I'm not a Rick Scott fan, but I think he's doing a damn good job with Irma! n/t

[RKP5637]

[dewsgirl]

1. Far from a fan of his

he really is doing a good job so far, he did a good job last year w/Matthew too.

[mitch96]

33. He's having his Rudy Gualliani moment now

Prelude to his senate run, then prez.... I must admit he is doing a yeoman's job. All over the state keeping people informed. Making sure there is gas and water. Pleading for people to evacuate. BTW his Spanish is horrible.. I figured if he can spend millions on buying the governorship, he could buy a good Spanish language coach...
Good job Rick, even though I would not vote for you..
mitch
fla..

[kerry-is-my-prez]

70. Funny we haven't had gas for days and water is REALLY difficult to find. I call bullshit.

this is Naples - the center of the hurricane.

[Hortensis]

72. Exactly. Governors have work the kitchen, not just come out and announce the menu.

Stay well.

[NurseJackie]

42. He reminds me of Batboy.

[Ligyron]

50. He IS Batboy!

You never see them both in the same place, do you?

[dewsgirl]

71. He reminds me of Skeletor.

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. Agreed. Corrupt greedy soulless Voldemort....

has been handling this extremely well thus far. Have to give credit when credit is due.

[RandySF]

3. Credit years of practice by Florida Emergency agencies

They are making him look good.

[democratisphere]

6. Thank you. The Quarterback ain't sh't without the rest of the players.

[RKP5637]

7. Exactly, he has a good team to rely on. K&R!!! n/t

[RandySF]

9. He isn't even calling the play.

He's reading it to the press.

[mythology]

35. It's still possible to screw that up

If you put a horse show commissioner in charge for example. Rick Scott, not as stupid as George W. Bush. That's a great campaign slogan in my opinion.

[RKP5637]

62. OMG! LOL! "Rick Scott, not as stupid as George W. Bush."

[haveahart]

4. Yes he is.

[TomCADem]

5. This Reminds Me of Van Jones Crying Because Trump is "Presidential"...

...a Republican momentarily puts down the crazy talking points, and does his job of serving the people, and people rejoice.

[RandySF]

8. Gov. Scott is taking direction from Florida emergency officials

People and infrastructure have been in place with decades of practice and improvement. I can't believe we've lowered the bar to the point where he gets praise for acknowledging Irma exists.

[FLPanhandle]

10. He hasn't gotten in the way of the emergency officials, that's the best I can say

I refuse to praise him.

[Iggo]

11. I'm not a Rick Scott fan. (n/t)

[Skittles]

12. fuck him

so he knows how to play a role when all eyes are on him

he is still utter fucking scum

[gratuitous]

20. It just means he could be competent if he wanted to be

Instead, he affirmatively chooses to be a jerk over and over again.

[G_j]

57. Yep, he has no choice. He is capable.

He's not stupid. It's remarkable when someone like him actually has to do something for the better good. And I'm sure he knows climate change is real.

[RockaFowler]

22. He can read a script

It's the same script he's been reading for 3 days now.

No I don't think he's doing a good job.

[RKP5637]

26. A criminal that escaped!!! n/t

[jpak]

13. Can he say "Global Warming" yet?

[Skittles]

15. oh hell no

but we're all supposed to love him now

[kerry-is-my-prez]

69. Whoever is to blame for people not having enough shelters, being turned around,staying in line for

3 hours needs to be brought to account. Sorry but I've lived in 4 cities in Florida and I've never seen so much of a mess. The one that has been messed up is the only one with a Republican governors, and Republican mayors and a Republican president. Clinton had the best FEMA director James Watts and he turned around FEMA.

[mitch96]

53. Crap,I forgot all about that!!

It's REALLY just giving out a modest amount of heat world wide... or or
just a modest heat rise world wide... potato, po TA toe... heat causes shit to happen...
m

[IBEWVET]

14. I am in Fl

Don't care for him but he is doing as good as can be done

[kentuck]

16. Perhaps we can make a better judgement after the hurricane?

That's the tough part.

[RKP5637]

25. Yep, excellent point! n/t

[rockfordfile]

17. This is a no brainer especially for a Florida Governor. Rick Scott is still a crook

[GulfCoast66]

18. Yep, and it is perplexing

If he fucks this up people die.

But he is going to challenge Senator Nelson and this will definitely help him which I hate.

But at the end of the day I am glad he is not fucking this up.

Unlike Trump, that SOB at least has the sense to listen to government officials who know what they are doing.

[RKP5637]

23. Yep, at least he's listening. I don't care for him at all, likely using this as a self serving

stepping stone.

