Scarborough Country the wrong move for the GOP
Is Jeb Bush or Toni Jennings waiting in the wings?
The GOP seems once again at a loss to find a candidate for the United States Senate. The national and state leadership of the party have determined that Katherine Harris is the wrong move for the party. Yet, the focus for a primary challenge thus far has focused on two totally unelectable statewide candidates. The first Allan Bense, the current House Speaker (R-Panama City) is your stereotypical conservative panhandle Republican, someone who was sure to play poorly in the critical I-4 corridor region of the state. Now, with Bense out of the running the GOP leadership have sought current MSNBC talk show host and former Pensacola Congressman Joe Scarborough to be a candidate.
Scarborough seems like a nice All-American boy, perhaps like one of your next door neighbors. But an uglier side exists to Scarborough. who like so many Republicans preaches about family values and the American way, but practices something very different. In 1998 Scarborough divorced his first wife due to allegations of adultery and excessive partying in the nations capitol. (much like Tom DeLay's first years in Washington.) Scarborough, ever the politician attempted to get the divorce hushed up in Pensacola, a conservative town by trying to file for divorce in Volusia County (Daytona Beach) over 500 miles away from his Congressional district. In the Summer of 2001, Scarborough abruptly resigned from Congress ostensibly to spend more time with his family, but amid rumors that circulated in both Pensacola and Washington about Scarborough womanizing and partying on an almost nightly basis. That same summer one of Scarborough young female aides was found dead in his office, an aide rumored to have had an affair future talk show host.
For many, Republican family values does not extend beyond political rhetoric. For these Republicans, Scarborough would be the perfect candidate. For others who are truly concerned about the family and don't just exploit it in order to garner votes Scarborough will be seen as a cancer. Scarborough for his part looks unlikely to run, perhaps because he knows websites like this will have a field day with his candidacy.
Despite the almost daily excitiement a Scarborough candidacy would provide blogsites like this, could this entire public drama be a smokescreen for the GOP? Are the Republicans actually paving the way for either Governor Jeb Bush or LT. Gov Toni Jennings to seek the U.S. Senate seat? This remains to be seen, but perhaps this whole thing has been a game, a bit of a fun rouse for the GOP? Only time will be tell................................
The GOP seems once again at a loss to find a candidate for the United States Senate. The national and state leadership of the party have determined that Katherine Harris is the wrong move for the party. Yet, the focus for a primary challenge thus far has focused on two totally unelectable statewide candidates. The first Allan Bense, the current House Speaker (R-Panama City) is your stereotypical conservative panhandle Republican, someone who was sure to play poorly in the critical I-4 corridor region of the state. Now, with Bense out of the running the GOP leadership have sought current MSNBC talk show host and former Pensacola Congressman Joe Scarborough to be a candidate.
Scarborough seems like a nice All-American boy, perhaps like one of your next door neighbors. But an uglier side exists to Scarborough. who like so many Republicans preaches about family values and the American way, but practices something very different. In 1998 Scarborough divorced his first wife due to allegations of adultery and excessive partying in the nations capitol. (much like Tom DeLay's first years in Washington.) Scarborough, ever the politician attempted to get the divorce hushed up in Pensacola, a conservative town by trying to file for divorce in Volusia County (Daytona Beach) over 500 miles away from his Congressional district. In the Summer of 2001, Scarborough abruptly resigned from Congress ostensibly to spend more time with his family, but amid rumors that circulated in both Pensacola and Washington about Scarborough womanizing and partying on an almost nightly basis. That same summer one of Scarborough young female aides was found dead in his office, an aide rumored to have had an affair future talk show host.
For many, Republican family values does not extend beyond political rhetoric. For these Republicans, Scarborough would be the perfect candidate. For others who are truly concerned about the family and don't just exploit it in order to garner votes Scarborough will be seen as a cancer. Scarborough for his part looks unlikely to run, perhaps because he knows websites like this will have a field day with his candidacy.
