TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In a heated race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, Gov. Charlie Crist keeps moving away from his support of President Barack Obama's stimulus package that the governor called "fantastic" and "remarkable" when lobbying for its passage.
Faced with an increasingly difficult primary challenge from former House Speaker Marco Rubio of West Miami, the governor now claims he didn't endorse the $787 billion economic stimulus that included a generous contribution for Florida.
"It seems to be the president's answer to almost every challenge that's facing our country is to spend more money," Crist said Thursday.
Ah, yes. As a result of Tuesday's mixed election results, federal stimulus money is toxic! Toxic, I tell you!
He commented in response to a question while on his way back to his office where he planned to work on putting together a special legislative session to get more stimulus money for a high speed rail system in the state.
That's right! Can't accept those federal stimulus dollars ... wait, what did you just say?
He commented in response to a question while on his way back to his office where he planned to work on putting together a special legislative session to get more stimulus money for a high speed rail system in the state.
Um. I thought that's what you said.
Do go on.
But on a national cable news show Wednesday night, Crist said he saw the stimulus more as Florida taxpayers' dollars coming back to the state and that he didn't endorse the Obama plan. ...
Ah, yes. And if instead of calling it "stimulus" money we called it "Viagra," then everyone in Florida would have a boner. If the stimulus lasts longer than four hours, please call your doctor.
Crist conceded Thursday the stimulus money has been good for Florida.
"The opportunity, as I understand the numbers, to have about, more than 20,000 teachers not lose their jobs because of it, construction continuing to go forward, I want to talk about more," Crist said. "It'll help Florida."
Well, hard to argue with that. Jobs is jobs, am I right or am I right?
Rubio's campaign released a video with excerpts showing several examples of Crist praising the president's stimulus plan.
"Unfortunately for Charlie Crist, the evidence of his stimulus support is on video," Rubio campaign spokesman Alex Burgos said Thursday. "By denying he infamously supported the stimulus, Charlie Crist is hoping he can reinvent his record and that voters forget he once embraced it." --The Associated Press
Because people working is just what this economy doesn't need.
Well played, Republicans! Well played!
2 comments:
I didn't read it closely enough; but, couldn't you substitute Viagra for stimulous in the post and get something funny?
Urgh, politicians... they are going to give me a brain tumour one day!
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