Up next on my list of what is now 231 reasons to dis-elect Rick Scott, a handful having to do with the 2010 election. The tactics will look familiar.
If Democrats select Crist in the primary, as seems likely, I'll be starting a series on how to answer Scott's charges against Crist.
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We should never forget that Rick Scott became governor in part by spending millions of dollars of his own money – and spending a good amount of that money spreading patent falsehoods about his opponents, Bill McCollum and Alex Sink. All politicians lie during election time, but Scott elevated falsehood to an art form.
If Democrats select Crist in the primary, as seems likely, I'll be starting a series on how to answer Scott's charges against Crist.
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We should never forget that Rick Scott became governor in part by spending millions of dollars of his own money – and spending a good amount of that money spreading patent falsehoods about his opponents, Bill McCollum and Alex Sink. All politicians lie during election time, but Scott elevated falsehood to an art form.
106) Rick Scott lied about Bill
McCollum’s relationship to disgraced Florida Republican leader Jim Greer.
Scott
claimed that McCollum tried to hide Greer’s illegal activities. In reality,
McCollum led the way in having Greer removed from his position.
107) Rick Scott misled voters about
McCollum’s voting record on tax and fee increases.
Scott
claimed that McCollum voted 42 times for tax and fee increases as a member of
Congress. The number was reached by
double or triple counting some votes. He also ignored efforts by McCollum to
cut taxes.
108) Rick Scott lied about Bill
McCollum’s lobbying on behalf of clients who helped illegal immigrants.
In reality
the clients either never helped illegal immigrants, or did so when McCollum was
not operating as their lobbyist.
Up next on my list of what is now 231 reasons to dis-elect Rick Scott are a handful of his shenanigans during the 2010 elections. We've already seen he's true to form for 2014, and should Democrats pick Crist as their candidate later this month, I'll start a series on how to answer some of Scott's sillier charges against Crist. (If they end up picking Nan Rich -- well, that should be interesting because Sc
109) Rick Scott backed out of several debates during the 2010 elections.
Although he
participated in a couple of debates with Bill McCollum, he later started backing
out of debates, including the only one that would be televised statewide.
110) Rick Scott falsely claimed that
Bill McCollum charged taxpayers for a chartered airplane.
111) Rick Scott falsely claimed that
Alex Sink funneled “no bid” contracts to her former employer.
112) Rick Scott adopted a rescue dog
as a campaign ploy.
This was
definitely a ploy by him to get votes. There was some question of what he did
with the dog and why, but this matter for one seems to have ended well.
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