| Crist the Dissed Dissed and Missed |
If there is any more blatant example of "poor loser" it's Big Government Republican Charlie Crist, the former governor of Florida who lost the GOP primary to Tea Party favorite Marco Rubio, only to lose to him again as an independent, when Crist had pledged that he would not leave his party to run again.
"Sore loser" is another term that comes to mind when pondering Charlie Crist. Now he has stepped forward to endorse Barack Obama, the same man form whom he received stimulus dollars and then gave a big hug, the big hug which signalled to unhappy grassroots voters that it was one hug too big for a Big Government president from a Big Government governor.
Our two-system has permitted members to cross over and endorse the opposition or to run third-party campaigns, before. To this day, Tea Party upstarts are upsetting the Establishment candidates in many states. Independents like Angus King and Bill Bloomfield are also running from the labels to stand out from the dichotomous myopia which to some is eating away at this country's political culture.
Crist dissed the GOP because he chose to play up to Big Government policies, then got dumped by the grass-roots that demanded more purity and parity from candidates than Crist was willing to offer.
The fact that he then changed his mind at the last minute, going back on his political vow not to run as an Independent in the General election, simply sent the same old message of politicians out for power instead of moved by purpose.
Crist is just one vote in Florida, a state that is trending GOP once again this election. Crist has dissed himself, and the GOP no longer needs such double-dealing in its ranks.