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June 08, 2010

Crist: Hey, I'm pro-choice and pro-labor now!
— Slublog

Charlie Crist's campaign to set the gold standard for shameless careerism continues.

In the latest development in the race for the open U.S. Senate seat in Florida, Governor Charlie Crist is coming under fire for removing the pro-life section of his campaign website. This comes on the day the legislature sent him a bill that would allow women to see an ultrasound of their baby before an abortion.
Crist has already hinted he will veto the legislation, which also allows Florida to opt out of some of the abortion funding under the new national health care law President Barack Obama signed.
That he would potentially veto a pro-life bill will broad support from voters is another indication of his strategy to leave the Republican Party and run as an independent.

Follow the link over to Hot Air to see just how thoroughly Crist has scrubbed his website of pro-life content and enjoy his newfound openness to a job-killing measure supported by the state's labor unions. The issue here is not abortion or labor unions, but trust. Those who elected Charlie Crist governor thought they were getting a pro-life, pro-growth, pro-education reform Republican governor. In just under two months, Crist has jettisoned each of those positions and his party only to further his personal ambition, and he's using the power of his current office to do the opposite of what Florida voters thought they'd elected him to do.

When Crist first started scrambling to re-invent himself, his shamelessness was almost amusing in a darkly humorous kind of way. It's decidedly less so now. At this point, I'm beginning to wonder if there's actually something wrong with Crist, as he seems to lack even the basic concept of shame. It's unsettling.

On a political note, Crist's behavior should serve as an object lesson to those who keep insisting our best chances to win elections lie with moderate candidates. Political moderation may have its benefits, but as we've seen with Crist and with Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, it also has its dangers. Those who believe in nothing will do anything to keep power.

Posted by: Slublog at 10:10 AM | Comments (53)
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1 Can we give Crist a new name? He deserves to share nothing with Awesome Christie.

Posted by: dogfish at June 08, 2010 10:29 AM (9dIfg)

2 um, if he's pro-choice, there will be no labor.

Posted by: dudeinsantacruz, knower of ladyparts at June 08, 2010 10:30 AM (KYOhR)

3 Bad moves Crist. Why not just go ahead and end it all: have Obama come down and campaign for you.

Posted by: FreakyBoy at June 08, 2010 10:30 AM (uKraB)

4 Ugh. This guy. I wish there were some measure of retribution the voters could have against guys like this. I guess it's the ballot box but sometimes the blood lust, it runs high. Also, it'd be nice if the democrats would realize what a slimeball he is. Although that might be a qualification.

Posted by: Alex at June 08, 2010 10:30 AM (ifK+p)

5 That's all fine and well, but is he a Jew hater?

Posted by: Helen Thomasssssss at June 08, 2010 10:31 AM (YZISw)

6 Crist has got to be the most reactive, as opposed to proactive, politician I've ever seen.

The biggest warning sign of this is probably how people started making gay comments about him in early-to-mid 2008 when he was on his knees begging McCain for the VP slot. Soon afterward, he got engaged and married, which seems to be too quick to have happened naturally.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 08, 2010 10:31 AM (WMLsd)

7 1 Can we give Crist a new name? He deserves to share nothing with Awesome Christie.

Posted by: dogfish at June 08, 2010 02:29 PM (9dIfg)

"The Orange Menace" has a nice ring to it...

Posted by: Nighthawk at June 08, 2010 10:31 AM (OtQXp)

Can we give Crist a new name? He deserves to share nothing with Awesome Christie.

Douche.

Posted by: Roadking at June 08, 2010 10:31 AM (ynf6y)

9 Toast.

Posted by: damian at June 08, 2010 10:32 AM (4WbTI)

He reeks.

What circle of hell will he call home when he kicks it?

Methinks eighth.

F.R.AU.D.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at June 08, 2010 10:32 AM (pLTLS)

11 Welcome to what elections get you. D'you think Crist is unique?

Posted by: Ken at June 08, 2010 10:32 AM (vT7rz)

12
Crist: I didn't leave the Republican party. The Republican party left me.Well, not really.

Posted by: fishdicks, do you like them? at June 08, 2010 10:33 AM (uFokq)

Well put, no more RINOs, but I think the important distinctions here are strategic vs. tactical.

For example, I really like Rand Paul domestically (yes, morons, we all know the foreign policy is whacked, but domestically he's spot on). And in the strategically principled aspects, he beats the wussy RINO sellouts.

