It’s hard to take this guy seriously.
Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, told The Palm Beach Post editorial board on Friday that, unlike many Republicans in Washington, he didn’t think President Obama should scrap his health care reform proposal:
It gets better. They asked if there was anything about the Democrats’ health care bills he likes.
“There may be. There may be. You know, I’m pretty focused on Florida right now. I mean, after the session I’ll be more focused on the issues in Washington. But I’ve got to do my first job first.”
Er, I’m no governor, but I know enough of these bills to know they’ll pass the cost onto the states by expanding Medicaid. Shouldn’t Florida Governor Charlie Crist be aware of that little fact?
The serious Republican, Marco Rubio, sent out the follow press release (Via Red State):
“Once again, Charlie Crist has shown why Floridians can’t trust him to go to Washington and stand up to the misguided agenda of President Obama and Congressional Democrats. At a time when Americans are pushing back against the government takeover of health care and calling for a complete reset to this flawed bill, Charlie Crist says he would not scrap it. Even more problematic, he claims he would approach health care in the same way he handled the stimulus. Floridians know all too well the soaring debt and expansion of government that resulted from that misguided approach.
“Make no mistake, the current health care proposal is a deeply flawed plan that should be scrapped entirely in favor of a truly bipartisan approach that won’t sacrifice the things that have made our health system the best in the world.”
Crist sure is making things easy for Florida’s Republican primary voters.
Via memeorandum
