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Florida Gov. Rick Scott: We shouldn't turn Zimmerman verdict into politics
Fox News ^ | 7/15/2013 | Stuart Varney (interview)

Posted on 07/16/2013 12:52:07 PM PDT by kevcol

VARNEY: Now, back in March of 2012, right after the event, the president made a statement -- went in front of the cameras and made a statement about the Trayvon Martin case -- and right after the verdict was delivered, he made another statement which I will quote from in a moment.

But, first, do you think that the president inserted himself into the judicial system? Because that has been the subject of some criticism.

SCOTT: Sure. I don't know if he did or didn't. What I just think about is, I think about the family, I think about the fact we have a jury system and I'm appreciative of that. Those six women jurors, that was a tough trial. They deliberated. It's hard. Angela Corey, a very tough prosecutor.

VARNEY: She is being criticized heavily.

SCOTT: But she is a tough prosecutor, one of the toughest in the nation.

VARNEY: Did she overcharge?

SCOTT: Oh, I don't know, but she's a tough prosecutor.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: angelacorey; rickscott; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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Rick Scott's talking points:

1) Corey is a "tough prosecutor"
2) I don't know anything else

Wasn't appointing that behemoth to persecute playing politics in the first place Governor?

1 posted on 07/16/2013 12:52:07 PM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

Scott started this train rolling because of politics now he doesn’t know anything.


2 posted on 07/16/2013 12:54:38 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: kevcol

At this point, Scott should just shut his trap and hope people gradually forget his role in INSTIGATING this whole debacle.


3 posted on 07/16/2013 12:55:05 PM PDT by seacapn
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To: kevcol

Its tough to avoid viewing the verdict with a political eye when politics were why the trial happened in the first place.


4 posted on 07/16/2013 12:55:23 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: kevcol; Jim Robinson

Off topic: FR Lite ain’t cutting it for me.


5 posted on 07/16/2013 12:55:28 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: kevcol
For some strange reason, cave-ins to political pressure never quite work out the way the caver-inner expects. Why do you suppose that is?

And why do the caver-inners never seem to learn from it?

6 posted on 07/16/2013 12:55:51 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: headstamp 2

Scott is an idiot. Corey is Joe Torre with t-ts!


7 posted on 07/16/2013 12:56:03 PM PDT by Batman11 (Obama is not American.. he has no clue what it is to be American.)
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To: kevcol

Screw you, Scott. How about saying “THIS MAN WAS ACQUITTED AND NOW THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD LEAVE HIM ALONE”, that’s the least you can do you can do, you pandering sad weak buffoon. Its YOUR fault this trial happened. You and that bimbo sidekick.


8 posted on 07/16/2013 12:56:38 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: don-o

Yeah. can’t change my settings on my phone. makes want to avoid till its fixed or i can get to laptop.


9 posted on 07/16/2013 12:56:40 PM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: kevcol

well that’d be something novel, wouldn’t it?


10 posted on 07/16/2013 12:56:56 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: kevcol

Embarrassingly spineless responses.
Insulting to my intelligence.


11 posted on 07/16/2013 12:57:21 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: kevcol

We shouldn’t turn Zimmerman verdict into politics

Too late...


12 posted on 07/16/2013 12:57:22 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: kevcol

What about the year and a half of Zimmerman’s life? What an Ass!


13 posted on 07/16/2013 12:57:28 PM PDT by Repulican Donkey
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To: seacapn; All

I don’t intend to let him forget, he offered up a citizen as sacrifice to a Lynch mob.


14 posted on 07/16/2013 12:57:58 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: kevcol

I wonder what the discussion would be if Travon Martin was laying in a bed in Florida, supposedly mentally challenged, and someone around him decided it would be a neato idea to let him die of thirst?


15 posted on 07/16/2013 12:58:16 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (NO MORE IRS!)
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To: don-o

$$$ $$$ $$$


16 posted on 07/16/2013 12:59:20 PM PDT by Old Sarge (My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
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To: kevcol

Exactly. Scott turned this into politics when he appointed Angela Corey.
I hope the good folks in Fla kick him out come election time.
I hope the large Hispanic community joins in that effort.


17 posted on 07/16/2013 12:59:26 PM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: kevcol

Too late there, Gubnuh.


18 posted on 07/16/2013 12:59:56 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Oh you have to be talking about the spineless Republicans like Scott. Well I think most of them are lovers of government and believe in controlling people as well, but just to a lesser extent then the full out Stalinists in the Democratic party. That’s why its always easy for the darling Republicans to “cave” because in reality they’re just doing what the believe in anyway.


19 posted on 07/16/2013 1:00:02 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: headstamp 2

He’s just following obama’s lead by saying he doesn’t know anything. And, all this time, we didn’t think zero had any leadership skills.


20 posted on 07/16/2013 1:00:55 PM PDT by Catsrus (`)
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