Despite the almost daily excitiement a Scarborough candidacy would provide blogsites like this, could this entire public drama be a smokescreen for the GOP? Are the Republicans actually paving the way for either Governor Jeb Bush or LT. Gov Toni Jennings to seek the U.S. Senate seat? This remains to be seen, but perhaps this whole thing has been a game, a bit of a fun rouse for the GOP? Only time will be tell................................
posted by Kartik at 5:05 PM
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The sheer power of this man.......
Foes of french fries
February 27 2003
A county official in Florida has requested a resolution that would change the name of the American food staple known as french fries to freedom fries or American fries.
Commissioner Burt Aaronson is upset with France's reluctance to back a US-led war with Iraq and wants the name changed in Palm Beach County.
Aaronson, 75, said he was inspired by a restaurant owner in Beaufort, North Carolina, who changed the name to freedom fries on his menu.
Aaronson already had said he would seek to block a subsidiary of the French company Vivendi Environmental from getting a $US25 million ($A41.3 million) government contract to build a sludge treatment plant.
Aaronson, like France, says inspectors need more time to look for banned weapons and hopes for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
But he said he does not like France's unwillingness to go along with the US threat to attack Iraq.
"American lives were (lost) all through France thorough two world wars," Aaronson said.
"This is another little thing to say to the French government 'wake up'."
The suggestion met no resistance at a commission meeting, although some commissioners had already left.
County Administrator Bob Weisman was directed to prepare an official resolution, which would not be binding and could be ready by March 11.
"We'll declare that all the potatoes previously called French fries in our county will now be called freedom fries or American fries," Weisman said.
Some local restaurant employees derided the move.
Ingrid Paoletti, a waitress and manager at Ellies '50s Diner in Delray Beach, described the discussion as silly.
"I understand the backlash we're having, but to change every menu in every restaurant, that's a little ridiculous," she said.
"There are a lot more things to be concerned about than whether French fries should be freedom fries."
AP
We must refocus on the real cause:
French-bashing is on the rise as U.S. faces off over Iraq
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) --Mon dieu, how some Americans are bashing the French these days!
Americans galled by France's reluctance to endorse an invasion of Iraq are boycotting French wine and french fries and trading jokes and insults about all things Gallic.
A Las Vegas radio station Tuesday used an armored vehicle to crush photographs of French President Jacques Chirac, photocopies of the French flag, a Paris travel guide, bottles of wine and a loaf of French bread.
In Beaufort, North Carolina, one restaurant owner took french fries off his menu and replaced them with "freedom fries."
In West Palm Beach, Florida, bar owner Ken Wagner dumped his entire stock of French wine and champagne into the street, vowing to serve vintages only from nations that support U.S. policy.
And Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson said he would try to block a subsidiary of the French conglomerate Vivendi from getting a $25 million government contract to build a sludge treatment plant.
"France's attitude toward the United States is deplorable. I don't want to have any French companies earning dollars from American interests," the 75-year-old Aaronson said. "We've left thousands of our men and women over in France, underground. It's quite possible that if we didn't send our troops there, the French people would all be speaking German."
France is far from alone in pushing for a delay in military action. Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Greece, Ireland and Luxembourg have all said they would prefer to give U.N. weapons inspections more time.
But it is the French who have borne the brunt of U.S. scorn and become the butt of jokes about their beret-wearing, wine-drinking, cheese-eating, Jerry Lewis-loving, literature-deconstructing, surrendering-to-the-Germans ways.
"France wants more evidence," David Letterman wisecracked. "The last time France wanted more evidence, it rolled right through France with a German flag."
Comedian Dennis Miller quipped: "The only way the French are going in is if we tell them we found truffles in Iraq."
Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, warmed up a crowd of GOP leaders in Missouri last week by saying, "Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris? It's not known, it's never been tried."
And this: "Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day -- the description was, `Never shot. Dropped once."'
And this, too: "Going to war without the French is like going deer hunting without your accordion."
The New York Post branded France and Germany "the axis of weasel," then ran a doctored page-one photo that put giant weasel heads on the shoulders of the French and German ambassadors to the United Nations.
