Former Republican Crist scores debate tickets from Obama team
by Andrew Abramson | October 20th, 2012
Charlie Crist celebrates his wife Carole's birthday Saturday night in Delray
DELRAY BEACH — Former Gov. Charlie Crist arrived in Palm Beach County Saturday night to celebrate his wife’s birthday. But before he could celebrate with a glass of wine and the FSU vs. Miami game at the Delray Beach Marriott, he was stuck in a bit of security traffic outside the hotel. The reason? Mitt Romney is also staying here.
Crist told The Palm Beach Post that he had no idea Romney was staying at the Marriott as the Republican nominee prepares for Monday’s presidential debate. And don’t expect very friendly exchanges if they cross paths. Crist switched from Republican to independent for his 2010 senatorial run and is now backing President Obama in the presidential race.
“I think he’ll do great,” Crist said of Obama in Monday’s debate.
Crist said foreign policy and national security, the topic of Monday’s debate, are strengths for Obama.
“Osama bin Laden, getting us out of war (in Iraq), there are so many positive things,” Crist said. “I’m very proud. He and Secretary Clinton have been tremendous with foreign relations.”
Crist has a jam-packed schedule before the debate. He will record a Today Show segment in Boynton Beach, appear with Democrat Joe Abruzzo in Century Village and appear on Chris Matthews from Lynn University Monday night before the debate. He said he also hopes to squeeze in some NFL on Sunday and catch the Tampa Bay Bucs.
While rumors persist that Crist will run as a Democrat against Rick Scott in the 2014 gubernatorial election, for now Crist is enjoying himself. Monday’s debate will be the first general presidential election debate he has attended. After speaking at the Democratic National Convention, Crist found out Friday night that he made the cut for the hottest ticket in the country, courtesy of the Obama campaign.
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October 21st, 2012 at 9:22 am
Chai-gang Charlie is so phony he can cry out of one eye. First he is a hard core, conservative, law-&-order Republican to get appointed Attorney General, the hard core, conservative Republican to get elected governor, then “clear thinking centrist” Republican in the senate primary, then an I-really-always-was-a-Democrat when he ran for senate as an Independent. This man will is a chameleon, capable of transforming into whoever and whatever he believes will get him elected to some public office so he does not have to get a real job. Does he actually think Democrats are so stupid (or desperate) they will buy his current line of BS?
October 21st, 2012 at 9:39 am
Why is this flip-flopping moron still in the news?
October 21st, 2012 at 9:44 am
No one’s listening to this clown, go away Charlie
October 21st, 2012 at 10:22 am
Charlie who???? When Romney is elected, Crist will have to rethink changing party affiliation again so he can maintain his teenage “I’m with the cool kids” thinking. I’ve never seen a grown adult flap around in the wind as much as Crist in such a short amount of time.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:53 am
He is so phony he’ll never come out of the closet and admit his marriage is a sham.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:58 am
And they say women are catty!!! Put your claws back in! You sound jealous just because he bagged a beautiful woman as a wife and he’s got more money than he knows what to do with!!!
October 21st, 2012 at 11:00 am
WOW!! And they say women can be catty! Put your claws back in guys!! It sounds like your jealous because he’s got more money than he knows what to do with and he bagged a beautiful woman as his wife!!
October 21st, 2012 at 11:07 am
Obama’s inept response to the Libya attacks is the clearest and most recent example of his general policy of leading from behind. Prior to the attack on 9/11/12, Ambassador Chris Stevens sent a series of memos stating how dangerous the situation in Libya had become and asking for additional security. Here’s what occurred after the attack:
9/12: In the Rose Garden, Obama said, “No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation.” This generic phrasing, however, did not label the Benghazi attacks as terrorism, and, in fact, was quite different from Bush’s comments about the original 9/11 attacks. In the 4th paragraph of this speech, Obama blamed a video for the senseless violence in Benghazi. His reference to acts of terror is an aside in the 10th paragraph after he discussed 9/11/01 and the loss of American lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.
9/14: In a press briefing, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney blamed a video 14 times. Either Jay Carney was contradicting Obama’s statement from two days earlier and no one noticed, or Obama never claimed this was terrorism.
9/15: The CIA issued talking points which said that the violence was provoked by a video, although there are indications that extremists were involved.
9/16: On several talk shows, US Ambassador Susan Rice said that what sparked the violence in Benghazi was an Internet video that has offended many people around the world.
9/26: Ten days later, ABC reported that Obama called the Benghazi events a “terrorist attack” for the first time.
The Obama administration has a history of underplaying threats to the US and engaging in revisionist history. There was no demonstration in Benghazi. This was a pre-planned militaristic type of attack with heavy weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades and mortars. The notion of terrorist attacks was in conflict with Obama’s policy of viewing Libya as a country of friendlies, and, therefore, the idea of sending extra security was inconsistent with that story line. What really happened is the administration got caught blaming a video for something it knew almost immediately was an act of terrorism connected to al Qaeda. The occurrence of these attacks was a major security and intelligence failure. More importantly, it could have been prevented. In the final analysis, it is the latest example of a president whose world views stand in the way of reality and his obligations to the American people to not only tell the truth, but also to respond quickly and forcefully to acts of terrorism committed against the US.
