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2012-05-03 01:01:14 AM
Is there any group of Florida voters that scumbag hasn't offended/lied to/upset/let down?

I just want to know how a guy who orchestrated a $1 billion medicare fraud is a sitting governor of a very large state. How the f*ck is that possible?
 
2012-05-03 01:07:55 AM
NewportBarGuy: Is there any group of Florida voters that scumbag hasn't offended/lied to/upset/let down?

I just want to know how a guy who orchestrated a $1 billion medicare fraud is a sitting governor of a very large state. How the f*ck is that possible?


Remember when Lex Luthor became President of the USA? Same thing.
 
2012-05-03 02:31:51 AM
NewportBarGuy: Is there any group of Florida voters that scumbag hasn't offended/lied to/upset/let down?

I just want to know how a guy who orchestrated a $1 billion medicare fraud is a sitting governor of a very large state. How the f*ck is that possible?


He used the money he stole from Medicare to buy the election. He buried the state in ads and won by 1%.

This bill is probably the 6th unconstitutional law he's signed. Scott promised to created 700,000 jobs in 7 years. So far he's only created jobs for lawyers suing the state up the wazoo.

As governor, Scott is way worse than Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist combined.
 
2012-05-03 08:13:44 AM
Gov. Rick Scott makes Himmler look like a nice guy.
 
2012-05-03 08:19:22 AM
There's nothing that Rick Scott has done that isn't pure concentrated evil.
 
2012-05-03 08:53:10 AM
Bucky Katt: He used the money he stole from Medicare to buy the election. He buried the state in ads and won by 1%.

That is the correct answer.
 
2012-05-03 08:56:55 AM
Another scumbag Republican.

He outpaced Gonzales on taking the fif.

The constitution is just a piece a paper right Teabaggers?
 
2012-05-03 08:58:59 AM
Jake Havechek: Gov. Rick Scott makes Himmler look like a nice guy.

godwin already ??
 
2012-05-03 09:00:03 AM
They should have yo personally put up the money to defend these laws instead of hanging it on the taxpayers. That might make them actually consider their constitutionality.
 
2012-05-03 09:28:30 AM
Most of this story doesn't really bother me. The part that continues to get me with this guy is how farking clueless he is about the legislative process or the limits of his own office. He's the proverbial bull in a china shop.

Or, since this is Florida, he's a boar in a dollar store.
 
2012-05-03 10:20:46 AM
Of course he signed it anyway. Heaven forbid anyone tell the Cuban-American community in Florida "Not yours. Not constitutional."
 
2012-05-03 10:23:25 AM
Party before country state.

/SOP
 
2012-05-03 10:23:33 AM
NewportBarGuy: Is there any group of Florida voters that scumbag hasn't offended/lied to/upset/let down?

I just want to know how a guy who orchestrated a $1 billion medicare fraud is a sitting governor of a very large state. How the f*ck is that possible?


Because the President is Black.
 
2012-05-03 10:27:16 AM
Holy Fark!

Cubans in Florida have a ridiculous amount on influence on GOP policy in that state.

Not saying they shouldn't be represented but FFS's at what point will those votes in that swing state stop America from normalizing relations with Cuba?

It's just embarrassing by now.

Is there anyone left in the US other than them who still thinks the blockade is a good idea?

/Oh, and in case nobody mentioned it yet so far... Fark Rick Scott!
//That guy is a farking mental case.
 
2012-05-03 10:28:01 AM
27

That is the number of swing state electoral votes that Rick Scott is going to gift wrap for Obama in November by his over-reaching Republican craziness.

/Sorry Mittens, no Presidency for you.
 
2012-05-03 10:28:01 AM
Confabulat: NewportBarGuy: Is there any group of Florida voters that scumbag hasn't offended/lied to/upset/let down?

I just want to know how a guy who orchestrated a $1 billion medicare fraud is a sitting governor of a very large state. How the f*ck is that possible?

Remember when Lex Luthor became President of the USA? Same thing.


Lex Luthor had an actual plan though. Also, he's socially liberal.

NEW LUTHOR/Brainiac teamup 2016
 
2012-05-03 10:30:09 AM
"As Governor, it is my sworn duty to uphold the laws of the state and I will meet any challenge to this law in court as necessary."

IT WASN'T A LAW OF THE STATE UNTIL YOU SIGNED THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BILL YOU STUPID F*CKING DOUCHECANOE!