However, *tactically*, when he walks right into the Rachel Maddow Liberal Demunist Commiecrat MFM ambush, I wince.

Likewise, a pro-lifer won't get anywhere where I live in Cali trumpeting that issue. Stick to taxes and illegal aliens.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 08, 2010 10:33 AM (ujg0T)

14 @6

Crist follows the Arlen Scheme for Self Destruction (ASS'D). It's all the rage.

Posted by: dogfish at June 08, 2010 10:34 AM (9dIfg)

15 The biggest warning sign of this is probably how people started making gay comments about him in early-to-mid 2008 when he was on his knees begging McCain for the VP slot. Soon afterward, he got engaged and married, which seems to be too quick to have happened naturally.

I agree. If he based his marriage on this kind of lie, he's capable of anything. Cheating is one thing, but this is a premeditated, deliberate, blatant fraud.

Posted by: IreneFingIrene at June 08, 2010 10:35 AM (JKe0g)

16 Good grief, I wish I had at hand (cand find it online) the hilarious "Vote for Bill the Cat" strip from Bloom county where the ad says Bill's been just about everything.

I won't try to quote any of it from memory, as it would not do it justice.

Posted by: logprof at June 08, 2010 10:35 AM (Mmw0q)

17 He is just going full bore Demoncrap. I still predict single digits and he will draw more Dem voters than Repub.

Posted by: Vic at June 08, 2010 10:36 AM (6taRI)

18 16,

This is the one you mean.

http://tinyurl.com/2eke5dw

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 08, 2010 10:38 AM (WMLsd)

19 Can we give Crist a new name? He deserves to share nothing with Awesome Christie.

Governor Cheez It

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 08, 2010 10:40 AM (E4Pj8)

20 Crist sets the Orange Standard.

He wins the Edward II prize for dishonor.

Posted by: sifty at June 08, 2010 10:44 AM (THtiV)

21 #18 Brandon

YAY!!!! I'm bookmarking that!

One of the best individual cartoons . . . ever.

Posted by: logprof at June 08, 2010 10:45 AM (Mmw0q)

22 "Crist for Senator:

He's Been One of Us."

Posted by: logprof at June 08, 2010 10:47 AM (Mmw0q)

23 Too bad he's not a veteran, then we could name him "Soldier of Orange".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 08, 2010 10:47 AM (E4Pj8)

24 The word that best described Crist is LIAR. As in "you mean Greene did what"? I didn't know.

Posted by: bill-tb at June 08, 2010 10:49 AM (y+QfZ)

25 And no one at high levels in the R party noticed this in the past?

Posted by: ed at June 08, 2010 10:49 AM (Urhve)

26 Slublog: "Charlie Crist's campaign to set the gold standard for shameless careerism continues."

Gold? Maybe orange or gray. Could go, um, either way.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at June 08, 2010 10:55 AM (swuwV)

And no one at high levels in the R party noticed this in the past?

At high levels in the R party, they are *just like* Crist.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 08, 2010 10:55 AM (ujg0T)

28 22 "Crist for Senator:

He's Been One of Us."

In an additional nod to the comic, I think we should start referring to him as "Frieda".

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 08, 2010 10:55 AM (WMLsd)

29 Ed,at high levels the GOP is the Democratic Party. Just as there's no real difference between Newt, Huck and John Edwards, there's no real difference between the RNC and the DNC. It's just two finagles of the same long con... "At this point, I'm beginning to wonder if there's actually something wrong with Crist, as he seems to lack even the basic concept of shame. It's unsettling." Lack of a personal sense of shame is essential for appealing to Democrats. A Dem is only supposed to be ashamed of others.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at June 08, 2010 10:56 AM (XB26v)

30 These are my principles; if you don't like them, I have others.

Posted by: Charlie Crist at June 08, 2010 10:59 AM (66DVY)

31 Slu, you should do a Portrait of Dorian Crist.

Posted by: stuiec at June 08, 2010 11:00 AM (W+GYq)

32 What the FUCK is a moderate??

Posted by: gus at June 08, 2010 11:07 AM (Vqruj)

That's not a spray tan... that's jaundice from the hepatitis.

Posted by: Entropy at June 08, 2010 11:11 AM (IsLT6)

34
Governor Cheez It

Posted by: IllTemperedCur

This has my vote.

