Charlie Crist - Pope of Hypocrisy
Consider His Latest "Chosen"
One of my worst character defects is my tendency* to dismiss dark reality with humor, derision and scorn (see my toetagdiary.com).
True, as toxic coping mechanisms go, the false sense of security that comes from viewing others as dickwads and clowns served me well during my career as a newspaperman.
Like laughter is usually the best antidote to terror – as my dear late friend and hero Kurt Vonnegut knew (and wrote) so well.
Trouble is,there are times when throwing pies won't keep the barbarians from breeching the gates (although Broward Health Commissioner El Gordo Cobo sure needs a custard facial).
Which leads me to to consider the dismal caliber of the four local residents Florida Governor Charlie Crist appointed as the new majority on the seven-member North Broward Hospital District (aka Broward Health.)
Each, of course, is a proven True Believer in Ronald Reagan's vision of the New Republican Party and its political Jihad against Big Government.
Another of Charlie's Chosen
"Scott - You're Amazing"
But on closer inspection, the four Crist-endorsed anti-government New Republicans are - like Charlie himself -- shameless hypocrites as political acolytes of the Late Great Gipper..
How so?
Basically – although alleged foes of Big Government – each of Charlie's Chosen Four (like Charlie) has made very good living off the largess off government at the local, state and federal level.
Which makes each one a fat political piggie grown plump on government's tit:
Joel Gustafson – a former member of the Florida legislator who became lobbyist and land use attorney for Big Developers.
Richard Paul-Hus – an executive/owner of a local firm addicted to lucrative contracts with governmental agencies throughout the United States.
Clarence McKee – a lawyer and lobbyist.
Jenner O'Flannery-Anderson – head of a the local United Way, an agency addicted to a steady flow of grants from various governmental agencies.
To these four anti-government hypocrites, add the other three current members of the North Broward Hospital District – each chosen by Governor Suntan as poster kids for New Republicanism:
Rhonda Calhoun – Commission chair and executive director of the Broward League of Cities (a mega lobby group financed by municipal tax dollars).
Jorge Cobo – currently under investigation for his private business dealings with the Hospital District.
Miguel Fernandez – currently under investigation for his private business dealings with the Hospital District.
Bottom line?
In red for the political whore that he is:
If hypocrisy were a religion, Charlie Crist could run for Pope -- while his Chosen would make perfect Cardinals in Charlie's Church.
One of my worst character defects is my tendency* to dismiss dark reality with humor, derision and scorn (see my toetagdiary.com).
True, as toxic coping mechanisms go, the false sense of security that comes from viewing others as dickwads and clowns served me well during my career as a newspaperman.
Like laughter is usually the best antidote to terror – as my dear late friend and hero Kurt Vonnegut knew (and wrote) so well.
Trouble is,there are times when throwing pies won't keep the barbarians from breeching the gates (although Broward Health Commissioner El Gordo Cobo sure needs a custard facial).
Which leads me to to consider the dismal caliber of the four local residents Florida Governor Charlie Crist appointed as the new majority on the seven-member North Broward Hospital District (aka Broward Health.)
Each, of course, is a proven True Believer in Ronald Reagan's vision of the New Republican Party and its political Jihad against Big Government.
Another of Charlie's Chosen
"Scott - You're Amazing"
But on closer inspection, the four Crist-endorsed anti-government New Republicans are - like Charlie himself -- shameless hypocrites as political acolytes of the Late Great Gipper..
How so?
Basically – although alleged foes of Big Government – each of Charlie's Chosen Four (like Charlie) has made very good living off the largess off government at the local, state and federal level.
Which makes each one a fat political piggie grown plump on government's tit:
Joel Gustafson – a former member of the Florida legislator who became lobbyist and land use attorney for Big Developers.
Richard Paul-Hus – an executive/owner of a local firm addicted to lucrative contracts with governmental agencies throughout the United States.
Clarence McKee – a lawyer and lobbyist.
Jenner O'Flannery-Anderson – head of a the local United Way, an agency addicted to a steady flow of grants from various governmental agencies.
To these four anti-government hypocrites, add the other three current members of the North Broward Hospital District – each chosen by Governor Suntan as poster kids for New Republicanism:
Rhonda Calhoun – Commission chair and executive director of the Broward League of Cities (a mega lobby group financed by municipal tax dollars).
Jorge Cobo – currently under investigation for his private business dealings with the Hospital District.
Miguel Fernandez – currently under investigation for his private business dealings with the Hospital District.
Bottom line?
In red for the political whore that he is:
If hypocrisy were a religion, Charlie Crist could run for Pope -- while his Chosen would make perfect Cardinals in Charlie's Church.
Monday - Can transubstantiation transform bullshit in Pope Charlie's Church?
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