June 02, 2010

Poor, poor Charlie Crist
— Slublog

After leaving the GOP and giggling at the idea of returning money from donors, Charlie Crist is so lonely.

Since he quit his party, Crist says he has discovered that people he thought were friends turned out to be only Republican friends who dropped Crist after he left the GOP.

Crist has lost so many campaign staffers that his sister is now running his third-party effort.

“When you’re not affiliated with a party, it can be very lonely, particularly initially,” Crist told The Hill in an hourlong phone interview.

I love how it never occurs to this shameless careerist hack that those "Republican friends" might feel a bit betrayed after Crist promised multiple times that he would stay in the primary and support whoever won only weeks before he dropped out and refused to return their money.

But shameless hacks like Crist cannot admit that to themselves, so they have to find a villain. Enter...those eeevil righwingers.

“It just became increasingly apparent to me that a segment of the party was drifting so far to the right that it just wasn’t a place where I felt comfortable anymore,” Crist said.

“That level of acrimony and bitterness is what frustrates people today. There is this focus on being loyal to a party over the people, and it’s just wrong,” Crist said.

This, from a guy who couldn't go right fast enough when he was pandering to Republican voters. Funny how Charlie didn't discover his inner moderate until he decided to run as a candidate of the Me Party.

Also, Charlie didn't seem to mind acrimony and bitterness in politics when he was running negative ads against Marco Rubio in the primary.

At the end of the article, Charlie proves his audacity knows no bounds.

But Crist is unapologetic about his embrace of Obama, who carried Florida with 51 percent of the vote in 2008.

He said accepting stimulus money was “exactly the right thing to do” and that he has no regrets.

Really, Charlie? Marco Rubio's ad writers should send this guy a gift basket. All they have to do is transcribe.

Oh, and things are about to get a lot more lonely for poor Charlie - the guy he picked for Florida GOP chair just got himself arrested this morning.

Posted by: Slublog at 06:31 AM | Comments (22)
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1 Boy, you kick people in the teeth a few times and they stop giving you money.  What's up with that?

Posted by: Charlie "Deep Fried" Crisp at June 02, 2010 07:05 AM (xxgag)

2

Thanks for that last link, Slu; I wanted to discuss that.

I saw a picture of Greer on Fox just now; he looks fat and happy. My guess is that he is going to sing like a six-foot mezzosoprano the moment he thinks he might see the inside of a penitentiary. Crist is a goner. Rubio will end up a little tarnished but it should be enough to stay ahead of Meeks.

Worst hit: down-ticket GOP candidates elsewhere in FL, especially when the oil hits the shore.

Posted by: Zimriel at June 02, 2010 07:07 AM (9Sbz+)

3 He's not a "shameless hack." He's actually pathological.

Posted by: rrpjr at June 02, 2010 07:12 AM (p/g1c)

4 Yes yes, so ronrey.

Posted by: Kim il Jong, who can understand at June 02, 2010 07:17 AM (RD7QR)

5 Lonely? Gimme a call, Chuck. We'll do each other for lunch.

Posted by: Eric Massa at June 02, 2010 07:25 AM (VXBR1)

6 Look, I want money and i want votes and I'm willing to crawl on my belly like a reptile to get them.  What's so wrong about that? 

Posted by: Crist Almighty at June 02, 2010 07:25 AM (xxgag)

7 I'm sure we could find poor Charlie a list of gay bars to visit if he's so lonely.  Ought to cheer him right up.

Posted by: Hatchet Five at June 02, 2010 07:27 AM (rSoCo)

8 Hey Crist, you got Specter's number?

Posted by: Parker Griffith at June 02, 2010 07:29 AM (VXBR1)

9 As I said way back, he will be lucky if he gets single digit vote totals.

Posted by: Vic at June 02, 2010 07:30 AM (6taRI)

10 Between Greer and Rothstein, the end of this drama where Crist gets carted away by federal marshals is looking more likely every day.

Posted by: Dave J. at June 02, 2010 07:31 AM (/dqSG)

11 You want to know about politics in Florida? Four words. Watch your back, Jack.

Posted by: Jim Greer at June 02, 2010 07:33 AM (GwPRU)

12

It's only the Republican Party. Can you imagine if he pulled a stunt like that on an outlaw motorcycle gang?

Posted by: FireHorse at June 02, 2010 07:34 AM (cQyWA)

13 We are all racist for not supporting the Crist, how can we so slight orange men and women everywhere.

Posted by: Jean at June 02, 2010 07:36 AM (OlnxK)

14 "... how can we so slight orange men and women everywhere[?]"

Everyone who's watched Willy Wonka knows Oompa-Loompas are communists.  Fuck the lot of them, sideways, starting with Crist.

Posted by: Dave J. at June 02, 2010 07:38 AM (/dqSG)

15 Better Orange Than Dead!

Posted by: Oompa Loompa Fellow Traveller at June 02, 2010 07:52 AM (Jp/J9)

16 Is Christ still ahead in the polls?

Posted by: bman at June 02, 2010 08:13 AM (Xm2QO)

17 Overheard a report today that a high ranking Republican in Florida was arrested for financial shenanigans with party funds. (Maybe the former state chairman or finance chief.) Anyone heard the story? And is this guy a Charlie Crist crony?

Posted by: Have Blue at June 02, 2010 08:17 AM (mV+es)

18 Never mind - just read the last line of the post

/face palm  Doh

Posted by: Have Blue at June 02, 2010 08:19 AM (mV+es)

19 OK, everybody, hit the tip jar for a Pick Me Up bouquet.

Posted by: Filly at June 02, 2010 08:36 AM (CGr9Q)

20

I don't understand why the guy would take so much risk.  Why not bide your time and run for gov again or something else? 

He must have had the fevah.

Posted by: rdbrewer at June 02, 2010 09:54 AM (nrP7Z)

21

I mean, really, think of how he could have improved his public persona by bowing out of the race "for the good of the GOP" and shit like that.  People would have loved him for that, and he could run again. 

Check his high school yearbook.  He was voted "most likely to be too greedy."

Posted by: rdbrewer at June 02, 2010 09:59 AM (nrP7Z)

22 Oh Charlie,  boo fuckin' hoo.

Posted by: mpfs at June 02, 2010 10:39 AM (iYbLN)

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