Charlie Crist, Florida's preternaturally tanned and preternaturally married governor desperately wants to be the next Republican candidate for president.In that spirit, he is fighting the right of gay parents in Florida to adopt. Florida has the only outright ban on gay parents adopting in the nation, by the way. And also, by the way, gay folks can be foster parents and are even recruited for such by the Florida Department of Children and Families.
And of course, there is a, uh, rumor, that the Gov himself may be personally acquainted with the "gay lifestyle" as it were, although there is that wife- whom he married in a big fat hurry during the days when he was on McCain's short list of possible VP candidates. Of course, Sarah Palin got that nod and we all saw how well that little clusterfuck worked for McCain.
Anyway, back to Crist- not only is he fighting gay adoption, he's against the nomination of Sotomayor. I'm not sure how that's going to serve him in a state with a HUGE Hispanic population but he's not worried so much about Florida voters as he is being a gung-ho Republican at the moment.
And all I have to say is- Charlie- Cowboy up, Cupcake. Do the right things.
Oh but wait- that would mean he'd have to prove he has some balls.
And it would also mean that he wasn't a very good politician, not to mention a very good Republican. Hmmm...truth and honesty and doing what's right for our children and our nation, OR, staking out a place in the very middle of that really vast Republican tent.
He's got his camp stool and there he sits, just waiting for the country to ring his phone, call him to a higher purpose and wondering where in the White House he'd have that tanning bed installed.
I hate politics. I truly do.
