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South Florida's early voting weekend is a warning sign for Charlie Crist

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Posted by Fred 2014-10-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 scott barely won in 2010 beating Alex Sin by 49% to 48% (other candidates were running). Crist ran for the Senate and lost that year.

a Libertarian is also running in 2014

Crist and Scott are both unpopular with large segments of the Florida electorate. Scott is disliked by blacks. Seniors dislike Crist.

Posted by lord garth 2014-10-28 00:44|| 2014-10-28 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 With few exceptions, anyone voting for a democrat since about 1932 should seriously reconsider a re-look at American political history and economic outcomes, or seek psychiatric help.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-28 03:10|| 2014-10-28 03:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Early voting is an, open door for (D) cheating. And thre is no need for it: in Europe we vote in a single day and the mline, if any is a few minutes long at most. I, for one still have to wait for a single second.

Posted by JFM 2014-10-28 05:31|| 2014-10-28 05:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Libertarians? You mean the people who think that by reducing the size of federal government the people of Al Quaida and Isis will stop dreaming of nuking America?

Posted by JFM 2014-10-28 05:33|| 2014-10-28 05:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Such an unappealing pair to choose between.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-10-28 08:08|| 2014-10-28 08:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Crist is one of them so my choice would be easy enough.

I'm not even sure I'll consider voting for him when he's an (R) again.

Early voting and absentee ballots except for those physically out of the country or bed-ridden are nothing but corruption tools. So is "motor voter" and same day registration.

Posted by Fred 2014-10-28 11:24|| 2014-10-28 11:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Do you ever find yourself asking: Who am I? What do I believe in? What is my place in this world? If you do, you are not alone. Many people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) struggle with identity issues -- one of the core symptoms of the disorder. From AboutHealth. Who am I? Applies to Hillary also. She has been know to channel her black inner-self occasionally. She also has economic nonsense disorder.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-10-28 11:46|| 2014-10-28 11:46|| Front Page Top

#8 JFM, Sorry but you've got left-wing anti-war types mixed in with freedom loving folks.

Real Libertarians believe in smaller Federal gov't. in areas like income redistribution and domestic regulations and taxes.

There are a few things that the Federal Gov't is supposed to do and #1 in that is defense, army, navy, etc. Those are the folks that need to deal with alQ and ISIS.

Posted by AlanC 2014-10-28 12:49|| 2014-10-28 12:49|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm not sure Real Libertarians believe that. Ron Paul and the Libertarian party sure don't which is why they have never hold federal elected offices.

Perhaps Sane, or electable Libertarians would be more accurate.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-10-28 15:02|| 2014-10-28 15:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Sorry, Alan. There's a lot of Libertarians with a strong lop-off, pull-back, isolationist streak.

Posted by Pappy 2014-10-28 15:04|| 2014-10-28 15:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Stuff it Pappy. The Libertarian case for spending money on the CDC and state public health agencies to quarantine high risk Ebola patients is strong; although, it would be better done through both civil liability and government coercion. There is no offsetting Conservative/Liberal case for the CDC studying why 1esbians are fat, which a Libertarian would never have funded.

Posted by rammer 2014-10-28 20:31|| 2014-10-28 20:31|| Front Page Top

#12 I was talking about defense, knee-jerk.

Posted by Pappy 2014-10-28 21:27|| 2014-10-28 21:27|| Front Page Top

#13 Some though take the Jacksonian view. It's not isolationism but do it or don't do it at all.

For the first Jacksonian rule of war is that wars must be fought with all available force. The use of limited force is deeply repugnant. Jacksonians see war as a switch that is either "on" or "off." They do not like the idea of violence on a dimmer switch. Either the stakes are important enough to fight for—in which case you should fight with everything you have—or they are not, in which case you should mind your own business and stay home.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-10-28 23:40|| 2014-10-28 23:40|| Front Page Top

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