We have now seen the devastation levelled on Florida by our Tea Party governor, will that also impact Jacksonville's Tea Party candidate for mayor?
QuoteCNN polling director Keating Holland pointed out that the rise in tea party unfavorability in his poll came primarily among people making less than $50,000 a year.
Well that covers just about everyone in Jax ;D
Quote“It’s possible the drop among lower income Americans is a reaction to the tea party’s push for large cuts in government programs that help lower-income Americans, although there are certainly other factors at work,†Holland explained.
It also could be that as the tea party has become better known and better defined, some people who initially said they liked the movement even though they knew little about it have grown disenchanted as they have learned more.
The growing unpopularity of the tea party with the public puts Republicans in a tough political spot.
QuoteAlmost half of Americans have an unfavorable view of the tea party movement, according to a new poll, a 21 percent rise in that number from January 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/tea-party-unpopularity-on-the-rise/2011/03/30/AFlitS3B_blog.html
As to Tea Partier Rick Scott's effect on the Jacksonville mayor's rce:
QuoteIt will also be interesting to see if Gov. Rick Scott plays a role. The Democratic candidate in Tampa's mayoral race, Bob Buckhorn, won big last night and Democrats around the state are crediting the victory, in part, to "Scott's unpopularity."
http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/abel-harding/2011-03-23/few-thoughts-jacksonville-mayoral-race
I thhought we had a Republican governor??
Quote from: danno on April 04, 2011, 08:04:11 PM
I thhought we had a Republican governor??
Really? I could have sworn he unveiled his heartless budget in front of a tiny group of Tea Partiers, rather than the customary Republican way: before lawmakers in the state Capitol!
QuoteRick Scott unveils budget before Tea Party
Gov. Rick Scott during a business conference in Hollywood, Florida last week.
Mark Murray writes:This afternoon, new Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) will be unveiling his budget -- not before lawmakers in the state Capitol, but before local Tea Party activists.
The Palm Beach Post: "Gov. Rick Scott will roll out his budget this afternoon at a tea party event in Eustis, a rural community north of Orlando. Scott promises his plan not only will whack $3.62 billion in spending to fill Florida's budget deficit but also will include tax breaks for businesses."
The Orlando Sentinel adds, "Scott is expected to announce cuts of about $5 billion from the state's current $70.5 billion budget... It's certain it will require deep and unpopular cuts in education, social services and other government spending. Scott also wants to cut $2 billion in corporate-profits and school property taxes."
George W. Bush of Texas, Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin, and John Engler of Michigan became the faces of Republican governors in the 1990s, and they were conservative -- yet practical -- governors. (Yes, Bush's governorship was more pragmatic than his presidency.)
But the new faces of Republican governors -- Scott in Florida, John Kasich in Ohio, and Scott Walker in Wisconsin -- are more ideological warriors than pragmatists.
That benefited them in the 2010 midterms, when the political winds were at the GOP's back. The question is what happens if the winds shift, especially in these presidential battleground states.
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http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/07/6005255-rick-scott-unveils-budget-before-tea-party
But I guess as a Tea Partier you would be A OK with our residential electric rates going up, because Rick Scott insists on corporate welfare to make electricity free of charge to corporations that set up business in FL!
What the f***?! Not in front of the common public? This guy is piece of s***. Simple as that.
-Josh
Quote from: danno on April 04, 2011, 08:04:11 PM
I thhought we had a Republican governor??
No you didn't. You are fully aware.
Quote from: wsansewjs on April 05, 2011, 10:08:57 AM
What the f***?! Not in front of the common public? This guy is piece of s***. Simple as that.
-Josh
Yeah, apparently it wasn't just before the Tea Partiers, it was also in a Baptist Church where Rick Scott unveiled his budget for Florida!!
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The two most cowardly means of influence are the rifle and the bible; Scott has chosen the latter to manipulate the followers he had to purchase, out-of-pocket.
With a complete disregard for other faiths, lacks thereof, or even a lack of fanatical evangelism, Scott shamelessly panders to the lowest common denominator with melodramatic invocations of extremist Christianity. On the campaign trail he intermittently, in venues where a fanatical religious comment serves the agenda, proclaimed such bizarre and irrelevant things as being "destined for heaven" (as opposed to a prison cell, I assume).
Scott, in a shameful abortion of Constitutionality or respect for individuals of differing faiths who may have wanted to participate, presented his budget proposal in the First Baptist Church of Eustis. [3]
The right wing’s attempt to equate “Christian fanaticism†with “good†through relentless stupefaction in order to effectively blind people to corruption, avarice, and lies is wearing thin. Disingenuous displays of bizarre, exaggerated piety and claims that pertinaciously holding on to 14th century convictions that don’t often survive a grade school education do not obfuscate “serious fraud problemsâ€. [4]
As an isolated incident, this church-presentation may have been a convenience issue or an irrelevant coincidence. The ongoing, histrionic Christian-centric extremism indicates it is more reasonable to interpret as a further assault on and demoralization of individuals not in the ultra homogenized “Straight Right-Wing Anti-Choice Married White Suburban Christian Fanatic†demographic. [5a,b]
Continue reading on Examiner.com: Rick Scott Extra Strength: Now with 50 Percent Less Scruples - Orlando Economy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/economy-in-orlando/rick-scott-extra-strength-now-with-50-percent-less-scruples#ixzz1L82G27P8
Quote from: JeffreyS on April 05, 2011, 03:03:52 PM
Quote from: danno on April 04, 2011, 08:04:11 PM
I thhought we had a Republican governor??
No you didn't. You are fully aware.
I will kindly ask that you do not assume that you know what I think.
Ok, I won't make any more comments like that even if you say something like "gravity repels people from the earth". I will just take you at your word.
You know what they say... "everybody loves a smart arse".
Sarcasm..... Its whats for dinner.