October 21st, 2012 at 11:08 am
I like Charlie….I just knew he would quit drinking the Kool-Aid and come to our side!
October 21st, 2012 at 11:18 am
To LRT:
You can have him! Gladly!
October 21st, 2012 at 11:32 am
Charlie Crist was a terriffic governor for Florida, one of the best, and Florida flourished under his governance.
Northern Florida and the Plush Limbo tea partiers elected a Scott, a crook who robbed medicaid and medicare while CEO of the biggest hospital chain in the US. He didn’t pay the billions in fines, the employees did.
Northern Florida and their low IQ’s preferred two proven financial crooks,
Marco Rubio with his hand in the cookie jar of our tax money, and mega-crook Scott to a proven honest politician, Charlie Crook. Charlie Carried all of Palm Beach County in the election, better educated intelligent people who know better than to vote against their own best interests.
A reading of the uneducated stupid and bigoted comments on this thread shows the kind of people who now populate what was once the Grand Old Party and is now The American Taliban.
October 21st, 2012 at 11:40 am
oops, correction:
“Northern Florida and their low IQ’s preferred two proven financial crooks,
Marco Rubio with his hand in the cookie jar of our tax money, and mega-crook Scott to a proven honest politician, Charlie CRIST. Charlie Carried all of Palm Beach County in the election, better educated intelligent people who know better than to vote against their own best interests.
A reading of the uneducated stupid and bigoted comments on this thread shows the kind of people who now populate what was once the Grand Old Party and is now The American Taliban.
October 21st, 2012 at 11:45 am
What I find funny is how most of all the people on here talking trash about Charlie Christ are the same ones who voted for him. Now that he’s not a republican they want to call him everything in the book. I’d vote for him as a republican, independant, or democrat before I vote for Rick Scott
October 21st, 2012 at 12:13 pm
I hope Mr. Christ runs, he was a wonderful Governor of Florida and a pleasure to work with. We need someone to come in and fix the issues we have now due to Tea Party rules and Republican deals made under the table. Sick of all the negative comments from out of state Republicans made on this site. You don’t even live in Florida and what have you done???? so darn racist its sickening.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:43 pm
*** CHARLIE CRIST IS IRRELEVANT…FLIP FLOPPER JUST LIKE PATRICK MURPHY “I WAS A REPUBLICAN BEFORE I WAS A DEMOCRAP” VOTE FOR ALLEN WEST THE DECORATED WAR HERO ***
October 21st, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Love you Charlie see you 2016!
October 21st, 2012 at 2:15 pm
@super I agree I’ll vote for Crist under any party.
October 21st, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Watch the movie 2016!
October 21st, 2012 at 3:12 pm
Charlie Who?
October 21st, 2012 at 5:45 pm
It’s very important that Charlie runs against the right wing wacko governor we have now in Tallahassee.
October 21st, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Is this what passes for “news” nowadays in Palm Beach County?
The man is an irrelevancy and no attempt on your part to rejuvenate his career will succeed.
October 21st, 2012 at 7:08 pm
Charlie, you have my vote. Republican, Democrat or independent.
October 21st, 2012 at 7:15 pm
It’s the ones who aren’t running for anything that has the worse things to say. Go help somebody and get a life. Go Chris, Go Obama, Go Romney go anybody who thinks they can help!!!!
October 21st, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Crist is a loser Obama suck ass.
October 22nd, 2012 at 3:31 am
Wow. Just wow. Being a Jacksonville residnet I never really bother to read local news from South FL. Why am I not surprised at the lack of intellect on display here? It’s like I’m reading YouTube comments from mouth-breathing Fox “News” fans. Jesus.
Charlie Crist was a fine governor. You idiots accuse him of leaving the GOP when in reality the GOP left him. If you’re not aware by now that the GOP has moved so far to the extreme right, then you are either too young to remember what real Republicans were, or too stupid to see what morons like Rick Scott & Co. have done to the party.
If you’re all so stoked about RMoney, why don’t you ask him for some details… on ANYTHING. Face it, he’s flip-flopped more times than any politician in recent memory, and Obama has stuck to his principles throughout. The only reason he hasn’t been more successful is the absolute declared plan of 100% opposition by the GOP. How in the world is a person supposed to get ANYTHING accomplished with those babies throwing temper tantrums and refusing to compromise on anything?
Obama’s more like an old school Republican than he is a modern Democrat. The Teahadists hijacked the GOP and drove it straight into the ground. Now you folks in S FL have people like Allen West to represent you. Jesus Hussein Christ! I can’t stop shaking my head enough at him and people who back him.
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