We're all riled up about Charlie Crist since he announced he'll run for the Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez in 2010.
The main pieces of evidence against Crist are that he hugs Obama and he doesn't have a family.
He's also not across-the-board anti-tax, having proposed cuts in property taxes but an increase in cigarette taxes, and if there's anything I can't stand it's a moderate. You say his views are nuanced, I say he's a waffler. We have to be black and white on our issues. Pro-life. (That's always the top issue). Anti-tax. Pro-family (i.e. anti-gay, plus pro-life). Pro-gun. There's no in-between on our issues, and I don't trust anyone who is in between or even smells in between. And Charlie Crist smells in between.
As one learned commentator on RedState.com says about the Crist-versus-Rubio Senate race in 2010, "It is not an understatement to say the heart and soul of the GOP will be determined in the Florida election."
Here's another nice zinger from that site: "Crist is much more interested in protecting endangered animals than Florida’s tax payers." I like that, getting in a gratuitous dig on environmentalists.
We don't want guys like Crist, even if they can win a seat that would otherwise go to the Democrats. I'd rather have purity. It's easier on my brain.
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