Florida Gov. Rick Scott Announces Senate Run

[packman]

Source: Huffington Post

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) will run for U.S. Senate, hoping to unseat three-term incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D) in what could become one of the most contentious and expensive Senate races this year.

The term-limited governor confirmed widespread speculation that he was planning to run in an interview with Politico published Monday morning.

“You’re probably surprised, but I’m going to announce I’m running for senator,” he said. “You’re shocked, right?”
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Scott’s past career in health care has haunted him in previous campaigns. From 1987 to 1997, he helmed Columbia/HCA, making it one of the country’s largest health care companies. He also was at the center of one of the biggest Medicare fraud cases in the U.S. Under Scott’s tenure, Columbia billed Medicare and Medicaid for tests that had not been ordered and falsely coded patient records to increase hospital reimbursements. A federal investigation went public in 1997 and Scott resigned four months later, according to Politifact.

Scott is expected to make his official announcement in Orlando at 10 a.m. Monday

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rick-scott-senate-run_us_5acb4eaae4b09d0a11959fba



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[SunSeeker]

1. Go fuck yourself, lizard boy. Nelson will wipe the floor with your worthless ass. nt

[sandensea]

7. And I doubt his home planet wants him back either.

There's always the Everglades.

[iluvtennis]

2. Let's get our support to Nelson DU'ers.

[videohead5]

3. All Bill Nelson

Has to do is run ads about the RepubliCons wanting to cut Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid to pay for their big tax cut that mostly went to the rich.

[sandensea]

4. Because what's another criminal in the GOP caucus, after all.

[turbinetree]

5. Rick Scott is an asshole

Let’s Put Medicare-Frauding Florida Gov. Rick Scott In Charge Of Medicare, Oh Yeah Baby

Guys! We just figured out why the Trump presidential transition process feels vaguely familiar to us, even though nobody like that ambulatory gunny sack of spite, lies, and hair has ever been the nation’s chief executive before. Trump’s transition is exactly like the start of an epic comic book story, where all of the super-villains break out of Arkham Asylum, depart from their bases under extinct volcanoes, and answer the uncanny call of evil to gather at The Joker’s latest underground lair. There’s some fussing and backstabbing, but eventually they unite in their goal to rid the world of Superman, or at least rule the world. Speaking of which, Florida Gov. Rick Scott is headed to Trump Tower New York today to kiss the Great Man’s Ring of Unworldly Power and also — we swear we are not making this up — to share his ideas on how to “reinvent the federal government,” according to Scott’s spokesperson Jackie Schutz. It is uncertain which arcane evil powers Scott will bring to Team Trump, although like the president-elect, Scott has an intimate knowledge of getting rich by cheating, having resigned in 1997 as CEO of Columbia/HCA while the company was being investigated for Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Trump bragged that only he could fix American politics because he was so intimately familiar with the crooked system, so it only makes sense Trump’s considering appointing Scott as secretary of Health and Human Services. Now we just need to figure out who’ll be Harley Quinn in this movie.

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Most importantly, Rick Scott belongs in the Trump administration because Rick Scott is an asshole, and so is Donald Trump. So let’s kick Scott upstairs so he can run the very department he defrauded. Keep an eye out for Trump to pardon Bernie Madoff so he can be appointed to head the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Kind of a bummer that the potential hero of this story got a million more votes but lost in the Electoral College.


https://wonkette.com/608663/lets-put-medicare-frauding-florida-gov-rick-scott-in-charge-of-medicare-oh-yeah-baby

And just from last year this asshole.......................is just more corrupt

http://www.floridabulldog.org/2017/09/corruption-allegations-involving-broward-health-gov-scott-unsealed/


FUCK YOU Scott.............really FUCK YOU


I have a solution:


https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bill-nelson-2

[groundloop]

6. I don't understand how he ever was elected governor given his record as a Medicare thief

It seems he'd be dead meat in any election, especially in senior abundant Florida, just by running ad after ad pointing out that he was CEO of HCA when they were fined $1.7 BILLION for Medicare fraud.

