Poll: Floridians Sick Of Scott

[XanaDUer]

The trend for Scott is not good either. His negative numbers have skyrocketed from 22 percent on February 2 to 57 percent on May 25. He’s losing ground amongst those who didn’t have an opinion of him in February and amongst those who do approve of his performance.

And when it comes to the state budget, nearly 60 percent of Floridians disapprove of how Scott is handling the money. He received poor marks from everyone except Republicans. The only area of the state that gave Scott a decent approval number for the budget was the panhandle at 39 percent approval.

Floridians also consider the new budget passed by the GOP-led legislature and Rick Scott to be unfair to “people like you.” Fifty-four percent considered the budget unfair and no majority of a party or even evangelicals though the budget was fair.
In addition, 38 percent of voters said the new spending cuts approved by the Republican legislature will hurt Florida’s economy, while 31 percent say it will make no difference.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/05/25/poll-floridians-sick-of-scott/

And trust Carl Hiaasen to boil it down to its essence:
Novelist Carl Hiaasen fires away, especially at Rick Scott, politicians and Disney
The novelist is coming to Orlando. His targets include Gov. Rick Scott, Tallahassee, Disney
March 28, 2011|By Hal Boedeker, Orlando Sentinel Television Critic

"Nobody knows that much about Scott yet, except that he's a rigid ideologue. Obviously he's a bit hazy on how the process of government works, and also on the concept of separation of powers. If he gets even half of what he wants in his budget cuts, many Floridians are going to be stunned by what happens to their daily lives in regard to schools, medical treatment, public parks, local police and fire services. Try calling the Tea Party if your house goes up in flames."

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-03-28/entertainment/os-ppl-carl-hiaasen-20110328_1_novels-rick-scott-columns/3

[fredamae]

1. Can't they Recall him?

[peace frog]

8. Luckily for Scott

there is no recall process in Florida or we would be all over that sumbitch, you betcha.

[fredamae]

24. So Floridians have No recourse to protect

thenselves against corrupted politicians? No way to declare him/them unfit for service via courts?

[peace frog]

26. We have the ballot, however

this state is heavily gerrymandered to favor Republican candidates. I'm not sure Republican overreach is enough to unseat most of the elected Rs, but if Rick Scott doesn't turn his unpopularity around he could lose a reelection bid. It would be a good start but reclaiming Florida for Dems will be anything but certain.

[fredamae]

39. Please indulge my ignorance:

Is there any way to file a Federal Suit on behalf of Floridians to unseat this jerk? He is seriously over-reaching, does not try to hide nepotism, corruption, conflicts of interest etc. He treads on the US Constitution and possibly the State constitution. There must be recourse.

We, the people must pass some sort of "civilian/voter protection via state constitutional amendment or statute" that we can use when gov't over reaches to the extent some 22 govs, legislatures and even federal lawmakers have acted upon.

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. We don't have that option.

At one time we had Florida Dem Crackers who ruled Florida and the people were happy. Then more people came from oop North and with them they brought Republicans and the hurricanes multiplied, the seas were poisoned, the fish died, the beaches eroded...

You get the picture.

[XanaDUer]

12. Chuckle

:rofl:

[Cetacea]

17. ...

delete

[Lost-in-FL]

18. +1000. nt

[DonCoquixote]

31. I hope there was a sarcasm flag

Because frankly the one thing I hear from Florida republicans is a LOT of southern accents, and phrases like "we do'nt need t be spending on no (insert service here)>" Yes, some GOP are of the Yankee breed, but the force behind the GOP are mostly the folks that used to be called "dixiecrats."

[The Backlash Cometh]

32. There was once a big difference between our Crackers and

southerners from Alabama, Georgia etc.