Natalie Loiseau, spokeswoman for the French Embassy in Washington, said the barbs go beyond the dispute over Iraq.
"There is kind of a tradition of French-bashing here," she said Wednesday. "There is a kind of rivalry. It has lasted for years, and for centuries, really."
Mark Twain joked in an 1879 journal, "There is nothing lower than the human race except the French."
It's not something the French take too seriously.
Even this week, Loiseau said the embassy had not received any complaints from French citizens living in the United States about harassment.
For their part, the French have long lambasted American cultural influence in Europe, decrying American fast food and pushy American tourists.
"There is also a tradition of American-bashing in France, yes," Loiseau said. "If you read the press on either side of the Atlantic, you would think we were ready to go to war with each other. Obviously, that is not the case. We are still good friends."
A Gallup poll in early February found a nearly 20-point drop in the percentage of Americans who think favorably of France. About 59 percent of Americans view France favorably, while 33 percent have an unfavorable view.
Germany, America's enemy in two world wars, does not seem to have produced the same level of disdain. Some 71 percent of Americans thought favorably of Germany, while 21 percent viewed it unfavorably.
"It's a little different," said Pennsylvania state Rep. Stephen Barrar, who has asked the state to bar sales of French wine. "For 60 years, America has protected France. And we're tired of their anti-American attitude."
I agree. aaronson is a greta man who should be given sainthood.
We'll make sure a non-believer like Kartik never sets foot in a place of worship again once Aaronson is given sainthood.
I hear Aaronson is so well liked he is being offered some key corporate sponsorship deals that reflect his personality:
- Depends Undergarments
- The Clapper
- Geritol
Who knows, he could be the new "I've fallen and can't get up guy?"
A question:
Q: What has five teeth and an IQ of 17?
A: The Aaronson fanclub on this site.
A question:
Q: What has five teeth and an IQ of 17?
A: The Aaronson fanclub on this site.
Back to the issue that Kartik has brought up. It is TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE OF A SITE LIKE THIS TO TALK ABOUT SCARBOROUGH'S PARTYING AND ALLEGED MURDERS AND TRY AND CONNECT THEM TO HIM Kartik, thing about what you are doing and consider removing your original post.
I worked in Dc when Scarborough was a Congressman and he was well known to be a ladies man to say the least. I once had a conversation about the 3 freshman Republicans from Florida that got elected in 1994 GOP landslide. Mark Foley, rumored to be gay and also very moderate in his tendencies was much more of a factor in the capitol. Dr. Dave Weldon an arch conservative but a party loyalist who led prayer groups and flew home to Melbourne the second congress broke. And then Scarborough, the most reflective of the 1994 class in his ideology- he was a staunch conservative but not a GOP team player- he voted several times against the leadership on spending matters,and also was involved in the planning of a failed coup to oust Newt Gingrich because Newt was making nice to the moderates and re-elected President Clinton. (Foley sides with Gingrich along with most other House moderates.) At the time Gingrich's staff had many of Scarborough's escapades tracked and were ready to give them to the gossip paper the Hill (a paper that has since become more credible) to embarass Scarborough. rumor has it Scarborough was involved in outing Gingrich's affairs at the same time.
Scarborough had some wild parties that he hosted and accoriding to rumor was seen with many many different women in his DC tenure.
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I want commend Aaronson on his strong stand against the pinko commi Frnech. If we didn't bail them out World War II they'd be speaking German. Of course had they not bailed us out in 1781, we'd be a colonial backwater, but hey, I like Aaronson's selective understanding of history.
I think we should run Aaronson for President on a simple platform. KILL THE FRENCH COMMIES!!!!!!
Scarbrough country dies hard!
I hope that Aaronson will run for Governor because I want to make sure the Everglades ecosystem is wiped out once and for all and is made into gated communities like it should.
I am tired of all of this left wing rhetoric from the Democrats and from some Republicans like Clay Shaw. I believe Aaronson should be running the state. We could have Florida Fries then!
Ann Aaronson presidency would sprak massive protest in Paris and lead us towards the inevitable war with the United State- a clash of civilizations.
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