GodDAMMIT this mother f*cker pisses me off so goddamn much. He doesn't know that Tampa Bay calls itself Tampa Bay, his wife owns the largest drug testing company in Florida which means the mandatory drug testing bill he signed for people to get unemployment nets him and his wife tons of money, he drastically cut funding for rape victims services, and he's continually murdering the education budget in the state. I genuinely want this mother farker to die in the most horrible way possible. And yes, I want him to die for ideological reasons. He is the goddamn devil incarnate, and his ideology is pure, unadulterated, concentrated evil.
 
2012-05-03 10:33:08 AM
Another GOP rookie that rode the Tea Bag ticket turns out to be a travesty. The FL voters deserve what they got.
 
2012-05-03 10:33:37 AM
I propose they ban the military from Florida, because they have a base in Cuba.
 
2012-05-03 10:34:38 AM
Kome: GodDAMMIT this mother f*cker pisses me off so goddamn much. He doesn't know that Tampa Bay calls itself Tampa Bay, his wife owns the largest drug testing company in Florida which means the mandatory drug testing bill he signed for people to get unemployment nets him and his wife tons of money, he drastically cut funding for rape victims services, and he's continually murdering the education budget in the state. I genuinely want this mother farker to die in the most horrible way possible. And yes, I want him to die for ideological reasons. He is the goddamn devil incarnate, and his ideology is pure, unadulterated, concentrated evil.
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Don't forget that he shiatcanned the speed rail even though everyone voted for it. And the MediCare fraud.
 
2012-05-03 10:35:29 AM
I work for the state of FL and have for quite sometime, it's unbelievable how one elected politician has actually effected my personal life. He tries to screw us over anyway possible, it's like he sits around and tries to figure out the best way to screw us. I love my job but damn, he's making it harder and harder to stick around...I'm just praying that most of the damage he's caused is reversible.
 
2012-05-03 10:36:38 AM
quatchi: Holy Fark!

Cubans in Florida have a ridiculous amount on influence on GOP policy in that state.

Not saying they shouldn't be represented but FFS's at what point will those votes in that swing state stop America from normalizing relations with Cuba?

It's just embarrassing by now.

Is there anyone left in the US other than them who still thinks the blockade is a good idea?

/Oh, and in case nobody mentioned it yet so far... Fark Rick Scott!
//That guy is a farking mental case.


When enough of the Cold War era Batista supporters die off stupid shait like this won't be an issue.
 
2012-05-03 10:37:28 AM
You know what, elections have consequences. Farking deal with it Florida. Maybe next time you'll spend 30 seconds looking up information on the candidates before voting rather than voting based on the advertisements you saw on TV.
 
2012-05-03 10:38:00 AM
In the crazyverse of GOP/Tea Party politics, this guy seems to be more of a classic sociopath than an ignorant idealogue
 
2012-05-03 10:38:47 AM
These kind of measures really have a fantastic record of promoting change in Cuba.
 
2012-05-03 10:40:12 AM
Mugato: Kome: GodDAMMIT this mother f*cker pisses me off so goddamn much. He doesn't know that Tampa Bay calls itself Tampa Bay, his wife owns the largest drug testing company in Florida which means the mandatory drug testing bill he signed for people to get unemployment nets him and his wife tons of money, he drastically cut funding for rape victims services, and he's continually murdering the education budget in the state. I genuinely want this mother farker to die in the most horrible way possible. And yes, I want him to die for ideological reasons. He is the goddamn devil incarnate, and his ideology is pure, unadulterated, concentrated evil.
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Don't forget that he shiatcanned the speed rail even though everyone voted for it. And the MediCare fraud.


....Because it would have made Obama look good.

That's the only reason he did it. Thousands of potential jobs, millions of potential tourist dollars, all gone for the sake of partisan grandstanding. He's only still in office because he can't be recalled, but he's not gonna win reelection (if he even tries).


/he's probably not on the short list of potential running mates for Mitt Romney
 
2012-05-03 10:47:31 AM
lennavan: You know what, elections have consequences. Farking deal with it Florida. Maybe next time you'll spend 30 seconds looking up information on the candidates before voting rather than voting based on the advertisements you saw on TV.
 
2012-05-03 10:54:11 AM
NateGrey: The constitution is just a piece a paper right Teabaggers?

Except for part of the 2nd amendment.
 
2012-05-03 10:59:52 AM
Confabulat: NewportBarGuy: Is there any group of Florida voters that scumbag hasn't offended/lied to/upset/let down?

I just want to know how a guy who orchestrated a $1 billion medicare fraud is a sitting governor of a very large state. How the f*ck is that possible?

Remember when Lex Luthor became President of the USA? Same thing.


I blame this on the Liberals. Had they run a competent opponent in the last election Scott would have lost. Its obviously a Liberal conspiracy to destroy the GOP in Florida and reelect Obama for a 5th term.
 