Posted by: The InterEuropean Swiss Conspiracy at June 08, 2010 11:16 AM (R2fpr)

35 A moderate is someone who games the system for their own gain/agenda.

Posted by: Cheddar is Beddar at June 08, 2010 11:17 AM (GwPRU)

36 Has anybody seen the latest poll? Is he doing this from desperation or is he strengthening a lead?

Posted by: joncelli at June 08, 2010 11:19 AM (RD7QR)

37 Please tell me Mark Rubio is way ahead in the polls.

Posted by: Timbo at June 08, 2010 11:21 AM (ph9vn)

38 And no one at high levels in the R party noticed this in the past?

No one cared, most likely. As long as this idiot could win an election with an R after his name, who cares what he really stands for?

It all comes down to keeping the gravy flowing.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 08, 2010 11:22 AM (P33XN)

39 Next up, Obama endorses, or throws his support to Crist, right?

Posted by: DngrMse at June 08, 2010 11:24 AM (TTthN)

40 Why is this a surprise? I mean, you've got John Fuckin' McCain cutting a commercial about building a dang fence on the border.

These lying douchebags have got to go. All of them.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 08, 2010 11:25 AM (P33XN)

41 Ahhhhhhhh then John McCain is a moderate!!!

Posted by: gus at June 08, 2010 11:26 AM (Vqruj)

Rubio (R)

39%

Meek (D)

18%

22%

Crist (I)

31%

28%

rassmussen latest Florida poll.

Posted by: Timbo at June 08, 2010 11:26 AM (ph9vn)

43 My co-worker is gay and believes that not only is Crist gay (co-worker jokes: "nobody that tan can be straight) but that his years of hiding his sexuality has made him a pathological liar particularly when it involves his conscience and values

Posted by: MattSUF at June 08, 2010 11:28 AM (CpbMn)

44 Crist is probably suffering from a form of dementia brought on by an advanced stage of AIDS.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 08, 2010 11:31 AM (P33XN)

45 This man is a piece of shit. He's been outed as a liberal. Maybe, MAYBE people will wake up and realize that the RINOs are fakes and phonys, only interested in keeping their seats.

Here's hoping his ass gets nailed to the wall with the campaign fund irregularities going on down there.

It's RINO-hunting season, boys and girls.

Posted by: blindside at June 08, 2010 11:53 AM (x7g7t)

This is just the big leagues version of South Carolina.

Tar, feathers, some assembly required.

Posted by: Entropy at June 08, 2010 11:55 AM (IsLT6)

What circle of hell will he call home when he kicks it? Methinks eighth.

F.R.AU.D.

He won't be so lucky. You're forgetting the ninth circle, reserved for betrayers. If nothing else, he's been busier than Judas with his betrayals.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at June 08, 2010 12:02 PM (1hM1d)

48 1 Estonian kroon = 0.076584 U.S. dollarsFTW

Posted by: Sam at June 08, 2010 12:17 PM (Cxsey)

49 Let's call him Agent Orange

Posted by: sixpckr at June 08, 2010 12:21 PM (Aw7Iv)

50 or Oompa Loompa

Posted by: HobbieHawk at June 08, 2010 12:49 PM (qzOby)

51 Is Scott Brown any better or more principled? Would Mark Kirk be if elected?

Posted by: ed at June 08, 2010 01:31 PM (Urhve)

52 Crist has seen the light!

The future has 3 classes of people -- the Privileged (unions [mostly public], bureaucratc, greens, colored, attorneys, entitled), collectors (those with incomes over 250k, could be lower soon), Serfs (the private sector work force).

The Collectors collect money from the Serfs and pass it onto the Privileged. The Privileged use money from the Collectors to support their lifestyle with just enough trickled back to the Serfs to buy votes to stay in power.

It's a system that works great to collect votes from the ignorant masses of serfs. However, it doesn't at up so well when counting money. But thankfully money isn't an issue for the Privileged. Crist wants to be part of the Privileged....

Posted by: drfredc at June 08, 2010 02:58 PM (ljMiA)

53 > At this point, I'm beginning to wonder if there's > actually something wrong with Crist, as he seems to > lack even the basic concept of shame. A sociopath or psychopath is: a personality disorder characterized by an abnormal lack of empathy combined with strongly amoral conduct, masked by an ability to appear outwardly normal.

Posted by: SunSword at June 09, 2010 04:57 AM (oE6I+)

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