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Mmmm, Crist wouldn't have the gall to appoint his buddy Mark Foley, would he?
"Bush" is a tainted name for the next decade.
I doubt it...The Bush name is poison...Selenium82 has a shorter half-life.
Every time gays or women make some kind of advancement, he shrieks "it's worse than Castro!!".
Beings he rode a floating door to the horrible USA long before he could understand who Castro is, I say he needs to experience it for once. And then we'll see if Castro is worse than gays or women getting a little respect.
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I'm sure Crist will place someone with ambitions to keep the office, not a caretaker. Jebby? I dunno. He's not too keen to have his daughter's drug issues come back up. Katherine Skank? She'd never keep the seat. Maybe they'll play musical chairs, anoint Adam Putnam, appoint a replacement for Howdy Doody and let Putnam run in 2010, though I'm not sure how he'll play in the urban areas. Poorly, I hope, though he's popular with the red rabble in Polk County.
Note that Putnam survived a strong out-of-nowhere challenge from retired Navy Master Chief Doug Tudor in FL-12 this year. Not that Joe and John helped Doug even the tiniest bit, though other candidates that finished farther behind sure got a lot of A-blog love. Still no idea why that was. But Doug's running again in 2010. Maybe you lads will support this real progressive next time?
I kind of feel sorry for Jeb. He was the smart brother and was always supposed to be the one to follow in his father's footsteps. Then his dumbass older brother steps in and screws it all up for him. But knowing Jeb's politics are just as sick and twisted as the rest of his family's helps me get over my pity.
An atheists-rights group is suing the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security because state law requires the agency to stress "dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth"...and installing a plaque in God's honor — as the first duty of the Homeland Security Office.
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What is going on with Martinez??!?!?!? he was in charge of the RNC, he could probably win again in a mid term 2010 election, he is not only leaving his seat, but leaving it early?!??!? This sounds like Trent Lott, either something embarrassing or Martinez wants to cash in as a lobbyist..
I think it is difficult for a governor of a large state go from being a chief executive with a state bureaucracy jumping at the governor's whim to being a US senator, where there is a pecking order..
He is better off changing his name like Prince, to something the "The governor formerly known as Bush" or something. His chances of getting the nomination are pretty slim, when his brother has 25% approval ratings, and there is much more stuff that will come out of the Bush Administration that will taint it for years to come.
The stuff Bush 1 did pales in comparison to the shit storm his son has nurtured and allowed to spew all over the world. No one is ever going to get over it nor forget it. As time goes on, more and more truth about the debacle that has been the last 8 years will seep out and lead directly back to Bush 2 and his cronies. Jeb hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell of getting out from under the pile of debris and filth his brother has shoveled on the family's name.
Mel, on the other hand, has faded. There are money questions hovering. Mel was a fine county chairman before Dame Fortune catipulted him into posts he was not and never will be ready for. Smart? Well, street smart, perhaps. Book smart? Not so much. Political connections? The Roman Cartholic Bishop of Orlando advances him however possible, probably because he speaks the Church's lingo: no abortion, no gays, no women priests, blacks stand in the back, Castro is evil, the Pope is infallable. What more does he need?
When the topic of Mel comes up, backstage Orlando isn't talking. That's a bad sign.
Junior- W Bush
Jeb- T Bush. (Tubby)
But I think if Crist appointed Jeb he might be endangering his own future, one would hope anyways. Who knows? Maybe Crist will use the opportunity to to broaden the "progressive" republican roster, or what passes as progressive in republican circles anyways.
This is just me playing armchair political strategist on the fly, but I really think FL is poised to turn a stronger shade of blue, but what seems lacking from my admittedly distant perspective is leadership, and organization at the leadership level, and maybe some big names. I think if the national dems could find the right people, I don't know maybe somebody famous and slightly conservative, they could make deeper inroads into FL, and lock it up, someone who could put a little shine on FL's heavily tarnished political reputation. This would help to move FL into more reliably blue territory. Which would make presidential elections so much easier, and well, a blue FL is just great in so many ways. I think it makes really good strategic sense. I'm sure Howard Dean's replacement will get right on that....