Posted on 01/14/2014 8:46:54 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Republican-turned-Independent-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist will be the Democratic speaker at Washington's famed Gridiron dinner.
He will face off against Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) at the March event.
Gridiron president Clark Hoyt of Bloomberg announced the selection in an email to members on Tuesday.
"I'm delighted to announce that former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will be the Democratic speaker at the 2014 Gridiron Spring Dinner on Saturday, March 8. Crist will square off against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz representing the Republicans," Hoyt wrote in an email obtained by The Hill.
Crist, the former Republican governor of Florida, is running for his old job again — this time as a Democrat.
He left the gubernatorial office in 2010 to run for the Senate. During that race, being overtaken in polls by Republican candidate Marco Rubio (who went on to win the seat), Crist switched and ran as an Independent. He joined the Democratic Party in 2012 and endorsed President Obama for re-election.
The Gridiron Dinner is one of Washington's most oldest and prestigious events. The white-tie gathering features some of the most prominent names in politics and the club membership is invitation-only.
The evening's speakers are usually seen as up-and-comers in the party. President Obama has only gone twice while in office and has not said if he'll attend this year's.
Good lord the jokes will right themselves.
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Should say “former Cornyn endorsee Charlie Crist”
Crist will be be at the battle-of-wits unarmed.
This is going to be quite the smackdown. I hope we can get some video of it!
Crist vs Cruz= Piper Cub vs fighter jet
Perfect example of a GOPe darling.
> Good lord the jokes will right themselves.
That’s exactly what Cruz said about Biden. He said go to any party and say, Vice President Joe Biden, and people will begin to laugh immediately. The jokes write themselves.
bttt
Let's see, that would be a major part of the GOP, right? So now we have the plainly Socialist Party, then the Democratic Party described above, and then we have Americans (including the Tea Party and Sarah Palin).
Crist only thinks he is really smart, but he’s really isn’t very bright.
Cruz is probably the best debater in the country.
Crist is bringing a knife to a tank battle.
Yesterday afternoon I saw a glowing Cornyn campaign ad touting all the conservative stances he’d taken (with shots of him out on the prairie in his white Stetson cowboy hat).
Following that ad was one slamming Steve Stockman (with mentions of stories in the liberal rag Houston Chronicle for proof) with dark blurry menacing pictures of Stockman.
I thought, Wow! Cornyn must have some pretty bad polling numbers.
He must have nightmares about how Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz came from way behind to beat Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to take the TX Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Don't just single out Cornyn .....
Unbelievable that we're still fighting the gopE over this same battle - conservatives versus liberal democRATS in drag ...
“I thought, Wow! Cornyn must have some pretty bad polling numbers.”
He’s doing whatever he has to to avoid a runoff, so he can get reelected and go back to being McConnell’s and the democrat’s lapdog.
He’ll be wearing assless chaps.
Libs have yet to learn they cannot compete one on one with the formidable Texan
Ted Cruz will take down Charli Crist.
Unfortunately, Rick Scott won’t
Ted Cruz for Florida Governor!
“He must have nightmares about how Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz came from way behind to beat Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to take the TX Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison.”
His nightmares are just beginning.
We in Texas don’t take kindly to backstabbers.
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