Rick Scott for Governor?

[jandar]

Democrats/Replublicans

Same Crap/Different pile.

[copperfiend]

Hopefully that mindset does not lead to that crook Rick Scott getting elected governor of this fine state. He should be in jail for what he did.

[Cricket]

It just shows that the mindset of people like us here on MJ doesn't translate to the mindset of the general population. Elections are not won, they are bought and the only winners are the media outlets. The networks had their biggest paydays in this election. There are exceptions though like Meek but that was because Greene was so far out in left field even with his big bucks. We think we have the best electoral system in the world when it may be all a sham. Politicians can be notoriously bad and still get elected. Never overestimate the analytical intelligence of people when it comes to slick ads and repetitive bullshit on the airwaves.

[finehoe]

Of course, Bill Frist is a very accomplished Heart Surgeon so what could he possibly know about health care or health insurance?

LOL.  Probably about as much as he knows about persistent vegetative states:

Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), a renowned heart surgeon before becoming Senate majority leader, went to the floor late Thursday night for the second time in 12 hours to argue that Florida doctors had erred in saying Terri Schiavo is in a "persistent vegetative state."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48119-2005Mar18.html

[buckethead]

Demagoguery does not make the man an idiot.  He was using it to push an agenda. :OH MY!:

[finehoe]

Demagoguery does not make the man an idiot.  He was using it to push an agenda. :OH MY!:

And his views on health care and health insurance weren't pushing an agenda?

[buckethead]

No more than any other demagogue. In fact, I'd bet he intended to be a champion/advocate/demagogue advancing an agenda for health care providers, rather than insurers as Dear Leader did.

[finehoe]

I'd bet he intended to be a champion/advocate/demagogue advancing an agenda for health care providers, rather than insurers

I'm sure you're right, since he received $1,289,685 from the health care providers and only $247,346 from the insurers.

http://www.opensecrets.org/

[cityimrov]

No more than any other demagogue. In fact, I'd bet he intended to be a champion/advocate/demagogue advancing an agenda for health care providers, rather than insurers as Dear Leader did.

I wouldn't mind if he championed heath-care providers like Cleveland, Mayo, Johns Hopkins, or even Shands.  Creating a hospital system like that in the State of Florida would turn this state into the medical research capital of the world.  It would be like having Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton move in here.  Imagine the PR if people like the Pope or Nelson Mandela or the President of Russia or some famous people came here for treatment.  I mean these hospitals work on trying to find cures for the next diseases in the world.  They also attract the best of the best of doctors, researchers, scientists - even nurses, aids, and management!  

Now if he was championing McDonald-style health care here (like for example, HSA) then I would be very very afraid.  In those places cost control, turnover at any cost, and profit is king.  That would be like attracting more Phoenix, ITT Tech, DeVry, Apollo, and other shady schools to move in here.  

[Garden guy]

A lying thief for a governor....hm mm sounds like Florida...to be such an destination state we sure have put out some of the worst political characters. It just amazes me how right wing conservative this state is. They'll vote in a poisonous snake if it had a bunch of money and was against what they were told to hate. This man took what wasn't his and alot of it...and I'll bet you every right wing crazy is going to be out to get him elected just so a democrate wont get it...even if that democrat would be an awesome gov...I'm just boggled sometimes...well...I'm gonna go pick some beans...have a good afternoon.

[finehoe]

I have allready seen what happens when a "City is going to be run like a business" and am not impressed one bit!

Don't forget that this was the CEO President George W. Bush's governing philosophy as well.  And we see how that worked out...

[Dog Walker]

Stephen is right.  Sink will be our next governor.  Even if Scott wins, we survived Claude Kirk and will survive him.  Kirk was a crazy as a sprayed roach.

[fieldafm]

Alot of republicans stayed home on this one, they can't stomach more of the same that destroyed the national party.  Even more of them will stay home on Election Day.

That would be describe me to a tee.  I didn't vote in the primary yesterday b/c neither Republican candidate amounted to a hill of beans IMO.

[buckethead]

You don't have to vote for a rep or a dem.  http://www.johnwayne4gov.com

Biznump

Get past the unfortunate name and read the page. I think you'll find some things you'll like.

Voting libertarian may indeed be a vote for Sink. It's also a message to the other major party.

I didn't vote for McCain, which was a defacto vote for Obama. I don't regret not voting McCain. I also don't regret voting.

[finehoe]

"Libertarianism is basically the Marxism of the Right. If Marxism is the delusion that one can run society purely on altruism and collectivism, then libertarianism is the mirror-image delusion that one can run it purely on selfishness and individualism." -Robert Locke, The American Conservative

http://www.amconmag.com/article/2005/mar/14/00017/