Long ago, I and many others here in Sarasota country helped get Vern his place in Congress. He's been OK, but he is a bit of a squish. Nice guy, but too apt to 'go along to get along'. I've also met Martin Hyde on a couple of occasions, and his conservative credentials far outstrip Vern's.
Which is why the same leftmedia that years ago was raking Buchanan over the coals for being one of those 'typical rich, out-of-touch Republicans' is now seeing him as the lesser of two evils. Not that they wouldn't mind seeing Buchanan drop dead -- SSDD. Hypocrites to the core.
I’ve also met Martin Hyde on a couple of occasions, and his conservative credentials far outstrip Vern’s.
well, if that’s true, then he made an incalculably stupid mistake in calling Trump supporters names. Separately, that a candidate has unimpeachable conservative credentials does not mean that he’s going to get any traction. See Mark Sanford. Sanford’s character is terribly off-putting, but he had a lot of supporters here.
“””Vern his place in Congress. He’s been OK, but he is a bit of a squish. Nice guy, but too apt to ‘go along to get along’”””
I support your comments that Vern Buchanan is a squish. Vern has a lot of money and that scares off true MAGA politicians in Manatee and Sarasota County.
Unfortunately, we have ‘squish’ GOP Representatives in far too many states for the same reason we have Vern Buchanan.