Rick Scott's Record Reveals Contradictions

Tampa Bay Times:

Eighteen months into his first political job, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has mastered one thing: the art of the perpetual campaign.

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Comments

[gaubladt]

09:38 PM on 06/25/2012

I have a question for the bloggers here who keep repeating the fact that Rick Scott doesn't have a criminal record: How many Grannies had to die to make Rick Scott rich? After all, when you restrict medical care from the elderly who deserve it and are entitled to it, and bilk them out of billions of dollars they desperately need to keep themselves alive, a lot of them are gonna die. Rick Scott is a granny-killer, who should have been indicted and convicted and imprisoned.

[gaubladt]

09:22 PM on 06/25/2012

Rick Scotts Record, pre-governor, reveals that the sociopath in the photo really is the sort of a guy who would steal from his own grandmother, along with 20 million other grandmothers. By electing him, the majority of voters of Florida reveal themselves to be vacant, empty, heartless, and gullible.

[Moni222]

12:11 PM on 06/25/2012

"Gov. Rick Scott has mastered one thing: the art of the perpetual campaign."
Show me a politician who hasn't?
Not that I support Scott in any way, but we have to acknowledge the fact that we have allowed the system to get so corrupted by money that politicians have to be constantly campaigning to raise the tons of money they need to get reelected.
We need campaign finance reform at the state and federal and we need it now! No other issues -- health care, immigration, financial reform -- can be worked out in the interest of the people when money does all the talking.
http://www.aclu.org/free-speech/campaign-finance-reform

[Melinda Brunner]

11:49 AM on 06/25/2012

I bet this Repub governor who hates big government will request federal funds when Debby is through. They want it for themselves, but don't want to pay for it.

[legitane]

11:21 AM on 06/25/2012

The blame goes to the FL Democratic Party..
They did not attack Scott on his criminal record...
They did not expose his past...

[enigma2]

11:24 AM on 06/25/2012

Democrats have got to stop thinking they are above the fray, we need to get down and dirty just like other parties do, it may be distasteful but the old salt holds true that..nice guys finish last!

[efell]

11:27 AM on 06/25/2012

I like the fact that it appears that Mr. Obama has grown a pair in the past several months.
Good morning e2.

[Melinda Brunner]

11:46 AM on 06/25/2012

Yes! And all they have to do is tell the truth.

[GraphicMatt]

02:02 PM on 06/25/2012

Alex Sink would have been a wonderful governor. She ran a clean campaign, but was slow to counter all the false accusations thrown her way. It's really too bad when someone loses for being the honest, clean candidate.

[cdecisneros]

10:58 AM on 06/25/2012

I think I have them figured out. If something is illegal but helps them(Labor and JD Alexander) then they don't mind. But if it is illegal and hurts them (voting) then they are against it. Not to hypocritical.

[darlnitsme]

10:46 AM on 06/25/2012

Maybe I mis understood the article when it said 60% of Floridians approve of Scott.

I had been a Florida resident for 20 years before I moved in December to Virginia so I have a good feel for the type of people that live in Florida.

By and large Floridians tend to be more right wing than anything else, this is accompanied by one of the poorest educational systems in the country which leads to the least knowledgable type of voters. The second type is that many of the Floridians that I came across were not doing well, except by their own standards which reflects a large population of racially biased, uninformed people that have sunburns on their necks. The third type are those that tend to lean to the left, these people don't usually converse in terms of ethnicity or race.

Being white and with no one knowing that my wife was African American, I was privy to conversations ALL the time and I can tell you this, when they think no one is listening the racism and racist remarks start pouring out.

These people, those that lean left, tend to be much more educated and better informed and do not like what's happening in their state.

Scott, if you want to clear the voter rolls, get the ones off that are snow birds. The last time I went to the polls in Florida, I counted 98 cars out of 126 with out of state plates.

[FranzKafka]

10:33 AM on 06/25/2012

Once I morphed into an insect, so I know how hard it must be for Scotty to deal with life as a reptile.

[HOMEY1]

10:25 AM on 06/25/2012

IN IOWA THIS FELON WOULDNT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE. DOES THAT TELL YOU ANYTHING?

[Ramirez]

11:36 AM on 06/25/2012

Gov. Scott is not a felon.

[williams74ra]

12:16 PM on 06/25/2012

Only because he resigned from the health care company and sold the company shortly before federal investigtors indicted the company for tens of millions of dollars in Medicaid fraud. He had knowledge of an imminent indictment and got out before he got charged.

[JanC86]

12:18 PM on 06/25/2012

Neither is OJ - 'cause of the amounts in his accounts.

[GraphicMatt]

02:03 PM on 06/25/2012

Scott isn't a felon, so yes, he would be able to vote in Iowa.

[Gwens]

09:18 AM on 06/25/2012

I don’t care who he hires Scott is a crook and always will be a crook not for for public office. Why would you vote for someone with a criminal record?? I just don’t get that.

[Ramirez]

11:37 AM on 06/25/2012

Gov. Scott does not have a criminal record.

[GraphicMatt]

02:04 PM on 06/25/2012

Not that I would ever defend Dick Scott, but what criminal record does he personally have?

[tenderperennial]

09:13 AM on 06/25/2012

Everytime his face appears we ask 'how could the people of Florida elect this known welfare cheat?' 71 million 'Let's Get To Work' ridiculously lacking in details somehow convinced voters. How? Well, it is a state filled with contradictions. Raw and beautiful natural beauty vs hideous cheap developers. Poor uneducated who have never left Florida vs greedy part time exploiters. The haves and have nots. Many good intentioned neighbors continue to support politicians who are eating their faces off!!! It must be the heat.

[Lord Enki]

09:02 AM on 06/25/2012

If he his going to great efforts to get reelected then that should be your sign all he wants is the pay and an opportunity to get rich off the people of Florida like his Pee test and how convenient to contract to Solantic Medical Clinics his wife's owned medical clinics. Remember this when he comes up for re election he's a snake.

[ShanaJuly]

09:19 AM on 06/25/2012

He does not want the pay. He spent $73 million of his OWN money to win a job that pays around $130,000 so what does that tell you? If you are a ba.gger nothing, since they are the ones he has in his pocket...the rest of us...we don't like him and can't wait to get rid of him...I bet Floridians will come out to vote this ba.gger out.

[LaughingTwo]

08:55 AM on 06/25/2012

8.3 million votes cast for President and he KNOWS 50 were cast by non-citizens!! Yep - well worth the effort to cancel thousands of voters for those 50!
Guess if it's your ball and bat, you get to make the rules. Any wonder why no one feels like there is anything they can do?

[Lord Enki]

08:55 AM on 06/25/2012

Should have stayed in California One Term Rick.

[hainescityguys]

08:40 AM on 06/25/2012

Dirty Rick Scott F..R..A..U..D....!