Jim Greer

Jim Greer, Former Florida GOP Chair, Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

Former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, Jim Greer was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 months in prison, plus a year's probation for stealing from the Republican Party. See also: - Jim Greer: Racism and Dead Bodies Ahead - Jim Greer Lied to Everyone: to Us, to You, to Himself. And Then, Cha ... More >>

Jim Greer Lied to Everyone: to Us, to You, to Himself. And Then, Charlie Crist Won

This was a sin more reprehensible than the last, more egregious than the indictments, more damning, even, than the "golf cart full of hookers" on that steamy day in the Bahamas. Jim Greer is a liar. I don't speak from vicarious experience. I say this from personal contact. Jim Greer lied to me. T ... More >>

Jim Greer, Former Florida GOP Chair, Pleads Guilty

Former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, Jim Greer, was headed to trial on fraud, theft and money laundering charges after allegations of big-time spending and shady behavior surfaced. But, in a surprising twist, Greer has accepted a plead deal Monday morning and has pled guilty. S ... More >>

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Obama Campaign Crowdsourcing Ways to Attack Marco Rubio

See also: Marco Rubio Admits to Puking After Vodka-Shot ContestThe Obama campaign sent an email to supporters last night. The subject line was "Florida's Marco Rubio for VP?" and its aim was pretty clear: They want you to tell them why you don't like the junior senator from Miami."With Mitt Romney e ... More >>

Charlie Crist Continues to Not Be Republican, Endorses Bill Nelson Over Connie Mack

Former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is backing Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson in the race for the Florida Senate in yet another instance of Crist's batting for the other team.Crist said yesterday, per the Tampa Bay Times, that he will be attending a fundraiser for Nelson at the home of promi ... More >>

Jim Greer Case to Have Unlimited Embarrassment, Judge Promises

The latest ruling in the upcoming corruption trial of former Florida GOP Chair Jim Greer: A four-page report of unknown embarrassing accusations is public record and might be admissible in court, a judge said yesterday, and there is no limit on the records Greer's lawyers can subpoena from the party ... More >>

Jennifer Carroll Lesbian Fling Case: Five of the Weirdest Unanswered Questions

Everybody is getting their collective jimmies rustled over the allegations that Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll was caught having a lesbian liaison with aide Bibi Ramos and then fired Carletha Cole, the woman who discovered them. Everyone's honed in on the lady-on-lady action, but there are way, way shadi ... More >>

Herald Reporter, Tampa TV Reporter Still Going At It Over Greer/Crist Allegations

It started about two weeks ago: Miami Herald political report Marc Caputo wrote a blog post criticizing the "sloppy, trashy Tampa TV reporting at WTSP" about the Jim Greer corruption trial -- more specifically, criticizing reporter Mike Deeson, who Caputo said "seems more determined to file tendenti ... More >>

Florida Politics Reporters Fighting Over Which One of Them Is Sloppy

Last week, we told you about how Miami Herald reporter Marc Caputo called out TV reporter Mike Deeson for "sloppy, trashy Tampa TV reporting." He said Deeson was misrepresenting accusations that former Gov. Charlie Crist paid to cover up gay affairs, making it sound like the charges were coming ... More >>

Herald's Marc Caputo Dumps on Tampa TV Station's Reporting of Jim Greer Trial, Charlie Crist Being Gay

Earlier this week, we told you about the latest allegations that Charlie Crist paid men to cover up gay affairs and about how they weren't coming from anyone who'd actually investigated anything. They were coming from a lawyer in the Jim Greer corruption trial -- and now all the drama is seeping int ... More >>

Don't Be So Quick to Jump on the Latest "Charlie Crist Is Gay" Rumor

There's been plenty said about the sexual orientation of former Gov. Charlie Crist, but if you've been seeing headlines the past few days similar to the Huffington Post's "Charlie Crist Gay? Former Governor Allegedly Paid Men to Cover Up Affairs," take them with a grain of salt. The allegations aren ... More >>

It's a Small World After All: Republicans Use Audit of Jim Greer to Sabotage Charlie Crist

​They say that in every crisis, there's an opportunity. So it is with the Republican Party of Florida, scandalized by the sybaritic ways of its former chairman, Jim Greer, who's now facing charges of money laundering and fraud, a case that prompted a forensic audit of the party's books. And those ... More >>