2012-05-03 11:00:00 AM
Mugato: There's nothing that Rick Scott has done that isn't pure concentrated evil.

That's unfair, and intellectually dishonest. He has done a great number of things that were not evil at all, but merely stupid and incompetent.
 
2012-05-03 11:01:44 AM
What was the deal with the Medicare fraud? I remember hearing about it in the past, but I don't think I've ever actually read up on it completely. Anybody have a link?
 
2012-05-03 11:03:55 AM
quatchi: Holy Fark!

Cubans in Florida have a ridiculous amount on influence on GOP policy in that state.

Not saying they shouldn't be represented but FFS's at what point will those votes in that swing state stop America from normalizing relations with Cuba?

It's just embarrassing by now.

Is there anyone left in the US other than them who still thinks the blockade is a good idea?


Iowa corn producers who don't want cheap Cuban sugar to compete with their HFCS.
Good thing that Iowa doesn't have any sort of influence on presidential policy.
 
2012-05-03 11:06:30 AM
Well Gosh governor, I'm impressed at the measures you will go to to bring Floriduh the 700,000 you promised.
 
2012-05-03 11:07:17 AM
Dubya's_Coke_Dealer: Well Gosh governor, I'm impressed at the measures you will go to to bring Floriduh the 700,000 JOBS you promised.

I accidentally the w...nevermind
 
2012-05-03 11:13:55 AM
"Constitutional lawyers have told me that this legislation will be challenged in court. I signed the bill regardless of that fact, and it will become a state law on July 1, 2012," he wrote. "As Governor, it is my sworn duty to uphold the laws of the state and I will meet any challenge to this law in court as necessary."

Th' f*ck?
Last time I checked, Federal Law trumps State Law. Are all republicans this stupid or only the most recent ones?
 
2012-05-03 11:16:32 AM
I have had it with Florida politics. I have become so fed up with it that I actually took May 1 off and marched with the wooblies and occupy. I am being radicalized by anarchists and communists because teabaggers need to be kicked to sleep. I have not been politically active since college 20+ years ago. I have joined move on, I am planning on helping the democrats and the greens this election cycle. I AM SO FARKING PISSED.
 
2012-05-03 11:18:00 AM
qorkfiend: lennavan: You know what, elections have consequences. Farking deal with it Florida. Maybe next time you'll spend 30 seconds looking up information on the candidates before voting rather than voting based on the advertisements you saw on TV.
 
2012-05-03 11:18:41 AM
He and Obama should hang out.
 
2012-05-03 11:19:37 AM
MadMonk: I work for the state of FL and have for quite sometime, it's unbelievable how one elected politician has actually effected my personal life. He tries to screw us over anyway possible, it's like he sits around and tries to figure out the best way to screw us. I love my job but damn, he's making it harder and harder to stick around...I'm just praying that most of the damage he's caused is reversible.

I feel for you, MadMonk, I really do. I lived and worked in Tallahassee for years, but it was the election of Rick Scott, and his ensuing sociopathic dismantling of the remains of my home state, that forced my decision to leave Florida for greener pastures. It was a hard decision, as my family is still down there...but they're Teabaggers, so I hope they're learning a lesson. My dad in particular has grown a lot more politically subdued. They will never vote for Obama--they believe the conspiracy theories about him. But it's more and more likely that they at least will sit 2012 out, or write in Ron Paul again, which is essentially the same thing.

You know what, elections have consequences. Farking deal with it Florida. Maybe next time you'll spend 30 seconds looking up information on the candidates before voting rather than voting based on the advertisements you saw on TV.

This. I got so damn tired of the sullen apathy into which everyone down there seems to be sunk. They vote for people who screw them, believe those crooks' friends when they claim the pain is due to the evilness of government itself, and turn around and vote for another batch of liars who screw them even worse. Florida is "What's wrong with Kansas?" distilled.

In the crazyverse of GOP/Tea Party politics, this guy seems to be more of a classic sociopath than an ignorant idealogue.

And this. He knows exactly what he is doing. He is taking a state apart, selling it for parts, and pocketing the profits, like pointlessly dismantling a cool vintage car with no regard for its value as a whole, and nothing but contempt for those who still love it.

What galls me is that his "3rd World Warlord" attitude isn't wrecking some small forgotten corner of the world. It's happening in one of the most populated, historically important, and politically vital places in our nation. I don't normally wish bad things would happen to people, but his death would be a relief.
 
2012-05-03 11:24:59 AM
Say what you like about Governor Voldemort, but at least he isn't Rick Perry.

Oh, and here; have a picture.

i50.tinypic.com

Pleasant dreams.
 
2012-05-03 11:30:41 AM
I alone am best: He and Obama should hang out.


