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May 29, 2008
Lady of the House
She's got three kids, 650,000 constituents, and millions of watching eyes. Debbie Wasserman Schultz can't keep them all happy.
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October 28, 2004
Third Man
Fort Lauderdale's John B. Anderson ran for president in 1980 and paved the way for spoiler candidates
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October 29, 2009
President Obama Fails to Go After Those Responsible for Financial Meltdown
Fort Lauderdale's John B. Anderson ran for president in 1980 and paved the way for spoiler candidates
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February 1, 2010
Cardiologist and Republican Fundraiser Bounced From State College Board
ZachariahLate last week, Gov. Charlie Crist removed Holy Cross cardiologist Zachariah P. Zachariah from the powerful Board of Governors overseeing Florida universities. It's another occasion for gossip in the state's Republican Party. Was Crist wary of insider trader allegations made by the Secur ... More >>
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February 19, 2010
Will Identity Crisis Divide Florida Tea Party?
FlickrThey all hate taxes, so why can't all tea partiers love one another? This week has revealed divisions within the tea party activist community of South Florida, and in Central Florida the infighting has spilled into the courts, where an Orlando radio host is being accused of "hijacking" the ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
SoFla Tea Party's Everett Wilkinson Says Juan Williams Got It Wrong
The average Tea Partier in South Florida is a lot more likely to look like this, Wilkinson says.NPR commentator and Fox News talking head Juan Williams has been all over the media lately dissecting the Tea Party movement. In an April 2 Wall Street Journal editorial, Williams decried the liberal ... More >>
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July 13, 2010
UPDATED: Why Does the South Florida Tea Party Agree With the New York Times?
The latest PR splash for the South Florida Tea Party pairs the conservative activists with a strange bedfellow, the New York Times. Even weirder, the much-ridiculed protest group appears to have chosen a worthy cause. Tomorrow, the activists plan to protest Charlie Crist's $536 million ... More >>
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July 19, 2010
Allen West Outraged by Suggestion He's Racist Against Himself
WestAfter the NAACP passed a resolution declaring the tea party to be a "racist" organization, you knew that Allen West would have something to say. After all, he's one (if not the only?) tea party-backed congressional candidate who's African-American. If the tea party is racist, then West's own ... More >>
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September 27, 2010
Rick Scott Property Tax Calculator Ignores Small Fact: Florida Law
GOP candidate for governor Rick Scott released this pretty snazzy new website on Friday: It's a property tax calculator that figures out a Floridian's tax if Scott gets elected versus Democratic opponent Alex Sink. There's just one problem with his site: It ignores the Florida Constitution.Scott' ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
Voting Today? Watch Out for the Fake Tea Party
Flickr: szudiCome on, admit it: At some point on your way down the ballot, you just turn off your brain and start filling in the bubbles that correspond to your party affiliation. This is especially true when you get down to, say, commissioner of agriculture and state representatives that you've ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Fantasy Voter Fraud
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was dissed by Russell Pearce over Prop 200's dismissal.
