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Jeb Bush: Charlie Crist ‘unforgivable’ on stimulus support

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made his strongest statement to date on the Republican Senate primary unfolding in his state, telling the conservative publication NewsMax in an on-camera interview that he considers Gov. Charlie Crist’s support for last year’s stimulus bill “unforgivable.” “I know I’m supposed to be politically correct and I said I was neutral and all that,” Bush said, but added of Crist’s move: “I got a problem with that.” Bush has kept a careful distance from the…

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Jeb Bush: Charlie Crist ‘unforgivable’ on stimulus support

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made his strongest statement to date on the Republican Senate primary unfolding in his state, telling the conservative publication NewsMax in an on-camera interview that he considers Gov. Charlie Crist’s support for last year’s stimulus bill “unforgivable.” “I know I’m supposed to be politically correct and I said I was neutral and all that,” Bush said, but added of Crist’s move: “I got a problem with that.” Bush has kept a careful distance from the…

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Disgraced doc David McKalip pens another op-ed attacking health care plan: ‘Patients cannot trust their doctors’ under this plan

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Disgraced doc David McKalip, who earlier this year earned national infamy for depicting President Barack Obama as a witch doctor, has written another hyperbolic op-ed criticizing Obama’s plans for better health care and insurance. In an article titled “The Medical Road to Serfdom,” McKalip warns that patients will not even be able to trust their doctors. Bureaucrats will create standards designed for cost control and force doctors to follow them. They will give insurance companies and government excuses to deny…

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Congressman Bill Young lies about, err, misremembers President Obama telling his opponents to ‘Shut up!’

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In a speech to the Pinellas County Republican Executive Committee on November 9, Republican Congressman Bill Young talked passionately about how he “will not forget” President Barack Obama telling “those who oppose (his) policies…to just shut up and go away.” Here is the video of Young’s speech: In case you can’t make it out, here’s what Congressman Young said: “During one of his visits to Virginia, at a loud, exciting rally put on by the Obama campaign organization, (Obama) made…

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Disgraced doc David McKalip spoutin’ off again

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Disgraced St. Petersburg doctor David McKalip, who was forced to resign from several prominent medical boards because of his emailing of a racist photo of President Barack Obama, continues to make the rounds, so to speak, in opposition to Obama’s health care initiatives. This time McKalip is quoted today by the New York Post in an article about the impact of the Baucus bill on Medicare: “The only doctors left in Medicare will be those willing to ration care and…

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PolitiFact says Rep. Joe Wilson is the one lying

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From PolitiFact: We suspect it’s rare that the president gets heckled during a speech to a joint session of Congress, but Rep. Joe Wilson didn’t hold back. “You lie!” shouted the South Carolina Republican. This was in response to President Barack Obama’s statements on illegal immigrants. “There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants,” Obama said. “This, too, is false – the reforms I’m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.”…

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Duval GOP in controversy over Obama/Hitler comparisons at Tea Party

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The Republican Party of Duval County is backing away from their promotion of an event that featured numerous controversial comparisons of President Barack Obama with German Dictator Adolf Hitler. The event, a Tea Party held at the Jacksonville Landing on July 2, was organized by the First Coast Tea Party. However, the Duval County Republican Party promoted the event with e-mails that stated “Paid by Republican Party of Duval County.” Duval Republican Party Chairman Lenny Curry also broadcast live from…

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