Relax, Javeth.
Not everything is as it seems. The Palm Beach Post is delighted to see you angry at Rick Scott.
Rick isn’t a Rubio type RINO or a Curbelo type RINO, believe me.
He did succumb to the idiots who thought rifles shouldn’t be sold to people old enough to vote or fight in the military, and I think that was a stupid thing to do. But I think he knew the NRA would fight that in court, and they are.
Let’s not equate Rick with Bill Nelson. Nelson is much much worse. Rick has at least run a business successfully. :) This is more than we can say for Rubio or Curbelo.
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Since you live in SoFlo you no doubt know the entire saga about Rick Scott and alimony reform.
The Florida Legislature passed legislation TWICE that would have eliminated alimony in Florida divorce cases. Rick Scott had said that he would sign it.
The first bill he vetoed because it was retroactive, which he felt would be unfair to women already dependent upon alimony and toss them onto the public dole.
So the Legislature redid the bill. It passed again, this time without the retroactive provision. It went to Scott’s desk.
At this point the NOW gang decided for the first time in history that they really supported the idea of stay-at-home moms. They lobbied fiercely, and one day before it would have become law without his signature Scott vetoed the bill.
Thus he reneged on his promise twice. I don’t have a dog in the fight when it comes to divorce law in Florida, but to me that is all emblematic of a jelly-spined individual.
Elect him to higher office at your peril.
You’re basically making excuses for Scott for betraying the two most fundamental issues that any conservative cannot betray the base on, mass immigration and gun rights. I get that governors have to be flexible sometimes and take different positions on some issues, but there are some core issues where any politician calling themselves a conservative absolutely cannot betray the base. The two key issues are gun rights and the amnesty and immigration issue, and Scott has betrayed us on both.
If a “conservative” claims to be conservative on other issues but then supports mass immigration, then all his other conservative stands mean utterly nothing because the demographic change will soon overwhelm the democratic process, turning the USA into another Venezuela. That’s what Rick Scott wants.
It’s also why I’m unimpressed with the defense that “at least Rick Scott has run a business”, that depends on the kind of business he has run and what he’s actually done. Most of us in business in Florida have to work hard and run an actual business where we don’t depend on government contracts and support. Rick Scott is the opposite of a true businessman, he’s a crony capitalist just like the anti-American traitors who run the Chamber of Commerce and push for amnesty and the h1b visa, and thus no friend of the people. Scott’s “business” basically depended on massive taxpayer supported subsides and payments through Medicare and other government programs that Scott got favored access to. And it shows, because Scott’s actual policies in Florida have hardly been business-friendly, esp. to small and medium businesses that are the true backbone of Florida’s economy. If he tried to work in import-export or other businesses where we have to depend on our actual performance in the free market, not on government programs or subsides, Rick Scott would get eaten alive. He has not idea how to run a real business, and that’s probably part of why, just like other RINOs, he has no understanding of the importance of loyalty, commitment and being true to the conservative base.