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A Decent Man or a Bully- Our Pick for Governor (Tampa Bay Times)
Tampa Bay Times ^ | 10/30/22 | Tampa Bay Times editorial Board

Posted on 10/30/2022 9:32:11 AM PDT by shortstop

A decent man or a bully? Our pick for governor.

The governor should represent all Floridians, including those who disagree with him or didn’t vote for him. Charlie Crist would do that. Gov. Ron DeSantis does not — and would not. In 2018, DeSantis got 49.6% of the vote. In other words, more people voted for someone else. and a bully. Do you want the state governed by a decent man or a bully? The Tampa Bay Times recommends voting for Charlie Crist, a man of decency, for governor.A decent man or a bully? Our pick for governor.

The governor should represent all Floridians, including those who disagree with him or didn’t vote for him. Charlie Crist would do that.

A bully. Look at how he hectored high school students — teenagers! — who were brought to the University of South Florida for a photo op in March. Seemingly irritated that several kids standing behind him on the stage were masked up, he told them, “You don’t have to wear those masks. Please take them off.” “This is ridiculous,” he went on.

Unite or divide. It’s hard to imagine Charlie Crist acting that way, because he wouldn’t.

DeSantis seems to revel in belittling anyone who doesn’t agree with him. He makes them feel small, while he flexes power.

Dangerous games. DeSantis is pro-science only when it suits him. He’s anti-expert when they defy him. He’s Donald Trump but devoid of the charm. A clear choice. This election presents a clear choice between a decent man and a bully. The Tampa Bay Times recommends voting for Charlie Crist, a man of decency, for governor.

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


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crist; desantis; election2022; fl; florida; governor; pravda
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Typical Liberal horsecrap from the Pravda by the Bay. I can't wait until the red wave sweeps the rag into Tampa Bay in November. Well, at least Desantis doesn't send mean tweets. Look where that got us. If Elon Musk has some spare change left over, maybe he'd buy this paper and put it out of its misery.
1 posted on 10/30/2022 9:32:11 AM PDT by shortstop
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To: shortstop

https://company.tampabay.com/

Get a load of that.


2 posted on 10/30/2022 9:33:37 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: shortstop

I have posted an. excerpt but the actual diatribe is even worse. Anyone who believes this crap belongs in a mental institution. May we have the last laugh.


3 posted on 10/30/2022 9:34:01 AM PDT by shortstop (You can vote yourself into Socialism or Marxism, but you'll have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: shortstop

Decent man? Seriously?


4 posted on 10/30/2022 9:34:13 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: shortstop

Reads like it was written by a 13-year old girl.


5 posted on 10/30/2022 9:34:30 AM PDT by Calvin Cooledge
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To: shortstop

6 posted on 10/30/2022 9:38:16 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: shortstop

Would Crist have been cheered at the FL/GA game like DeSantis was?


7 posted on 10/30/2022 9:38:30 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: shortstop
The actual url is: https://tampabaytimes-fl.newsmemory.com

For those of you who can actually access the entire article, check out the remainder of the recommendations for state and local elections. Almost all are Democrats with the exception of those Republicans who are running un opposed.

8 posted on 10/30/2022 9:38:30 AM PDT by shortstop (You can vote yourself into Socialism or Marxism, but you'll have to shoot your way out of it.)
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One of N examples (where N is a very large number) why journalism has a reputation just behind that of your local used car salesman and congress. Remember, the writer of that article received a degree from a boxtop university somewhere.
9 posted on 10/30/2022 9:42:38 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: shortstop

A reminder to Florida voters who do not have the time or inclination to stay on top of Florida politics.

Just read the recommendations coming from the likes of the Tampa Bay Times and vote the opposite and you will not go wrong.


10 posted on 10/30/2022 9:43:13 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: silent majority rising

Nice guys finish last, And even the not-so-nice guys, like the chameleon Charlie Crist, can still manage to finish last.

Gerald Ford was an example of a “decent man”, yet he got stomped down into the cracks when it came to comparisons between him and Jimmy Carter.


11 posted on 10/30/2022 9:44:59 AM PDT by alloysteel (People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do - Isaac Asimov)
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To: shortstop

The TBT is suggesting that Floridians do what the left wants, even after seeing how destructive the policies are. Trump was a big bad meany that had the country running pretty well, but supposedly Biden would be a kinder, gentler dude, and it doesn’t matter if he ran the country into the ground.

Any Floridian that votes for Crist based on his demeanor is nuts. Ron DeSantis has Florida on the right track. I wish I had him or even someone like him for a governor.


12 posted on 10/30/2022 9:47:05 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: shortstop

D’s had a 120K lead going into election day in 2020

Red Tsunami in Florida? (Dems lagging Mail ins, Rep strong with 1st day of EV)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4103147/posts

as of this morning R’s up 86,000


13 posted on 10/30/2022 9:47:38 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: shortstop

Sitting in State Farm offices in Bloomington IL I saw Gov Crist destroy the insurance market in Hurricane plagued FL. His actions were based on what he wished the world was like rather than the reality.

He had no understanding of the way things worked in FL then. Has he learned anything since?


14 posted on 10/30/2022 9:47:55 AM PDT by spintreebob
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Anyone who would pick and rationalize a Crist endorsement is ignorance beyond description

Please businesses, stop supporting these fools


15 posted on 10/30/2022 9:48:57 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Nancy's beard is larger than a pirate's . . . Covering for Pervert Paulie)
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To: shortstop

Charlie Crist is a whore, plain and simple.


16 posted on 10/30/2022 9:49:39 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: shortstop

“Angry Media Fags Hate DeSantis”


17 posted on 10/30/2022 9:51:11 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: shortstop

An incredibly lame editorial.


18 posted on 10/30/2022 9:52:47 AM PDT by jimfree (My 19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: shortstop

> A decent man or a bully? <

What a stupid way to phrase things. You should vote for the candidate who will govern closest to your views, not for the most decent person on the ballot. And “decent” is very subjective in the first place.

Oh, well. I guess the Tampa Bay Times would have preferred Pee Wee Herman in charge of the US Third Army instead of George Patton.


19 posted on 10/30/2022 9:53:02 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Calvin Cooledge
Reads like it was written by a 13-year old girl.

I think it was.


20 posted on 10/30/2022 9:53:43 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (4,405,370 active user on Truth Social)
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