hand in the commerce of the people.
If Crist is in fact a Democrat, and not an opportunist candidate without principle available to the highest bidder, he should look to John F. Kennedy, who asked the citizenry to not seek what the government can do for you, but what you can do for your country.
For me, that is to encourage individual freedom and liberty, something Crist thinks is better dealt out by elected official rather than earned by hard working Americans.
As Thomas Jefferson said, “I predict future happiness for Americans if they
can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the
pretense of taking care of them.”- “The democracy will cease to exist when you
take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would
not.”
Should we continue to elect politicians without
principle, like Charlie Crist, we will bring about what Jefferson feared; a
democracy which will cease to exist.
RICK SCOTT for Governor of Florida! Lets Keep Working!
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Sorry, Charlie
It seems many good men lose their soul when they become a high powered politician. Seemingly consumed with power, a sadly large contingency of these individuals relegate any previously subscribed to principles to the recycle bin.
In recent years, I cannot think of anyone who fits this description more than Charlie Crist, former GOP Governor of Florida. Crist, a former QB at Wake Forest and a fellow alumni of Florida State University, has made the journey from a product of the Reagan Revolution to a big government socialist standing in opposition to free market principles he once championed.
Crist won election as governor of Florida in 2007 campaigning as a Reagan Republican, which helped him form his political principles. After serving one term, Crist decided to run as a republican for a Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Mel Martinez. Crist, facing defeat in the primary to now Sen. Marco Rubio, became an independent and lost in the general election to Rubio, whom I supported.
Riding the wave of Barack Obama, Crist, without advancing a noted pivot point, discarded all of those once beloved principles of Ronald Reagan and became a Democrat. Crist could often be seen on the campaign trail and at political events with Obama, who is a stated opponent of our founding principles.
One would hope, having been completely discredited on principles and values, Crist would retire to private life and cease in efforts to serve our state politically. However, after joining one of the states largest defense attorney law firms, John Morgan's Morgan and Morgan, Crist has announced he will challenge sitting Governor Rick Scott in the upcoming gubernatorial race.
It is not hard to recognize that we have a large contingency of, as Rush Limbaugh would descibe, low information voters. Americans are awash, drowning in, as Aldus Huxley projected, a sea of irrelevance. Even still, you would think enough voters would see Crist for what he has priven himslef to be; a man without principles.
Therefore, Crist will play to the lowest denominator, advancing issues that are without merit, hoping to not only secure the vote of Obamabots and rock solid Progressive Democrats, but the low information crowd as well.
Evidence of this was vibrantly clear last week when Crist revealed his plan for a "First Day of Fairness" should he be elected. Action on this day, which would seemingly bypass a heavily weighted GOP legislature, would be done by executive order. Like his new mentor, Crist would have a pen and a phone.
As quoted in an article by Aaron Deslatte, Tallahassee Bureau Chief or The Orlando Sentinel, On his first day back as governor, Charlie Crist says he wants to raise the minimum wage and stop job discrimination against women and gays.
That rhetoric will no doubt get the attention of the low information crowd, and although demonstrably false, be ignored by those predisposed to vote D regardless of a platform based on falsities.
Florida does not discriminate against women and gays ( Unlike Crist, I would have utilized a different word of description rather than gays ). It is illegal for public and private sector companies and organizations to do so. In actual fact, in order to be politically correct, many companies welcome the opportunity to hire these folks.
For any company or organization I have ever been involved in, it was a goal to hire the person who best represented the key competencies with the appropriate qualifications and skills to match the job description.
Raising the minimum wage sounds wonderful to those retained on staff, for they will see an increase in pay. However, the company which employs them will may have to reduce staff to compensate, forcing the employee to potentially increase their workload or hours worked. Benefits may be reduced as well, given the extra payroll costs the company may incur.
In the marco, raising the minimum wage increases unemployment, as due to increased payroll costs, refrain from adding staff, which is already happening due to several economic influences, from uncertainty to destructive regulatory action such as Dodd-Frank and Obamacare.