[Awsi Dooger]

19. Jackass who has gotten much better at this specific role

He was robotic in disaster situations in the early years. Florida has so many of them he naturally improved.

I give him some credit for it but mostly I despise the fact that so many Floridians now judge Scott primarily due to these situations, with no clue or care toward his overall caliber and priorities.

Unfortunately it's a perfect stepping stone stage for him, not completely unlike Bryan Norcross shaping his reputation via Andrew in 1992. Norcross wasn't political elevation but until that hurricane he was mostly an obscure second tier weatherman on the local CBS affiliate in Miami. He wasn't even very good day to day. But none of that ever mattered again based on conventional wisdom toward his Andrew performance.

[RKP5637]

21. Excellent analysis!!! n/t

[Greybnk48]

24. He's promising a lot on national t.v.

let's see what he actually does when real help is needed. I hope this isn't as vacant a promise as Trump's pledge of $1million to Texas for Harvey.

[RKP5637]

27. Well, given the fact he's a republican could be no follow through. n/t

[Kaleva]

28. I agree.

[tavernier]

29. Family and I were saying that yesterday.

But then Pam Bondi came on and I threw a shoe at the television.

[RKP5637]

38. Yuck! She is so gross! n/t

[QC]

30. Credit where it's due. n/t

[Skittles]

31. that is the thing about republicans

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they get credit when they finally just do their f'ing job

[QC]

32. "The soft bigotry of low expectations."

[Skittles]

34. true, dat

[RKP5637]

48. ...

[RKP5637]

63. Yep, they F up everything, but then when one does their normal job it seems spectacular. n/t

[ollie10]

36. I have to agree.....just one request.....

After Trump leaves office in 2021 (or earlier), please don't let him run for Florida Governor!

[RKP5637]

37. Now some say he wants to run as a senator to replace (D) Nelson. Scary!!! n/t

[cwydro]

39. I thought he was doing ok (just ok) before he started his repetitive " I love my family" talk.

My god, shut the hell up, and get on with the message.

He just kept repeating the same speech again and again.

And the story about the little old lady. Somehow, she was rescued at 3 feet, then it became 6 feet. He lost me on that one.

At least he took the stupid hat off lol.

He may have screwed the pooch on this one; panicking the whole state, as they rush from south to north, from east to west, then back again because of his dire pronouncements. All as the storm dances around...mocking him, or so it seems.

This is why folks never evacuate. They don't believe these fools.

[RKP5637]

46. Yep, that's why it's often not wise to run into evacuations too quickly, especially

with a hurricane like this.

[cwydro]

49. Yup.

I never left during storms when I lived in the Keys.

This one mighta scared me though. But I already know of friends who evacuated from the Keys up to Naples. They're up there freaking out now.

Oopsie.

[RKP5637]

59. Yep, so many things like this. Right idea, but went to the hurricane. n/t

[Hugin]

40. Socialism can make anybody look good. n/t

[RKP5637]

44. And it works well! n/t

[drray23]

41. all i have seen him doing is read long lists of things that his team is doing

I doubt he put all of it together himself. I would give the credit to the actual people doing the jobs such as their emergency preparedness crews, fema, etc.. They are making him look good. At least he is not botching it.

[RKP5637]

43. Best part is he's letting them do their job without jumping in the middle and screwing it up. n/t

[drray23]

45. yes i will agree.nt.

[RKP5637]

47. Imagine Trump trying to do this. n/t

[quaker bill]

51. The people who evacuated from Miami to sheter on the west coast

might well have a different take.

[stonecutter357]

52. he's a piece of shit used car salesman !

[Purveyor]

54. Brave of you to post such here. I agree. eom

[El Supremo]

55. I couldn't listen to him read his script.

It was terrible! He can't even read on a fourth grade level.

[RKP5637]

68. Must have gone to same school as tRump! n/t

[katmondoo]

56. Scott wants to run for the Senate next

He will use this to show how competent he is .

[RKP5637]

60. Sadly, that's going to be a big part of it. n/t

[mjvpi]

58. Hopefully he can keep Turtle Point backup systems working. All by himself.

[RKP5637]

61. I hope he doesn't call the greatest tRump in to help! n/t

[Laffy Kat]

64. No praise from me. nt

[Wiseman32218]

65. You are right

I do not like him but the LOML just got a flat tire returning home and the Road Rangers were there within 10 minutes. She is now on her way home. Thank you Road Rangers!!!!

[rockodman]

66. Are you feeling alright?

No one is a Rick Scott fan. Nope!

[RKP5637]

67. I'll let you know next month! n/t