[DonQ]

Looks like now it's Jeb Bush who has his own Willie Horton ... and this time he's white.

[ILBBACH]

Looks like now it's Jeb Bush who has his own Willie Horton ... and this time he's white.

Uh, didn't Dukasis sign a bill to give violent offenders weekend furloughs, which led directly to Willie Horton getting out and killing another person?

How exactly is Jeb Bush responsible for a judge not keeping criminals behind bars when that judge is the one with the power to do so...

Or am I missing something?

[NonValueAdded]

That would be true only if Jeb appointed circuit court justices. County judges are elected by the people in a non-partisan election. County judges are up for re-election periodically and Rapkin comes up THIS November for a retention vote. Lawton Chiles was governor when Rapkin was elected to the court but Chiles had nothing to do with it either. I'm pretty sure the Governor cannot do much in this case. It's probably up to the people of the county (get started!) or, heaven help us, the Florida Supreme Court.

Also, not to defend the judge but there is a factual error in that Rapkin did not release JS from custody but rather refused to issue a warrant. What Rapkin did is reprehensible and a pattern if what O'Reilly says is true, but I want to know who put JS on parole instead of behind bars originally. Rapkin was 13th in a line of judicial errors.

[ServesURight]

Jeb Bush has nothing to do with this.