Charlie Crist, Florida Governor and independent candidate running against Marco Rubio (R) and Kendrick Meek (D) for Senator, has officially jumped from RINO to creepy stalker. You may have heard that Crist asked Meek to step out of the campaign so “they” could defeat Rubio. He did ask — and if even half of this is true…. Crist is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. From The Wall Street Journal:
Mr. Meek’s account is the latest turn in an increasingly twisted tale of political intrigue.
Mr. Crist, the Florida governor, had called Mr. Meek, a Miami congressman, earlier that morning, about 4:50 a.m., leaving a voice mail asking if they could meet up at the AIPAC gathering. “I’ll call you later this morning and see if we can work out a time to get together just you and me,” Mr. Crist said in the voice mail, which was played for Washington Wire by Mr. Meek. “Take care, buddy.”
Mr. Meek was scheduled to speak at AIPAC about 8:30 and Mr. Crist at 10, but the governor showed up an hour early in hopes of catching the congressman.
Mr. Meek said he tried to avoid Mr. Crist, but as he left the stage, “there he was, right in front of me.”
“He said, ‘If you were to drop out and work with me and help me we together can beat Marco Rubio,’” Mr. Meek recalled. “I said, ‘Governor, that’s a non-starter.’
“Then he dug down into his pocket and pulled a small cross out,” Mr. Meek continued. “He said his sister gave it to him and he wanted to give it to me so I would think about it.”
Mr. Meek said Mr. Crist had been calling him repeatedly all weekend, and that he blames Mr. Crist for spreading rumors in recent weeks that he was going to drop out of the three–way race against Mr. Rubio, the GOP nominee.
This is what I dislike most about politics – it creates people like Crist who become addicted to holding office. I use the word addict on purpose, because his actions seriously remind me of someone threatened with a loss of access to their addiction.
For another example of political addiction, see Murkowski, Lisa.
A statement from Gov. Charlie Crist:
“The Senate seat is mine. My own, my precious.”
Cookie for Kit!
Crist is starting to resemble Gollum more and more, nice one Kit.
Maybe I could get Emiliana Torrini to sing a song on his campaign trail . . .
My guess is that at this point he has alienated everyone and that his phone will be very quiet come Wednesday morning. And since JS is probably right, that will be Crist’s definition of hell on earth, which will make the last couple months of his governship really fun for everyone.
Thats nice..thanks Gov. You freaking tool. Jeb Bush has publically disowned him and now the guy has to stalk Kendrick Meek? I already voted and Rubio got my vote.
Where’s my hat tip?
Right here.
There is so much about that cross story that is just awfully awfully creepy.
I think Floyd needs to find a photo of our dear gov. throwing the first pitch at a Tampa Bay Devil Ray’s game and post it. You want creepy? Oh. Yes. It. Is. Really. That. Creepy.
Gee, who do I vote for? This is tough.
I’m not a Floridian, of course, but I’ve never heard anyone say a single good thing about Crist, and I’ve heard an awful lot of my friends and family (Both mostly Republican) say a ton of bad things about him.
I’ve heard a lot of rumors about how he’s completely devastated the insurance industry in Florida, and put thousands of white collar folk out of work as a result. Anyone know anything specific about that?