I think there's a thread below about Obama's accomplishments that needs your desperate attention.
 
2012-05-03 11:34:55 AM
Are Republicans still getting all butthurt and bent out of shape because of tiny little Cuba?
 
2012-05-03 11:37:42 AM
Jake Havechek: Gov. Rick Scott makes Himmler look like a nice guy.

I heard he also killed Harry Potter's parents...
 
2012-05-03 11:58:56 AM
Thanks for wasting my tax dollars, Teabaggers!
 
2012-05-03 12:11:48 PM
Lord_Baull: "Constitutional lawyers have told me that this legislation will be challenged in court. I signed the bill regardless of that fact, and it will become a state law on July 1, 2012," he wrote. "As Governor, it is my sworn duty to uphold the laws of the state and I will meet any challenge to this law in court as necessary."

Th' f*ck?
Last time I checked, Federal Law trumps State Law. Are all republicans this stupid or only the most recent ones?


I love it. "I knew it was unconstitutional, but I decided to sign it and waste taxpayer money defending it in court anyway."
 
2012-05-03 12:12:57 PM
skinnycatullus: Bucky Katt: He used the money he stole from Medicare to buy the election. He buried the state in ads and won by 1%.

That is the correct answer.


www.jamesjoyce.co.uk

Asshole used $60 million of his own money to win a job that pays $130k a year by 61,550 votes (1.15%)
 
2012-05-03 12:17:23 PM
KellyX: skinnycatullus: Bucky Katt: He used the money he stole from Medicare to buy the election. He buried the state in ads and won by 1%.

That is the correct answer.

[www.jamesjoyce.co.uk image 340x480]

Asshole used $60 million of his own money to win a job that pays $130k a year by 61,550 votes (1.15%)


I'm sure he's just using the governorship as a stepping stone to a lucrative private-sector gig.
 
2012-05-03 12:29:17 PM
Sounds a bit like what Obama said about individual mandates when he was running against Hillary.

Before he signed a bill containing them as president.
 
2012-05-03 01:24:40 PM
randomjsa: Hi, the thread was short on stupid, but now I'm here!

Thanks lots.
 
2012-05-03 01:35:50 PM
He and the MN governor (Walker, I think his name is) must have a bet going about who can do the most damage, piss off the most people, and make the most money while doing it.

/I wonder which is in the lead
 
2012-05-03 01:40:09 PM
geek_mars: He and the MN governor (Walker, I think his name is) must have a bet going about who can do the most damage, piss off the most people, and make the most money while doing it.

/I wonder which is in the lead


Wisconsin. Apparently the governor in MN (Minnesota) is normal.
 
2012-05-03 02:58:06 PM
randomjsa: Sounds a bit like what Obama said about individual mandates when he was running against Hillary.

Before he signed a bill containing them as president.



Deflection! You guys are really great at ignoring the topic and flailing around, trying to get Romney elected.
 
2012-05-03 04:17:14 PM
In addition to the Medicare fraud, he also pretty much stole someone's identity to use in HCA advertising. That's what he got sued for where he fought tooth and nail to keep the lawyers from releasing the video of his deposition. They wanted to use this doctor's name and image in HCA advertising as the HCA medical expert, doctor told them no, he didn't want to work for a big corporation like that, he wanted to keep practicing medicine, they went ahead and used it anyway and told the guy there was nothing he could do to stop them.

The lawyer who represented the doctor in suing HCA and Rick Scott spoke to one of my classes and related the story as an anecdote for why you should pay attention in class, because the doctor went to 5 other lawyers and they all told him there was nothing he could do. Anyway, the lawyer said that when the issue of the deposition tapes came up in the campaign, he went and locked them away in a safe deposit box because he didn't trust Rick Scott not to have people break into his home or office to steal them.
 
2012-05-03 05:13:46 PM
yert: I have had it with Florida politics. I have become so fed up with it that I actually took May 1 off and marched with the wooblies and occupy. I am being radicalized by anarchists and communists because teabaggers need to be kicked to sleep. I have not been politically active since college 20+ years ago. I have joined move on, I am planning on helping the democrats and the greens this election cycle. I AM SO FARKING PISSED.

I can't miss work, but I do send money. But if you do send money, don't put your real phone number on any forms. I get calls almost every day including Sundays.
 
2012-05-03 08:35:15 PM
delathi: Is there anyone left in the US other than them who still thinks the blockade is a good idea?

Iowa corn producers who don't want cheap Cuban sugar to compete with their HFCS.
Good thing that Iowa doesn't have any sort of influence on presidential policy.


That's their fault for going last in the primaries every year.
 
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