[packman]

8. He was elected and reelected governor because he's a Repuke

Plain and simple.

Story - During the time Scott ran for reelection, I was undergoing physical therapy for an injury. The elderly nurse who hooked me up to all the gizmos and filled out forms was a victim of Scott's fraud. She told me she had to go back to work because of his fraud (something to do with the her former employee and Scott's taking them over). She agonized to me if she should vote for Scott, I told her all I knew of the sleaze and even gave her news articles about his Medicare crap.
After the election (where he was reelected) she sheepishly told me both her and her husband voted for the snake man - reason - they couldn't bring themselves to vote for a Democrat.

That is what we are facing as Scott runs.

[groundloop]

9. Hopefully 45* (aka Spanky) will convince some of those folks differently

I live in one of the reddest counties in the country, so I know what it's like dealing with people who are so adamantly set in their political beliefs. However, it appears that 45* (aka Spanky) is beginning to get under peoples skin enough so that they will either just not vote or else actually see the light and realize that they won't go to hell if they vote for a Democrat.

[packman]

10. We can hope

[RhodeIslandOne]

13. Because just when Florida cant get any dumber...

.....they tell you to hold their meth and “Check this out”

[mitch96]

14. " I don't understand how he ever was elected governor"

Old story.. he OUT SPENT EVERYBODY. If I remember correctly something to the tune of 26 million bucks... Just bought the election. It was rick scott 24/7 on radio and the tv machine.. uggh I hate that alien.
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[FakeNoose]

15. Campaign funds don't determine the outcome

We had the recent special election in Pennsylvania where Conor Lamb the Democrat was outspent by Rick Saccone the Republican. And yet Lamb did win by a razor-thin margin. Democrats shouldn't be discouraged by campaign funding, they should make it an issue. Are you voting for this guy because he's spending $ millions more than we are? Don't you want to know where that money came from? Don't you want to know what promises he made to get the money?

Democratic candidates have to be better and smarter, work harder, and earn the trust of the voters. Republicans will never do that, and that's why they all deserve to lose.

[mitch96]

16. Interesting read on why Scott spending is good for good for his election

More spent on defending Nelson means less for the other elections.. I see it as being all about the numbers. Repubs are happy Scott will spend his own cash. I just read he spent $75 million of his own money on his election..

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/politics/rick-scott-bill-nelson-florida/index.html

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[FakeNoose]

17. 'member when Trump said he was spending his own money?

Turned out that wasn't true, he was spending Pootie's money. Old Donnie Two Scoops made a profit billing his campaign for rides on his own corporate jet and overnights in his hotels.

[mitch96]

18. Turns out Scott might just spend a couple of million of his own..

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/09/scott-senate-florida-nelson-510998
LIke is said, he will just try to buy the election..
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[WiseElder]

11. He would be a big help to Trump

Since he is an expert at taking the 5th.



Rick Scott took the 5th Amendment 75 times, Democratic party ad says

http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2014/jun/17/florida-democratic-party/rick-scott-took-5th-75-times-democratic-party-ad-s/

[genxlib]

12. Least surprising news ever

He has been unofficially campaigning for the last year. The Hurricane season was just one giant "look-at-how-helpful-I-am" tour.

Before the hurricane, tolls were rightfully suspended in South Florida to help people evacuate. But the tolls stayed suspended for something like 10 days after the storm for no particular reason. There were giant electronic message boards saying "TOLLS ARE SUSPENDED BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR" . Like he was fucking paying for them out of his pocket. I was pissed that he was taking credit for saving everyone money when it was really the State Treasury that will suffer.

The aggravating irony of it is that whatever credit he got out of it was entirely due to the "BIG GOVERNMENT" response that they would gleefully do away with if they could.

He is a snake and it is a sad statement that a State full of the elderly would vote for a Medicare fraudster.

The problem is that Nelson might be vulnerable. He is a good Dem but is not much of a personality. Considering how long he has been there, he has a shockingly low profile as a Senator.