Tea-Party activists complicate Republican comeback strategy
by Michael C. Bender | October 16th, 2009
That’s the headline in this Wall Street Journal story today that, of course, mentions the GOP primary between Gov. Charlie Crist and former House Speaker Marco Rubio.
In Florida, Republican leaders were elated when popular Florida Gov. Charlie Crist agreed to run for the Senate. He has adopted policies such as an aggressive approach to global warming that appeal even to Democrats. Those very policies infuriated conservatives, as did Mr. Crist’s decision to campaign with President Barack Obama on behalf of the president’s $787 billion stimulus package.
“He was Judas to the Republican Party in the state of Florida and across the country,” says Robin Stublen, 53, of Punta Gorda, co-state coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, a loose national coalition. “He sold us out for 13 pieces of gold.”
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October 16th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
13 pieces of gold? Judas was paid thirty pieces of silver. Conservative, religious fanatics should at least be able to get their biblical references correct.