Florida's Criminal Republican Governor Rick Scott Encourages Cronies to Send fake Letter of Support
Even for Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), this is just embarrassing.Criminal Rick is about as popular as New Jersey Thug-in-chief Chris Christie(R). Both of them have been very brave - they have taken money from education, the elderly and children to pay for even more tax breaks for corporations who are enjoying their highest profits in a decade. They have created no jobs. They've appointed unqualified political cronies to nice paying jobs with health care benefits subsidized by tax payers and they claim they are making "brave" choices.
For a guy who claims not read newspapers — or care what the polls say or the public thinks — Rick Scott sure is putting a lot of effort into trying to score some good publicity.
In fact, if regular old rank-and-file Floridians won’t write nice things about him in letters to the editor, Scott has decided to write the words for them.
One of the newest features on www.rickscottforflorida.com is a page where Scott supporters can send pre-written letters of praise for Scott … written by Scott’s campaign team. Just pick the newspaper you want to contact. And then you can add your name.
Wait, it gets worse. Here’s the message Scott’s team wants Floridians to send to local newspapers:
“When Rick Scott ran for Governor he promised to create jobs and turn our economy around. I voted for Rick because he’s always been a businessman, not a politician. While politicians usually disappoint us and rarely keep their promises, Rick is refreshing because he’s keeping his word.
“His policies are helping to attract businesses to our state and get people back to work. Some of the special interests are attacking the Governor for making tough decisions, showing leadership, and doing what he told us he would do.
“Rick Scott deserves our unwavering and enthusiastic support. How can we expect to elect leaders who will keep their word and do what’s right for our state if we don’t stand up for those with the courage to set priorities, make difficult choices, and actually deliver on their promises made?” [emphasis added]
That’s right, Rick Scott’s staff believes Rick Scott “deserves” Floridians’ “unwavering and enthusiastic support.” Wow.
I have to wonder, did the governor’s office not realize that the media would see the pre-scripted letters, mock them, and not publish them?
Update: On a more substantive note, Scott is also this week “rejecting millions in federal health aid for senior citizens, children, and the disabled,”inspired solely by partisan spite.
Electing a right-wing criminal to the governor’s office really wasn’t a good idea.
