Vomitting Crow

In a recent post, which I titled "Eating Crow?" I talked about how it seemed that Florida Governor Charlie Crist seemed to finally be doing something good for the people of Florida, and that I might have to take back some of the things that I had said about him. However, while it might be true that he has done, and is trying to do a couple of good things, that doesn't make him immune from scrutiny.

Crist is what many grass roots Conservative Republicans call a RINO (Republican in Name Only). He was elected Governor on Jeb Bush's coat tails, and has been a huge disappointment to real Republicans all over Florida. He is working harder than any Democrat to restore the voting rights of convicted felons, who primarily vote Democrat, so, whose side is he on again? And there are a great many other areas where he falls short.

There is also the fact that Governor Bush had the ability to inspire confidence, not that he was perfect, but he was an effective leader, far more so than his brother. Take the Hurricanes of 2004 as an example. When you saw Governor Bush walking through a devastated area, or when he was on TV talking about a coming storm, it was comforting just to see him there. He was a commanding and comforting presence. By contrast, shortly after Governor Crist took office he was surveying an area of the state hard hit by some tornadoes, and all you could think seeing him there was, "Hey, somebody get that little weasel out of the way, some important person might need to get through!"

On top of this there has been talk in some circles of Crist as a possibility for the bottom of the 2008 Presidential ticket. Of course, the people who are looking for that are also looking to have Rudy on the top of said ticket. Hopefully neither will happen, but that is a topic for another post.