Comments on: Mel “Shamnesty” Martinez steps down

By: zyzzyg

zyzzyg — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:40:51 +0000

Great, another quitter.

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:51:04 +0000

I think Colin Powell is the guy…he is working closely with James Carvil to keep the RNC as the best dogone minority party there everwas.

By: MarcoPolo

MarcoPolo — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:22:42 +0000

On August 7th, 2009 at 11:58 am, Socky said:

Will the left be screaming “quitter!” like they did with teh Sarah?

I am not making this up: the left wants Crist to appoint himself and then change parties.

It would be funny if there wasn’t a chance it could have happened.

By: SpeakEasy

SpeakEasy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:07:29 +0000

It would also be nice to have an authentic person instead of a career politician. I hate, repeat hate, career politicians.

By: SpeakEasy

SpeakEasy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:05:21 +0000

I doubt he is interested but Andrew Wilkow would be a welcome and effective defender for the conservative position. I would love to see any of the Dems go one-on-one with him in a debate.

By: coffee

coffee — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:54:54 +0000

This smells like another Rod Blagojevich back room deal. Damn these corrupt politicians whatever their party. Smell Martinez is gaming the system to prevent a real conservative like Marco Rubio from gaining the seat. The ONLY way I’ll believe anything else is if Crist appoints Rubio. I won’t hold my breath.

By: Virginia Patriot

Virginia Patriot — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:37:53 +0000

Amnesty RINO Mel will be replaced by another amnesty RINO. Jeb Bush fits that bill.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:29:03 +0000

DLTDHYOTWO, indeed. Adios.
He knew darn well he wouldn’t get elected again. No way.

By: T-Bone

T-Bone — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:59:58 +0000

Jeb Bush is the logical replacement. I like that choice also.

By: tre

tre — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:24:34 +0000

Buh Bye Smell Martinez! Come back when you can’t stay so long!

By: GayPatriot » Appoint Jeb Bush as Interim Florida Senator

GayPatriot » Appoint Jeb Bush as Interim Florida Senator — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:18:28 +0000

[...] the wake of Mel Martinez’s decision to resign from the United States Senate, Governor Charlie Crist could do no better than to appoint his accomplished predecesor to fill the [...]

By: DubiousD

DubiousD — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:48:13 +0000

We can also thank Mel Martinez for the Terri Schiavo media fiasco.

According to MSM reports at the time, Republican congressional leaders floated a talking points memo instructing members on how to politically exploit Schiavo’s situation. Turns out GOP never issued such a memo. It was one of Mel Martinez’s aides. The aide in question cobbled it together, copying and pasting much of the language from a Christian web site, then handed it off to Martinez for his perusal.

Whether Martinez ever bothered to read it we’ll never know. What we do know is that Martinez, like an idiot, immediately passed the memo along to Democrat Senator Tom Harkin. Harkin, realizing the propaganda bonanza on his hands, promptly handed the the memo over to Mike Allen (then still a reporter at WaPo). More importantly, Harkin concocted (and Allen bought hook, line and sinker) the story that similar memos (note the plural) were being passed all around Congress by the GOP leadership. The WaPo story went to press; by the next day, stories of cynical Republicans exploting Schiavo’s situation for partisan gain were all over the MSM — TV, internet, and print. Republicans ended up taking a very bad political hit as a result, all thanks to freshman senator Mel. By the time Powerline dug out the truth and WaPo was forced to issue a correction, the damage had already been done.

At least Martinez’s aide had the good sense to resign immediately. We had to wait years for Mel to do likewise. Oh, well. Better late than never.

By: AlohaGuy

AlohaGuy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:34:54 +0000

The circus used to feature elephants, now it’s rinos…

By: bjc

bjc — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:28:44 +0000

*Sidelining another RINO is a good thing, but expect the GOP to replace him with another RINO, which means they just don’t get it; The natives are restless, both conservatives and the center-right independents, for the GOP to start fighting back with conservative principles, but don’t hold your breath; Expect the party to be a footnote in history within 10 years.

By: ACHefty

ACHefty — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:10:10 +0000

If I can get home and back in time to put a suit on, I will be discussing this on First Coast News at 6 p.m. tonight. Channels 12 & 25, and streaming on FirstCoastNews.com.

But be warned. I have a face for radio.