Charlie Crist: No regrets on quitting the GOP
“I’m very proud of the campaign we ran, even if I’m disappointed at the outcome,” Crist said. “The last thing I am ever is bitter. I’m just not made that way or wired like that. I’m grateful to the people of my state for the honor of serving them. … I’m the opposite of bitter.”…
Crist consistently refused to say during the campaign which party he intended to caucus with if elected to the Senate. Asked now what he would have decided had he won, Crist still wouldn’t say.
“I would have asked tough questions about employment opportunities for Florida, the economy, who would help us with the national catastrophic [hurricane insurance] fund, then make the decision thereafter,” he said. “It would have depended on the answers to those questions.”










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Have fun playing shuffleboard with Arlen Spectre, champ.
forest on November 6, 2010 at 12:32 PM
We don’t miss you either, Charlie.
Rebar on November 6, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Prideful I see.
CWforFreedom on November 6, 2010 at 12:33 PM
He can open a tanning salon now – and pay the 10 percent surcharge tax that ObamaCare put on indoor tanning.
Seeya Charlie.
HondaV65 on November 6, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Yep, I have no regrets about Crist leaving the Republican party either. Happiness all around.
Cindy Munford on November 6, 2010 at 12:37 PM
No regrets here, either.
FloatingRock on November 6, 2010 at 12:37 PM
FOAD
lorien1973 on November 6, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Casting call for Willie Wonka 2: Revenge of the Oompa Loompas!
tims472 on November 6, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Don’t worry, he’ll be changed back to Republican again to try and run for Nelson’s seat in 2012. I’m calling that right now.
KSgop on November 6, 2010 at 12:39 PM
You mean it would have depended on which side “bought” you. Man of no principles.
ladyingray on November 6, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Sorry you won’t get a victory parade here in Florida, but I hear there is a quaint little parade on Folsom Street in San Francisco that is calling your name.
ornery_independent on November 6, 2010 at 12:40 PM
At least it’s over…Crist can simply serve out his term, and fade into his next job…Snooki’s stunt double for the next time she goes and gets punched in the face at some bar.
JetBoy on November 6, 2010 at 12:40 PM
O/T What do you think about the lawsuit against the referendum (4?) by Brown and Diaz-Balart?
Cindy Munford on November 6, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Big Thanks go out to Marco Rubio for having the guts, principles and mettle to get in to the senatorial contest to take the Oompa Loompa down.
ornery_independent on November 6, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Someone said in another thread that they were suing against 5/6. I dunno much about it, though. I hope they win. I want to get rid of gerrymandering, but not this way.
lorien1973 on November 6, 2010 at 12:43 PM
I haven’t seen what what you are talking about, but since Referendum 4 was backed by the trial lawyers, it’s not surprising.
ornery_independent on November 6, 2010 at 12:44 PM
“I would have asked tough questions about employment opportunities for Florida” … politicians?
pedestrian on November 6, 2010 at 12:46 PM
Funny, the GOP feels the same. Win win.
petunia on November 6, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Wow, you’ve fallen a long way from your Crist idolizing last year. It’s a hard pill to swallow when someone turns out to be something/someone totally alien to what you thought. I’m glad he and Castle are history though.
KickandSwimMom on November 6, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Charlie, it’s over, and there’s only a few things left for you to do; pack your things, migrate back to Loompaland, and allow your hair to assume its natural color — putrid green.
Demosthenes on November 6, 2010 at 12:51 PM
I laughed at Dr. Krauthammer awarding him “most flexible” politician of the 2010 political season.
Marcus on November 6, 2010 at 12:54 PM
Sorry I was wrong about the number, here’s the story.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2010/05/brown-diaz-balart-can-file-a-redistricting-lawsuit-too.html
Cindy Munford on November 6, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Unless of course opinion polls reflect that people would like to see me bitter, then I’ll be the most bitter person you’ve ever seen. Until opinion polls shift again, then bitter no more!
DrAllecon on November 6, 2010 at 12:56 PM
More like a hard hat to swallow…heh.
Yeah, every day is a learning experience. I’m not shy about admitting how wrong I was. We’re all wrong once in a while, and I got mine over with for a time. Meaning, I’ll be right about everything for the next year or so
JetBoy on November 6, 2010 at 12:56 PM
You would think in this day and age we could divide the state equally by population and get good results.
Cindy Munford on November 6, 2010 at 12:56 PM
Stop that!
Cindy Munford on November 6, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Yikes. You know you are finished when this corrupt and opportunistic administration doesn’t want you.
tru2tx on November 6, 2010 at 12:58 PM
Don’t question me, Munford!
JetBoy on November 6, 2010 at 1:02 PM
Britt Hume said that…but CK may have also.
ornery_independent on November 6, 2010 at 1:02 PM
The feeling is unanimously mutual, Dream-sickle!
You have done this great country a service.
Go Rubio.
esnap on November 6, 2010 at 1:10 PM
I’m starting to feel sorry for JetBoy. Nobody’s ever gonna forget his Crist support. Heh.
Darth Executor on November 6, 2010 at 1:10 PM
Bland?
ted c on November 6, 2010 at 1:15 PM
that whole hat episode was one of the funniest times I’ve had here on hotair….I commend your humility and humor.
ted c on November 6, 2010 at 1:17 PM
So glad that Streetwalker Crist has found another corner.
viking01 on November 6, 2010 at 1:21 PM
6 is being sued under the voting rights act. The GOP should’ve said the amend was racist. 5 won’t get overturned because that applies to FL itself. I’m actually not that mad anymore about it. We have crazy majorities now in the state legis. The lines in Broward/Palm Beach/Orlando and north need to be changed somewhat. The rest of the state is fine imo. We’ll lose a few seats in the state legis next time, but probably not much. A West is probably gone though.
TimTebowSavesAmerica on November 6, 2010 at 1:27 PM
No regrets saying farewell to your old rind, either, Charlie.
RushBaby on November 6, 2010 at 1:39 PM
GOP: No regrets on Crist leaving.
BacaDog on November 6, 2010 at 1:55 PM
Good, then we’re all agreed.
greggriffith on November 6, 2010 at 2:06 PM
I’m no psychologist, but I can assure you that if there is a single word to describe this twit, it is bitter. Luxuriate in your schadenfreude, my friends, and know that Snooki Crist spews venom even as I write this.
Jaibones on November 6, 2010 at 2:39 PM
That makes two of us.
ncborn on November 6, 2010 at 2:50 PM
BigWyo on November 6, 2010 at 3:16 PM
You lie!!!!
mockmook on November 6, 2010 at 3:35 PM
Bitterness is indignant.
Schadenfreude on November 6, 2010 at 3:55 PM
No, not Mr. West! Can’t we trade Corrine Brown for him?
Cindy Munford on November 6, 2010 at 5:09 PM