Former GOP Greedhead Now Pandering to Democrats

Jim Greer has had an epiphany!​In September 2009, then-Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer released a withering attack on President Barack Obama, who at the time was planning a speech for the nation's schoolchildren about the importance of education. Greer said:As the father of four children, I am abso ... More >>

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Greer Case More Proof That Crist Was a Magnet for Bad Guys

Flickr: linnette alissaAccording to the ​attorney for indicted former Republican Party Chair Jim Greer, both Charlie Crist and George LeMieux knew of Victory Strategies, the shell company to which Greer is accused of diverting party donations for his personal spending. Are you surprised? You shoul ... More >>

Jim Greer Diagnosed as "Psychopath" on Live TV

History will remember Jim Greer as one of the worst party officials in state history. But most of that will be due to the allegations that Greer stole from Republican donors. The pending felony case obscures a number of earlier episodes that should have been grounds for Greer's resignation. Among t ... More >>

Rubio Hits Crist Over GOP Chair Scandal

We knew that was coming, didn't we? Marco Rubio borrows footage from a Sun-Sentinel editorial meeting with Charlie Crist to show how the governor defended Jim Greer even as it became evident that the Florida Republican Party chairman had been mishandling -- if not stealing -- party money.There shou ... More >>

Former GOP Chair Arrested

Greer​Jim Greer, former chairman of the Republican Party and a close friend of Gov. Charlie Crist's, was arrested this morning in connection with allegations that he formed a slush fund using contributions from party supporters. The Orlando Sentinel has the story.This won't help Crist's campaign f ... More >>

Jim Greer: Enjoyed the Spoils of Cronyism a Bit Too Much

Greer​If you ever find yourself being interviewed for a job with Charlie Crist, don't worry about such things as a crummy résumé or a pending criminal investigation. Just give an answer of "Hell, yes!" to the question of whether you'll be loyal to the Crist political franchise.Judging by this fa ... More >>

Morning Juice: Ex-Florida GOP Leader Faces Criminal Probe; BSO Deputy Was Speeding in Fatal Crash

​Local headlines for this Thursday morning:Divers along Alligator Alley discovered a submerged minivan that contained human remains, apparently those of Nelta Jacques, a 27-year-old Tampa woman who disappeared along with her two daughters during a 1999 visit to her father in Fort Lauderdale. [Sun- ... More >>

Dishy Campaign Book Describes How Crist Overplayed Hand With McCain

Flickr: lowraineMcCain and Crist on the campaign trail in West Palm Beach.​It's hard to fathom, but some dishy new campaign tell-all book casts Florida Gov. Charlie Crist as a treacherous, ruthlessly self-interested politician looking to sell his endorsement in the 2008 presidential campaign to wh ... More >>

Jim Greer Resigning as Republican Party Chair

Flickr: E.S. HunterJim Greer with his wife at a 2008 Sarah Palin rally in Fort Myers ​In a Florida Republican Party in which Charlie Crist is a mere mortal, there can be no saving his handpicked party chair, Jim Greer. The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Greer will resign his leadership post in ... More >>

A How-To Kit for Campaign Suicide, by Charlie Crist

Flickr: gary_rominWas this photo taken in Crist's campaign HQs?​Since late last year, when Sen. Mel Martinez announced he wouldn't be running for reelection to his seat in 2010, it was Charlie Crist's to lose. He was one of the nation's most popular governors, with a knack for charming his detract ... More >>

Will Charlie Crist, George LeMieux Back Bill for Empowering Ethics Commission?

Whattaya say to ethics reform, Senator? ​A bill that would expand the powers of the Florida Commission on Ethics has a snowball's chance in hell of being passed by the state Legislature -- unless...Unless the effort should attract political champions in high places. Two men who can move this mount ... More >>

In the Clutch, Republican Activist Shows a Bit of Class

Flickr: eric.slausonLive by the gun... resign by the gun.​One of Broward County's leading Republican activists, Ed Napolitano, is resigning from his leadership positions with the party, two weeks after leading a controversial trip with fellow Republicans to a gun range in Hallandale Beach. The Sun ... More >>

Marco Poll-O: Rubio Unfazed by Unpopularity

twitter.com/marcorubioSure, Charlie Crist landed some big endorsements in his first week as a U.S. Senate candidate -- the National Republican Senatorial Committee for one. The Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, for another. And there were reports Crist might get the early endorsement of the R ... More >>

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