Crist: Stimulus Has Created Jobs, I Don’t Regret Hugging Obama

[Cal]

Crist: Stimulus Has Created Jobs, I Don't Regret Hugging Obama

Florida Governor Charlie Crist won’t win over many of his conservative critics with his
latest move — declaring emphatically that the president’s stimulus has created tens of thousands of jobs in his state and expressing “not one iota” of regret for working with Obama (indeed, hugging him) on the jobs-creating proposal.

Appearing outside the White House on Monday, the Florida Republican Senatorial candidate pushed back against his GOP critics — notably Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) — who have declared that the stimulus has not created one single job in America.

“It is not the case in Florida — we accepted the stimulus money; all of my fellow governors did,” Crist said. “I think it was the responsible and right thing to do for the people and it puts people above politics. In Florida alone, for example, it created or maintained at least 87,000 jobs; 27,000 of those jobs are educators and teachers throughout the state. I dare say what the impact would be throughout the state if those teachers were out of work, unable to put bread on the table of their families. This is necessary and it relates to job creation.”

Second Repub to come out and denounce the 'It hasn't created one job!' crowd..Thoughts?

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~Dude

 

[Yurt]

lol...so now you believe the gop'ers because it fits your world view

 

[maineman]

lol...so now you believe the gop'ers because it fits your world view

are you calling the republican governor of the state of florida a liar?

 

[California Girl]

lol...so now you believe the gop'ers because it fits your world view

are you calling the republican governor of the state of florida a liar?

Was his mouth moving?

 

[Oddball]

No surprise....Crist's rep within his own party is shot, so he as to go sucking up to Obammybots to find votes.

 

[Baruch Menachem]

Sort of an odd calculus for "Create."

Florida is in the same bad boat as the rest of the country. PERS is killing it, and stimulus moved the day of reckoning back a year.

For almost every governor who is moving term limited this year, Stimulus is a way of passing the problem over to some other sucker.

But the actual chorus is "apres moi, le deluge..."

 

[maineman]

it makes no sense to believe or disbelieve anyone solely on the basis of whether or not what they say fits with one's world view.

I would assume that the governor knows whether or not the stimulus package had created jobs in his state. When he says he does, why should I NOT believe him? If he said that it had created hardly any jobs, that might not fit with what I would LIKE to hear about what the stimulus package was accomplishing, but his simply saying that would not give me cause to call him a liar.

 

[Yurt]

lol...so now you believe the gop'ers because it fits your world view

are you calling the republican governor of the state of florida a liar?

Was his mouth moving?

its funny, when a gop governor says the stimulus didn't add one job, he is called a liar by liberals. when a gop governor says the stimulus created or saved jobs, they are called truthsayers and heroes....

 

[LibocalypseNow]

I don't regret it either. Now Florida can get rid of that fraud Crist. Go Rubio!

 

[Big Black Dog]

lol...so now you believe the gop'ers because it fits your world view

are you calling the republican governor of the state of florida a liar?

He's a politician and his mouth was moving so I would have to answer yes.

BTW, my wife is a retired Navy Commander too and I thank you for your service to our country.

 

[maineman]

are you calling the republican governor of the state of florida a liar?

Was his mouth moving?

its funny, when a gop governor says the stimulus didn't add one job, he is called a liar by liberals. when a gop governor says the stimulus created or saved jobs, they are called truthsayers and heroes....

now if you could only post a quote from a liberal - or better yet, from me - where I called any GOP governor a liar for saying that the stimulus didn't add one job, that would be real nice.

 

[Yurt]

Sort of an odd calculus for "Create."

Florida is in the same bad boat as the rest of the country. PERS is killing it, and stimulus moved the day of reckoning back a year.

For almost every governor who is moving term limited this year, Stimulus is a way of passing the problem over to some other sucker.

But the actual chorus is "apres moi, le deluge..."

i would be willing to be that in most cases, say the teachers, those jobs weren't created, money was borrowed to keep a job that we can't afford for one more year. what happens next year? another stimulus? this didn't create jobs, if he used the money to keep current jobs, then arguably saved for one more year at great expense to our economy and debt load.

 

[maineman]

lol...so now you believe the gop'ers because it fits your world view

are you calling the republican governor of the state of florida a liar?