We continue to hear that the minimum wage is a living wage; it is not. An employee should not expect to earn enough to raise a family on minimum wage. Rather than raise the wage to accommodate incorrect life decisions of these workers, including the lack of education and key competencies which prohibit a worker form securing a better job, the best way to help them is for a growing economy to create additional opportunities for advancement.
Crist knew this at one time, but the principles behind these economic principles, due to the ignorance of the electorate, do not represent the easiest path to elected office. What works now is claiming to be the representative of the government who is able, ready and willing to help the people, or, steadily increase the entitlements bestowed upon the lower class workers.
As Thomas Jefferson said, “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”- “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
Should we continue to elect politicians without principle, like Charlie Crist, we will bring about what Jefferson feared; a democracy which will cease to exist.
In recent years, I cannot think of anyone who fits this description more than Charlie Crist, former GOP Governor of Florida. Crist, a former QB at Wake Forest and a fellow alumni of Florida State University, has made the journey from a product of the Reagan Revolution to a big government socialist standing in opposition to free market principles he once championed.
Riding the wave of Barack Obama, Crist, without advancing a noted pivot point, discarded all of those once beloved principles of Ronald Reagan and became a Democrat. Crist could often be seen on the campaign trail and at political events with Obama, who is a stated opponent of our founding principles.
One would hope, having been completely discredited on principles and values, Crist would retire to private life and cease in efforts to serve our state politically. However, after joining one of the states largest defense attorney law firms, John Morgan's Morgan and Morgan, Crist has announced he will challenge sitting Governor Rick Scott in the upcoming gubernatorial race.
It is not hard to recognize that we have a large contingency of, as Rush Limbaugh would descibe, low information voters. Americans are awash, drowning in, as Aldus Huxley projected, a sea of irrelevance. Even still, you would think enough voters would see Crist for what he has priven himslef to be; a man without principles.
Therefore, Crist will play to the lowest denominator, advancing issues that are without merit, hoping to not only secure the vote of Obamabots and rock solid Progressive Democrats, but the low information crowd as well.
Evidence of this was vibrantly clear last week when Crist revealed his plan for a "First Day of Fairness" should he be elected. Action on this day, which would seemingly bypass a heavily weighted GOP legislature, would be done by executive order. Like his new mentor, Crist would have a pen and a phone.
As quoted in an article by Aaron Deslatte, Tallahassee Bureau Chief or The Orlando Sentinel, On his first day back as governor, Charlie Crist says he wants to raise the minimum wage and stop job discrimination against women and gays.
That rhetoric will no doubt get the attention of the low information crowd, and although demonstrably false, be ignored by those predisposed to vote D regardless of a platform based on falsities.
Florida does not discriminate against women and gays ( Unlike Crist, I would have utilized a different word of description rather than gays ). It is illegal for public and private sector companies and organizations to do so. In actual fact, in order to be politically correct, many companies welcome the opportunity to hire these folks.
For any company or organization I have ever been involved in, it was a goal to hire the person who best represented the key competencies with the appropriate qualifications and skills to match the job description.
Raising the minimum wage sounds wonderful to those retained on staff, for they will see an increase in pay. However, the company which employs them will may have to reduce staff to compensate, forcing the employee to potentially increase their workload or hours worked. Benefits may be reduced as well, given the extra payroll costs the company may incur.
In the marco, raising the minimum wage increases unemployment, as due to increased payroll costs, refrain from adding staff, which is already happening due to several economic influences, from uncertainty to destructive regulatory action such as Dodd-Frank and Obamacare.
We continue to hear that the minimum wage is a living wage; it is not. An employee should not expect to earn enough to raise a family on minimum wage. Rather than raise the wage to accommodate incorrect life decisions of these workers, including the lack of education and key competencies which prohibit a worker form securing a better job, the best way to help them is for a growing economy to create additional opportunities for advancement.
Crist knew this at one time, but the principles behind these economic principles, due to the ignorance of the electorate, do not represent the easiest path to elected office. What works now is claiming to be the representative of the government who is able, ready and willing to help the people, or, steadily increase the entitlements bestowed upon the lower class workers.
As Thomas Jefferson said, “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”- “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
Should we continue to elect politicians without principle, like Charlie Crist, we will bring about what Jefferson feared; a democracy which will cease to exist.
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