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Charlie Crist says Republicans turned Florida into ‘late-night TV joke’
Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who served as a Republican, blasted the GOP on Wednesday over the state’s new voting laws. “Florida, which four years earlier was a model for efficiency, became once again a late-night TV joke,” Christ said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. “Voters who wanted to…
Charlie Crist says he regrets signing anti-same sex marriage petition
Former Florida governor and newly minted Democrat Charlie Crist said on Wednesday that he regrets signing a 2006 petition against same sex marriage. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Crist named the petition as one of his chief regrets from his time in office. “Would I do it today? No,”…
Former Florida governor Charlie Crist formally joins Democrats to make final split from GOP
Former Florida governor cites Republican party’s lurch to the right as reason for joining Democrats and Obama Former Florida governor Charlie Crist has completed his political conversion, announcing on Twitter that he has joined the Democrats as a result of the Republican party’s swing to the right. The one-time GOP…
Charlie Crist blasts Rick Scott’s ‘unconscionable’ voter suppression tactics
Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on Wednesday criticized his successor, Gov. Rick Scott (R), and other Republicans for using “shameless” tactics that suppress voting rights, including requiring photo IDs, preventing felons from voting and purging voter rolls. “The concern really is on sort of a closing the door on…
Sen. Marco Rubio embellished story of ‘Cuban exile’ parents
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a tea party favorite, embellished the facts surrounding his parent’s emigration from Cuba, according to The Washington Post. Rubio has been claiming for years that his family joined an exodus from Cuba in 1959 after the revolution led by Fidel Castro. In a 2010…
Jim Morrison could get posthumous pardon: official
Governor Charlie Crist, who steps down from his post in January, must submit a request for clemency by December 9 — the date of the last clemency hearing of the year — to clear the lead singer of The Doors of indecent exposure and profanity charges. “The governor is considering…
Meghan McCain hits Bristol Palin, says Christine O’Donnell ‘is out of her frickin’ mind’
A winning election night is like Christmas in the McCain household, Meghan McCain told NBC’s Jay Leno Wednesday. And the famous Republican daughter has reason to celebrate. McCain’s father won another term in the Senate and Republicans took back the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterms. “It was a big…
NPR spikes ‘Outrage’ review that named names
Enabling homophobia is still the MSM editorial standard. A review by NPR’s Nathan Lee of the new documentary “Outrage” was sliced and diced to remove the names of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and former Senator Larry Craig from it, resulting in Lee removing his byline. This is the real outrage…
Report: Charlie Crist will run for U.S. Senate
If it’s true that the Florida governor will toss his hat into the ring for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by the retiring Mel Martinez, this will be the test of whether the documentary “Outrage”, and its reporting that the anti-gay pol is a big old hypocritical homo, will…
Breaking: Charlie Crist’s getting hitched…to a woman
Drudge turns on the tired old police siren for breaking news — here it’s time to flip on the rainbow siren! Now that the Florida governor’s found that “special someone,” you know, the adulteress he’s been allegedly boinking for sometime now, he’s making his “union” legal — something gay and…
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