Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:40 PM

About long FL lines to vote...Rick Scott keeps saying "we did the right thing". Proud of suppression

But the governor is sticking to his decision, repeatedly telling reporters that he “did the right thing” by cutting early voting. When confronted by a local station WKMG, Scott insisted that “the right thing happened” before simply walking away from the question:

REPORTER: Should you have extended early voting hours?
SCOTT: I’m very confident that the right thing happened. 4.4. million people voted.

Scott repeated the same statement almost verbatim to another station, WFTV:

SCOTT: The right thing happened. 4.4 million people came out and voted either absentee or early. On Election Day we had 20 times as many polling locations as we did early. So we did the right thing.

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About long FL lines to vote...Rick Scott keeps saying "we did the right thing". Proud of suppression (Original post)	madfloridian	Nov 2012	OP
I still think he looks like a penis	Angry Dragon	Nov 2012	#1
SORRY rICK, BUT THAT'S NOT CORRECT, PLEASE PROCEDE TO THE EXIT	drynberg	Nov 2012	#2
When is he up for election?	still_one	Nov 2012	#3
2014	madfloridian	Nov 2012	#6
Still a ways off	still_one	Nov 2012	#7
Love the look of contempt on the journalist's face...	meeshrox	Nov 2012	#4
he is a tool. good luck on the next election Rick	april	Nov 2012	#5
The Florida voters forced to wait in those long lines will do the right thing in 2 years.	Scurrilous	Nov 2012	#8
Dick sh*tt	JPK	Nov 2012	#9
Even the republicans have	meeshrox	Nov 2012	#16
Lets hope FL voters do a right thing and get rid of him.	LisaL	Nov 2012	#10
Whoever thought...	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2012	#15
no rick	maindawg	Nov 2012	#11
What is lord voldemort's approval rating anyway?	NoMoreWarNow	Nov 2012	#12
He didn't make a MISTAKE. That was no mistake on his part. That was the PLAN! nt	Honeycombe8	Nov 2012	#13
Rick Scott made people wait in line for hours on purpose, one more way to suppress the vote,	crunch60	Nov 2012	#14

Response to madfloridian (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:43 PM

Angry Dragon (24,073 posts)

1. I still think he looks like a penis

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:44 PM

drynberg (499 posts)

2. SORRY rICK, BUT THAT'S NOT CORRECT, PLEASE PROCEDE TO THE EXIT

What a fool, of course Florida (Rick) blew the election, big time.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:47 PM

still_one (31,422 posts)

3. When is he up for election?

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:52 PM

madfloridian (78,175 posts)

6. 2014

I believe Charlie Crist may run as a Democrat then....just a guess?

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:58 PM

still_one (31,422 posts)

7. Still a ways off

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:50 PM

meeshrox (671 posts)

4. Love the look of contempt on the journalist's face...

"repeatedly dodged my questions"

Good stuff, but Governor Voldermort must go!

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:50 PM

april (1,148 posts)

5. he is a tool. good luck on the next election Rick

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:01 PM

Scurrilous (24,740 posts)

8. The Florida voters forced to wait in those long lines will do the right thing in 2 years.

Bye @#$% head.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:25 PM

JPK (176 posts)

9. Dick sh*tt

He is a one termer. The dems will rip him apart in the next election. Moderates will turn on him. Crist would beat him into the dirt. Unfortunately the damage is done with the repuke legislature's redistricting of the state. He has done his job and he will be rewarded by the oligarchs.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:02 PM

meeshrox (671 posts)

16. Even the republicans have

Turned on him, took about 6 months for him to be universally hated in the state.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:33 PM

LisaL (22,909 posts)

10. Lets hope FL voters do a right thing and get rid of him.

ASAP.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:57 PM

awoke_in_2003 (18,751 posts)

15. Whoever thought...

Floridas electorates would go to Obama? Not me, for sure.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:53 PM

maindawg (260 posts)

11. no rick

you have a fucking mess. your state cannot count even count the votes you get correctly. Funny that Arizona cant either. I dont know why anyone would want a provisional ballot. Why is it that 48 states and pueto rico can easily count their votes but florida cannot? Is it because you have so many bigot redneck clansmen and clanswomen?
Other states have even more rednecks than you but your rednecks seem to be a much more virulent strain. Thats pure hate rick. Theres your problem, you have too many haters.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:09 PM

NoMoreWarNow (967 posts)

12. What is lord voldemort's approval rating anyway?

And how stupid or evil do you have to be to support him?

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:06 PM

Honeycombe8 (18,265 posts)

13. He didn't make a MISTAKE. That was no mistake on his part. That was the PLAN! nt

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:39 PM

crunch60 (1,412 posts)

14. Rick Scott made people wait in line for hours on purpose, one more way to suppress the vote,

he is getting rewarded for it by his GOP corporate paymasters, he's a tool, a pimp for the right wingers.
Hopefully the people of Florida will make this jerk a one term "lawbreaker" who is "proud of suppression"? Rick, get over it, President Obama won this election, and you will lose big time in the next election.

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