Contrary to popular, paid for belief, not all Florida Democrats are behind Charlie Crist, or happy with what appears to be Florida Democratic Leaders’ crowning of him as the candidate. We have said it before, we will say it again. We don’t want a recycled Republican flip-flopper as our party leader. Florida Democrats deserve better. Having a “D” behind your name doesn’t make you anymore a Democrat, than carrying a trunk makes you an elephant!
A lot of Progressive Florida Democrats feel this way. We will not abandon our Democratic principles simply to get a win. Being a Democrat means something. Having principles means something. How can anyone expect us to get behind a man who has no political principles, except to say whatever will get him elected?
He has changed, or so he says, his position on every CORE value he says he held throughout his Republican career.
We can’t, and we won’t.
We’d rather stay home.
There are those who say that Nan Rich can’t win the primary. I have talked to a lot of people, and these people have said they will be voting for her. They don’t trust Charlie Crist, and therefore will never vote for him.
What does that mean?
It means that if Crist is the nominee, enough Nan Rich supporters and Charlie Crist haters will stay home and not vote. Ask Alex Sink about that concept. She knows it well.
Team Crist is using the same strategy that Mitt Romney used against Barack Obama. Republicans thought people hated President Obama enough that they would go for Romney just to get Obama out of office.
That did not happen then, and it won’t happen now.
We may not like Rick Scott, Charlie Crist, but we don’t like YOU either!!
Listen to Crist, in his own words:
Never mind the messenger, pay attention to the message. These words came out of Crist’s mouth. No one put them there.
With Charlie Crist as the Democratic nominee, Florida Democratic leaders don’t have to worry about anyone suppressing the vote. This will be enough to keep us home.
Watch and see!
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Simply amazing yet informative article. Thank you Leslie for telling the truth, and not selling out to the highest bidder, like many other writers/reporters have. We have a strong grassroots campaign. We just have to keep getting the word out!!
Ya mon.
Thank you Leslie for starting this move. You need to be on Facebook a lot more.
This is from my daily readings which, help me deal with life on life’s terms. All are just common sense. Life is about people not greed and money. Life and the goals we want to achieve by improving our quality of life issues are about and based on our core values. Right from wrong, forgiveness, helping others without receiving profit in return, community service, treating others with respect and dignity, and much more.
Politics is part of life… So why would I for go my core beliefs just to win a political goal or office for a political party that I am “affiliated” with? See I am first, American by birth, Union by choice and Democrat by necessity. Democrat by necessity because the republican’ts have never given a working person an equal break.
Nan Rich holds core values, principles and “all” people first, over profits and personalities. She is the people’s true hope not just for change, but to truly make a difference.
Read, “Do the Math” & “Concentrate”…..
You are reading from the book Today’s Gift
Roots nourish, give us life and bind us safely to earth. Plant them well.
—Anonymous
All trees have different root systems. The pine grows quickly, with shallow roots that spread in every direction. A maple is a slow-growing tree, whose roots run deeper, seeking out moisture far into the earth. Both root systems give life, but when the weather turns stormy and the wind howls through the branches, the maple, with its deeper roots, will hold fast. Though the pine grows faster and needs only surface moisture, it cannot withstand the storm as well.
We often want things immediately. We want to play the piano, but only if we can learn it fast. We want others to love us right away, or we’ll give up on them. If something we’re doing doesn’t go just so right from the start, we give up.
But the permanent things in life take time to develop. If we want our relationships, our skills, our accomplishments, to resist the storms we all encounter, we must allow time for them to grow and deepen within us, and marvel, in the meantime, at how much we can learn from the world around us.
What deep roots am I setting down right now?