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December 23, 2010
Tea Party Lawyer Marianne Moran Campaigns for Power to Repeal Federal Laws
Moran at a Tea Party protest against Charlie Crist's U.S. Sugar "bailout."Marianne Moran is a lawyer in West Palm Beach and a member of Tea Party in Action and Balance Our Budget Now. Through her work on the Florida Senate, she met Randy Barnett, a Georgetown law professor who is credited with de ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
Fort Lauderdale Tea Party Leader Speaks Out On Sarah Palin
Fort Lauderdale Tea Party leader Gabe Carrera, at right, with Rick Scott during the campaign. By day Gabriel Jose Carrera works as a bespectacled immigration attorney but in countless off-hours during the past 18 months he had another callin ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
The Tea Party Is the Muslim Brotherhood of America? You Betcha
MSNBC's Chris Matthews made a remark yesterday comparing the Tea Party of America to the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt. "So the Muslim Brotherhood has a parallel role here with the Tea Party," he said. "They're the ones who keep you honest and decide whether you've stayed too long?" That's what ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
Poll: Plummeting Rick Scott Would Lose To Alex Sink Now That It Doesn't Matter
A group called Public Policy Polling (PPP) discovered the obvious: Floridians are having some dramatic buyer's remorse when it comes to electing fraudster Rick Scott as governor. A poll of 500 Floridians found that his approval rating from diehards remained about the same as a similar PPP poll ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
Judges Meet, Expect Florida Court Crisis To Soon Hit Broward
Outgoing Chief Judge Victor Tobin called a closed-door meeting of all 90 Broward judges this afternoon to discuss a budget shortfall that is threatening to shut down courthouses across the state. During the meeting, the idea was raised to "call the bluff" of Rick Scott and the Florida House and ... More >>
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April 11, 2011
Angry Local Tea Party to Rally for Government Shutdown
The Fort Lauderdale Tea Party is out at gun shows rousing its base to come out for an April 15 tax day protest planned at the federal courthouse to favor a government shutdown -- and they are promising an appearance by Congressman Allen West. The Tea Party is hopping mad that, as its local l ... More >>
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April 17, 2011
Was The Tea Party Rally Sabotaged?
The Fort Lauderdale Tea Party rally on Friday at the Fireman's Benevolent Hall was full of hot air. And most of it, surprisingly, wasn't coming from the mouths of the raging Republi-cons inside the building. The hall was a steaming 90 degrees Fahrenheit and the attendees, who had led a sparsely ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Voter Suppression Back in Style; Let's Party Like It's 1869
Screw the 15th Amendment. This is Florida.Florida's legislative attack on voter rights easily passed the House last week and looks like it will surely sail through the Senate to become law. We're not alone, though. Our state's attempt to disenfranchise a massive amount of its citizens is actuall ... More >>
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May 10, 2011
Tea Party Founder's Hidden Arrest
Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeMug shot of Tea Party leader Danita Kilcullen.That organized band of angry, gun-toting, Bible-quoting older white people -- otherwise known as the Tea Party -- has often crossed the bounds of appropriateness as it pushes for its right-wing agenda. But kickin ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Rick Scott's Staff Running Thin -- Top Adviser Resigns, Chief of Staff Demoted
Wanna be my friend?Only six months into office, Gov. Rick Scott is running a little low on friends for his executive team.Mary Ann Carter -- the governor's policy adviser -- handed in her resignation letter today, saying she needed to spend more time with her family.Carter's announcement comes on ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Rick Scott Admits He Was in Colorado for Koch Brothers Retreat
I love Koch!We finally have an answer as to where Gov. Rick Scott was this weekend, and it confirms our suspicion: at the billionaire Koch brothers' secret conference outside Vail, Colorado.St. Petersburg Times reporter Alex Leary got the information out of him, a day after the governor's spokesm ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Poll: Conservatives Are the Anti-Crist; A Ham Sandwich Could Defeat Rick Scott for Governor
topix.comHam, a viable gubernatorial candidate.As Gov. Rick Scott's disapproval rating keeps climbing, pollsters have run out of people to compare him with -- that's why Public Policy Polling says a hypothetical gubernatorial race between Scott and a ham sandwich would be a runaway for the lunch ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
"Rick Scott Is a Liar," And Other Tea Party Opinions on SunRail
Apparently it takes a $1.2 billion train for the Tea Party folks to figure out they don't really like Gov. Rick Scott."Rick Scott IS A LIAR," the South Florida Tea Party says."This decision has completed the governor's transformation from businessman to political insider," Republican Sen. Pau ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
Tea Party Hates Manatees, Says Protecting Them Is "Against the Bible"
