Florida is Ground Zero for Misgovernance

[babylonsister]

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2011/3/8/104954/8831

Florida is Ground Zero for Misgovernance

by BooMan
Tue Mar 8th, 2011 at 10:49:54 AM EST


There is a weird irony in seeing the Republicans nominate a Medicare cheat to be their gubernatorial candidate in Florida. It pretty much says everything you need to know about the true nature of the GOP. They complain about Medicare fraud and inefficiencies but, in reality, they'd happily steal the money for themselves, and don't see anything wrong with someone who did just that. But the fool actually got elected and now the Republicans are trying to deal with an ideological crook of a governor. Even with supermajorities in both houses of the legislature, the Republicans don't intend to pass the governor's budget, or anything even closely resembling it. What they will pass will be bad enough. And it should quickly destroy those supermajorities, along with any chance the Republicans might have of winning Florida in the 2012 presidential election.

The truth is, Christine O'Donnell and Sharron Angle may have lost their U.S. Senate races, but plenty of Republicans just like them won their contests last November. And the Republicans are going to pay a price for it because the American people don't like the kind of forcible sodomy these politicians seem intent on submitting them to. Part of it is just the difference between the midterm and general electorates. Midterm electorates are smaller, older, whiter, and more conservative than general electorates. But the more important factor is that the Republicans' solution to everything is to screw the little guy. They dress up their ideas so they sound nice and proper, but when they actually have the power to do what they want, their policies don't work and make people suffer terribly. George W. Bush's presidency was a template for what your state can expect from the new governors of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Florida, and New Jersey. The very rich will do just fine, but everyone else will get raped. And when their terms are over, the state's coffers will have been emptied...looted thoroughly by the powerful financiers of this idiocy.

It's good for Obama's reelection prospects, but it's horrible for the people. Everyone is focused on Wisconsin, but I'd say that Florida is ground zero for Republican mismanagement. In 2012, I'm pretty sure that the Republican presidential candidate won't even want to be seen with most of the GOP governors that were elected in 2010.

[Useless in FL]

1. Thank you Babylon Sister!

This guy is as sinister as they come. We are in great danger in FL. My heart bleeds for every conceivable attack on everything that is Florida - the few gains we have made to make things right with the environment, decent jobs, education - you name it - we're under attack by thieves!!!!

Chris

[babylonsister]

2. You're very welcome, and welcome to DU!

:toast:

I could not believe when Scott was actually elected, even with his past out there. Talk about voting against your best interests. He is sinister, no doubt about it.

[Kurovski]

3. K&R

I just don't get what goes on in Fla. How much of the press their is corrupted, I wonder?

But mostly I'm just mad that I can't manage to get out there in the Winter. :silly: