Well, I think we can safely say that Charlie Crist’s political transformation that has him joining the ranks of the Democrat Party would now appear to be complete. The final bit of proof that can be said to support that was provided by none other than Crist himself courtesy of a recent interview that he provided while appearing on "The Colbert Report." It was during this interview that the former Republican governor of Florida, who’s now running for that same position as a Democrat, was asked on "The Colbert Report" about his now rather infamous 2009 hug with Barry "Almighty".
And in answering the question, Crist responded in what was true Democrat fashion, and in what was really nothing more than an obviously transparent attempt on his part to score some cheap political points. Crist made the claim that the blowback he received for the hug was due to Barry being "not just a Democrat, [but] an African-American." The reason for Crist’s appearance the Comedy Central’s program was supposedly for him to discuss his book, "The Party’s Over." As the summary on Comedy Central states, Crist was there to explain "how the rise of the Tea Party drove him to become a Democrat."
Stevie Colbert, the show’s rather goofy host, quoted Crist’s book where he claims that his hug with Barry was a "simple gesture, ended my career as a viable Republican politician. It changed the rest of my life." Colbert then asked, "Why do you think it [the hug] ended it for you?" To which Charlie responded by saying, "Several reasons, I think. Number 1, he was there to talk about the Recovery Act, the stimulus. And a lot of Republicans took issue with that. Sadly, I think another part of it was that he was a Democrat, but not just a Democrat, an African-American."
To which Colbert responded by saying, "Oh, you’re not going to play the race card." Of course our old friend Charlie was quick to deny that that was what he was in fact doing, by saying, "I’m not going to play it, no." Colbert challenged Charlie a bit, saying, "You just did, you just did – would you like to pick it up again and put it in your pocket? Because you just played the race card." Crist laughed and said, "Yeah, you know, I’m just trying to tell the truth. I’ve seen a level of vitriol directed at this president that I have never seen directed at President Kennedy or maybe President Johnson or even President Carter."
Colbert then said, "All right. If, in the course of the campaign, you were approached by three men who were about to hug you: Josef Stalin, Darth Vader, or Barack Obama, you have to hug one of them, which would it be?" In answering the question Crist sounded absolutely silly. He said, "My president, no question." And then quickly added, apparently just for good measure, "I love him." Colbert asked, "That is – Barack Obama?" to which Crist nodded. Crist, who served as Florida’s governor from 2007 to 2011, is now running against incumbent Rick Scott (R-Fl.) for the position in 2014.
Anyone who view’s Crist as being anything other than a political opportunist of the worst kind, is a complete moron. I think we can all agree on the fact that Crist is nothing but an opportunist who has demonstrated on more than one occasion that he has a difficult time with telling the truth. He’s nothing more than another liberal hack out to do his best in trying to gain some mileage out of attacking the Tea Party, which had absolutely nothing to do with why this lying-sack-of-shit changed his party affiliation. He made the move because it became painfully obvious to a majority of folks that he simply wasn’t the conservative he claimed to be.
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