gatewaypundit.comManatees: Work of the devil.Jesus apparently hated manatees, according to a new Tea Party platform circulating around Florida.Originating from the Citrus County Tea Party Patriots group, teabaggers are crying about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's intent to place restrictions ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds
gatewaypundit.comManatees: Work of the devil.Jesus apparently hated manatees, according to a new Tea Party platform circulating around Florida.Originating from the Citrus County Tea Party Patriots group, teabaggers are crying about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's intent to place restrictions ... More >>
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July 19, 2011
Tea Party Starts Its Own Chamber of Commerce Out of Palm Beach Gardens
eyeonlifemag.comHaven't you always wondered if the companies you're doing business with are steadfast supporters of the Tea Party?The South Florida Tea Party has the answer to that with the "Tea Party Chamber of Commerce."On its website is an index of businesses -- 95 at the moment -- that they s ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Rick Scott's Office Unveils a Slightly Less Ridiculous Plan for Records Requests
Information? We'll bill you for it.Since Gov. Rick Scott's office decided that the public and reporters had to pay a price for open government in early March, it's been a huge complaint.They're not backtracking on charging people, but they're having a sale on getting information, according to a m ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
Allen West Declared a "Tea Party Defector"; He Says Tea Party Has Schizophrenia
Tom Trento -- national security chairman of the Tea Party National Convention and president of the anti-Islamic group United West -- has issued an "integrity alert," naming Rep. Allen West as a "Tea Party defector."West joins fellow Reps. Mike Kelly, Bill Flores, and James Lankford -- who spent h ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Rick Scott Throws an Anti-Abortion Party at the Governor's Mansion
Gov. Rick Scott: Party boy.Add this to the list of awkward party themes: anti-abortion bills.Apparently it wasn't a costume party, but Gov. Rick Scott held a celebration at the governor's mansion this weekend in honor of the four anti-abortion bills he signed into law.Partygoers celebrated the ne ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
South Florida Tea Party: One-Third of Members Want Allen West Replaced, According to Poll
An internal internet poll from the South Florida Tea Party currently shows that 33 percent of its members support running a new candidate against Rep. Allen West in next year's election due to his vote on the debt deal.Of course, we should mention this is a highly unscientific polling method, alt ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Rick Scott Taking Suggestions for Jobs to Do; We Opine
Gov. Rick Scott's office announced yesterday that he's ripping off former Gov. and Sen. Bob Graham's idea of working with Florida's commoners in their workplace.In what Scott is calling "Let's Get to Work" days, he started his first job today at a doughnut joint in Tampa, selling rings of fried d ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Rick Scott Approval Rating Climbing Out of the Toilet; Voters Don't Know if He Raised Taxes
Gov. Rick Scott received his highest approval rating and lowest disapproval since April, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.The new survey shows 35 percent of respondents approved of the way the governor is handling his job, compared to 52 percent who said they disapproved." ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
House Page Program, Which Mark Foley Thought Was a Dating Service, Comes to an End
Mark FoleyHouse Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced today that they're eliminating the House page program, which brought in high school kids to do administrative work for the House.Pages were once "stretched to the limit" in their work delivering packages and ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
Rick Scott on the Ballot for "Worst Governor Ever"
Here's a new election where people may actually want to vote for Gov. Rick Scott again -- the race for the "Worst Governor Ever."As part of an online campaign by the Transport Workers Union of America, Scott joins Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, New Jersey Gov. Chris C ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
CNN/Tea Party Express Republican Debate: Live Blog
The Pulp will be in Tampa tonight to live-blog the Republican presidential debate, hosted by CNN and the Tea Party Express.Eight candidates will take the stage for the debate -- moderated by CNN's Wolf Blitzer -- from 8 to 10 p.m., and the event will be streamed live online, which you can find he ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Mitt Romney Leads New Florida Poll; Ron Paul Most Unfavorable Candidate but Places Fourth
Willard Mitt RomneyWith this afternoon's release of Public Policy Polling's survey of Florida Republican voters, Florida became the first Southern state polled by the firm that didn't select Texas Gov. Rick Perry as its front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination.Instead, former Massachusett ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Rick Scott Uses an Executive Order to Complain About Florida Supreme Court Decision