He's a politician and his mouth was moving so I would have to answer yes.

BTW, my wife is a retired Navy Commander too and I thank you for your service to our country.

and I thank her as well.

 

[Oddball]

its funny, when a gop governor says the stimulus didn't add one job, he is called a liar by liberals. when a gop governor says the stimulus created or saved jobs, they are called truthsayers and heroes....

Not exactly....Libs usually say something along the lines of "yeah, but they're just burger-flipper jobs".

 

[maineman]

i would be willing to be that in most cases, say the teachers, those jobs weren't created, money was borrowed to keep a job that we can't afford for one more year. what happens next year? another stimulus? this didn't create jobs, if he used the money to keep current jobs, then arguably saved for one more year at great expense to our economy and debt load.

btw, did you leave the "T" off of the word BET by accident or was it just a smarmy trick to be able to avoid having someone call you on that wild ass assumption and make you prove it?

 

[Missourian]

A new Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday showed former state House Speaker Marco Rubio with a big lead over Governor Charlie Crist in Florida's Republican Senate primary.

According to the survey, likely Republican Primary voters favored Rubio over Crist 54% to 36%, with 4% supporting another candidate and 7% undecided.

Comparatively, in a December 2009 Rasmussen survey, Rubio and Crist were tied at 43% apiece. In August 2009 and October 2009 polls, Crist was the clear leader in the race.

Rubio has been harshly critical of Crist, in particular his support of President Barack Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus and recovery bill. Rubio has even aired ads depicting Crist and Obama hugging at an event.

Survey Shows Rubio With Big Lead Over Crist In Florida GOP Senate Primary - Update


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[California Girl]

are you calling the republican governor of the state of florida a liar?

Was his mouth moving?

its funny, when a gop governor says the stimulus didn't add one job, he is called a liar by liberals. when a gop governor says the stimulus created or saved jobs, they are called truthsayers and heroes....

To clarify:

He is a politician (party immaterial)

His mouth is moving

He is lying.

 

[Oddball]

A new Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday showed former state House Speaker Marco Rubio with a big lead over Governor Charlie Crist in Florida's Republican Senate primary.

According to the survey, likely Republican Primary voters favored Rubio over Crist 54% to 36%, with 4% supporting another candidate and 7% undecided.

Comparatively, in a December 2009 Rasmussen survey, Rubio and Crist were tied at 43% apiece. In August 2009 and October 2009 polls, Crist was the clear leader in the race.

Rubio has been harshly critical of Crist, in particular his support of President Barack Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus and recovery bill. Rubio has even aired ads depicting Crist and Obama hugging at an event.

Like I said, Crist's cred is shot so he has to go trolling in Lake Libbie for a few mullets.

 

[uptownlivin90]

Charlie Crist is a brave and respectable man to stand up to the GOP when the tea partiers (the GOP "real republican" cleansing team) are out attacking anyone that doesn't represent the extremist religious right neo-con brand (that includes both moderates like Crist and conservatives with integrity like Ron Paul). I think he'd be a great addition to the US Senate, they need more politicians with some sort of personal integrity on both sides. I watched him on morning Joe and I thought about it and if Joe Scarborough were still running for political office in Florida the tea partiers would probably come after him to. It's rediculous that republicans are expected to act more like Joe Wilson then Lindsey Graham when it comes to respecting and working with the party in power.

This election shows alot though, that the tea partiers are proving to be a force in politics, a negative one, but a force all the same.

 

[Jurginvoncelle]

What would happen if we took all the stimulus money and invested it in a company, lets say...General Electric.

Of course we would have stipulation that GE builds wind machines supplying thousands of NEW jobs. (No that requires regulation.),

The profits gained could either be used for re-investment for more of the same government programs, (oh no bigger government) or to pay off the nation debt (government makes a profit on the "free market? That is socialism)

Instead we bail out wall street "poker" players with a gimme attitudes, and left to their own devises, who save their naked asses with golden parachutes. Heads the win, tails they break even. No no! No need for regulation.

We privatize profits and socialize losses, and brag how we have saved the free market.

Not even back when Regan was bailing out the airline industries, was it fair. We need to keep banks small. Banks limit our investments, why can't we limit theirs?