Last week, as we were talking to Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler about sea turtles, we were also finishing up this week’s cover story, Food Fight. The story chronicles the ongoing struggle of Food Not Bombs to pass out free food and attract attention to its political message.So, as the…
When the subject of Rick Scott comes up on the typically left-leaning MSNBC network, it’s typically to be berated on Rachel Maddow’s nighttime show.Invite him onto Morning Joe with former Republican Florida Congressman Joe Scarborough, however, and the governor gets to run a 12-minute public-relations campaign on national television.Aside from…
In our poll yesterday, around 42 percent of our readers thought that the Tea Party audience made the most outlandish comment at Monday night’s CNN/Tea Party Express Republican debate.Texas Rep. Ron Paul was asked a hypothetical question during the debate by moderator Wolf Blitzer about an otherwise-healthy 30-year-old man going…
Sometimes, Gov. Rick Scott will say something that’s so untrue, it’s actually false two different ways.Such was the case on Friday, when he gave his reaction to President Obama’s jobs speech to Bay News 9.”You know, one of the best things about the speech, he used my slogan ‘Let’s Get…
Last night was the CNN/Tea Party Express Republican debate, which we live-blogged from Tampa right here on the Pulp.We knew we were in for some fun as soon as we saw the plane flying above the Florida State Fairgrounds before the debate with a banner reading, “Where’s the real birth…
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…
In anticipation of the GOP presidential debate it’s hosting, CNN released its freshest poll numbers, with Texas Gov. Rick Perry leading the pack — ahead by 12 percentage points over second-place Mitt Romney.The poll showed that 30 percent of the 446 Republican voters surveyed said they’d be most likely to…
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is the latest to sign GOP group Right on Crime’s Statement of Principles. It’s being framed as a conservative approach to reforming the criminal justice system.Other conservative backers include Newt Gingrich, Grover Norquist, and Tony Perkins (president of the anti-gay, anti-choice Family Research Council).The Texas…
Gov. Rick Scott has officially been crowned Worst Governor Ever.The Transport Workers Union of America found a way for people to vote for Scott again, as he beat out Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for the high honor.”After Worst Governor Ever election…
Weston-based State Rep. Franklin Sands seems to have finally had enough of Gov. Rick Scott, today issuing a nice rant stemming from a letter the governor wrote to him a little over a month ago.The governor telling lies every so often apparently doesn’t sit well with Sands, who dedicates a…
As Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz ought to know, when she’s invited to a Fox News interview, it’s probably a trap.Naturally, when she was invited on to Fox & Friends this morning, it wasn’t to talk about constituent services or even to comment on…
GOP presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry has announced the details for his swing through Florida — a five-stop tour that includes events in both Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale.In what his camp is calling the “Sunshine State Kickoff,” he’s scheduled lunches, dinners, and receptions in Tampa, Fort Lauderdale,…
Just when you thought you’d heard the most far-fetched ideas from GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann during her trip to Florida, she struck again.Tampa Bay’s 10 News published its lengthy interview with Bachmann on Thursday in which she expands on her idea to drill for oil and natural gas in…
Yesterday, Gov. Rick Scott and law-enforcement leaders announced Florida’s new statewide hotline to report suspicious activity to the cops called “If You See Something, Say Something.”Long story short, if someone does something shady, call 1-800-FLA-SAFE and the appropriate authorities will check it out.A few hours after the announcement, the Florida…
In the battle for “Worst Governor Ever” — hosted online by the Transport Workers Union of America — Gov. Rick Scott still maintains his lead, but Texas Gov. Rick Perry has surged in the election, right behind Florida’s own.On August 11, the union’s new media head, Jeff Rae, told the…
Last week, Palm Beach State Attorney Micheal McAuliffe made headlines after announcing in a flashy news conference that he was charging a pill clinic doctor and owner with second-degree murder. Such a charge in this type of case is unprecedented.Although it’s an excellent way to highlight an epidemic that’s killing…
It was a sad day back in June when the people who had planted the Flagler Village Community Garden showed up to find that it had been bulldozed. City National Bank had foreclosed on the land and ordered a demo crew to raze the property, apparently without knowing that neighbors…
Who says Gov. Rick Scott looks incredibly awkward in social situations? Probably anyone who’s seen this video.The governor apparently spent Sunday at the Golden Lion Cafe in Flagler Beach, playing tambourine and singing alongside State Sen. John Thrasher and an actual musician to reenact some tunes from Bruce Springsteen and…
U.S. Rep. Allen West returned yesterday from his whirlwind tour of Israel, and it’s clear the Holy Land had a profound impact on him. I mean, they had a really, really deep connection. Like, soul mates, dude.”Israel… is my spiritual homeland,” West wrote in his weekly note to constituents. “It…
Apparently a crowd of five lining up to get an autograph is enough for a Tea Party “witch” to make an appearance on Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor.Late last week, Christine O’Donnell — famous for losing a U.S. Senate race in Delaware — dropped by the Coral Ridge Yacht Club in…
After Gov. Rick Scott’s office made a stink about a television contract approved by state prisons boss Ed Buss for MSNBC to film its Lockup show at the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution, the show is now back on, but Buss is out of a job.Buss didn’t offer a comment on…
Hurricane Michele will be hitting South Florida today as GOP presidential candidate and occasional John Wayne Gacy fan Michele Bachmann has decided to spend an extra day in the Sunshine State.Bachmann just spent the last three days with some of the more boring stops across the state, including a sandwich…