memegenerator.netWhy you mad, though?After the Florida Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Rick Scott's executive order to suspend rulemaking in the executive branch agencies was unconstitutional, he decided to issue a new executive order to complain about the decision.The court had ruled 5-2 that it's ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Poll: Marco Rubio on GOP Ticket Would Win Florida, Unless Hillary Clinton Gets Involved
saucesome.netFifty percent of Florida voters say otherwise.According to a poll released yesterday evening by Suffolk University, Florida voters like highly unlikely vice-presidential scenarios.If Sen. Marco Rubio were to be the selection on the GOP ticket, pollsters say Republicans would carry Fl ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Disappointment: The Rick Scott Story
Gov. Rick Scott's reaction on Wednesday to a former staffer for Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll being charged with illegally recording a conversation: "It is a disappointment." (He said that twice.)His reaction to the part of that audio recording in which Carroll's chief of staff said the governor isn' ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Rick Scott's Signature on University Diplomas Is Now the Subject of a Petition
I'll be on your wall for the rest of your life!Apparently Gov. Rick Scott's positions on the state's higher-education system isn't impressing all of the students in Florida's public universities.There's now a creative, albeit small, petition with signatures from Gainesville down to Broward of peo ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
Nan Rich Now Weighs in on Super Committee Failure, Scolds Rick Scott, GOP Policies
Florida SenateNan RichNow that Florida's Senate minority leader has released a statement responding to Gov. Rick Scott's comments on the Super Committee's failure to compromise on how to make $1.2 billion in spending cuts, it's getting a little ridiculous.Nan Rich, a Weston Democrat, issued a res ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
Connie Mack Makes His U.S. Senate Run Official
Rep. Connie Mack IVAlthough one of Republican Rep. Connie Mack's advisers announced that the congressman was running for U.S. senator in 2012 more than a month ago, it's not official until there's a Fox News appearance involved.Mack appeared on Sean Hannity's show to make his formal announcement, ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Herman Cain Is a "Distracter," According to Allen West [Insert Laughter Here]
Rep. Allen WestOf all the people to call for GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain to drop out of the race because he's a distraction, it was Rep. Allen West.Yes, West, quite possibly the biggest distraction in the House of Representatives, said Cain's being a "distracter" was enough for him to ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
Rick Scott's Prediction That Herman Cain Would Be the Next President -- Not Quite
Wait, what?Gov. Rick Scott's prediction that Herman Cain would become the next President of the United States didn't quite come true.Cain announced this weekend that he was "suspending" his presidential campaign after yet another woman decided to go public about her encounters with him -- thi ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Rick Scott's Trip to Israel: Most Readers Didn't Buy the "Trade Mission" Title
Avi HayunGov. Rick Scott givin' the eyes to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.According to the results from our highly unscientific reader poll yesterday, nearly 44 percent of our readers thought Gov. Rick Scott's "Israeli trade mission" was more of a political vacation.Nearly 37 perc ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Florida Poll: Indecisive Republicans Suppose They'll Be Picking Mitt Romney -- Maybe
Hey, Florida Republican, who do you plan on voting for in your party's presidential primary?Uh, Mitt Romney, I guess. Well, maybe.That's what the results from the latest poll of Florida Republicans reads like, as most people say they might change their mind, and most of the Tea Party members ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Accused of Blaming Tucson Shooting on Tea Party (She Didn't)
Fox "News"If Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said something profoundly stupid, we'd be all over it.Unfortunately, this is a case of a Fox News writer saying something profoundly stupid.When the headline "DNC Chair Blames Tea Party for Tucson Shooting" comes with a chopped-up video clip and an ellip ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Florida Latinos Like Romney but Like Obama Better
Les gusta.Though a Rasmussen poll released Monday showed Newt Gingrich well ahead of the rest of the Republican presidential field, a Univision/ABC News poll released this morning revealed Florida's Latino voters overwhelmingly favor former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.Of those polled, 49 perce ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Newt Gingrich's Broward Co-Chair Was Alleged to Be a Tea Party Faker
Local political blogger Javier Manjarres was in the thick of the heckling drama at the Newt Gingrich rally in Coral Springs yesterday and claimed that one of Gingrich's staffers "assault[ed]" him in the incident he caught on tape.Turns out, that Gingrich staffer is the campaign's Broward co-chair ... More >>
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