Anything North of Tallahassee is up north. But our City staffers can now come from Georgia, Virginia, etc. and frankly, our crackers are now dogs without teeth who earn their living by being very obedient. You sometimes see the locals angry when a City Commission tries to find a City Manager from out of the area because they want to see local people rewarded for their loyalty. So they put pressure on the Commission to hire from within to reward these sad, obedient natives whose greatest quality is that they're underachievers.

And that is why Florida is such a FAIL state. Community leaders, especially Commissioners and City Attorneys, need either unethical staffers or underachievers who won't challenge them.

I also see strong influences from Tennessee and Pennsylvania. Not in a good way.

And yes, I transcribe local government tapes and the range of southern accents is incredible. If someone could refer me to some site where I can learn to identify the regions it would be helpful.

[GoCubsGo]

2. That didn't take long.

For somebody that "Nobody knows that much about", they had no problem voting for the schmuck. To those who voted for him, I say, "Bed. Made. Lie." To the rest, I offer my condolences. My governor is Nikki "Sarah, Jr." Haley, who is as equally unqualified and incompetent. Some here are also getting buyer's remorse. But, not quite to that extent, unfortunately.

[XanaDUer]

3. 1+

nt.

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. Alex Sink lost because of one staffer's mistake.

Calling her during a debate was lethal.

[XanaDUer]

4. Someone unrec'd this?

Hmmmmm.... :eyes:

[Orlandodem]

5. My motto for 2012 is a vote for a Republican is a vote for Rick Scott.

Get rid of the "Rick Scott Republicans!"

[quaker bill]

28. as many as possible

It will be quite possible to run for the legislature in most places on nothing more than "I will vote against anything he proposes". "I am the next best thing to a recall".

[onethatcares]

6. they fell for the "lets get to work" bullshit

little did the ones that voted for him know he meant, "let's get to work making these folks the poorest, dumbest, miserablist in the nation"

That is why he has to buy space at the villages in order to sign the budget. Imagine, having to purchase a private arena to sign the public spending plan. Something is very wrong with that picture.

On another note, does anyone know if the boy wonder Jeff Greene has paid his campaign bills yet?

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. Rick Scott is protecting our jobs from being outsourced by

turning us into a third world state.

[XanaDUer]

13. You know, that's one way to look at it

I'm esp. angry at him and his cronies b/c I wanted to move back to FL. I was offered a job at a state U. there, but I turned it down b/c I was worried, FL being FL and not the state I grew up in in the 1970s.

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. If you're a Dem, you might have a chance at a normal life around

a large university.

[peace frog]

20. Not if the FL-GOP have their way

and there's very little stopping them now.

[XanaDUer]

21. No, I'm on an hegira from FL until this sorts out

I've already been laid off once, and I don't need to go someplace that puts me closer to that position again.

[DCBob]

7. Floridians blew it back in Nov now they are paying the price.

It's a damn shame bacause they are stuck with Scott and Rubio for years.

[Lorien]

37. It was a close race, so no blanket statements please

The Dem majority didn't help ANY Democrats who were running because they didn't follow up on many 2008 campaign promises.

[still_one]

14. I have no sympathy for Floridians. They are paying for the consequences of their actions. /nt

[hadrons]

15. Careful, not all of them voted for Sick Scott

[DCBob]

19. and many didnt even show up to vote.

No excuse.

[peace frog]

27. Of course there is no excuse for not voting

but the many Floridians who turned out to vote for Alex Sink absolutely do not * deserve* Rick Scott.

[DCBob]

29. Yes, for sure. Alex would have been a great Gov.

damn shame.

[still_one]

41. Of course they don't, but it wasn't just the scott election, Florida and other states have been

moving to the right for some time now.

[still_one]

40. I am not trying to do an anti-Floridian campaign, and I am also not just using scott as the only

elected tool for my comment

They were going republican for quite some time. Even the 2000 election travesty, the vote was still too close for a state that used to be Democratic, and how the heck did jeb bush become govenor

Florida isn't the only state, a lot of states have moved that direction

Heck, labor now realizes the problems they are having, but it was labor who helped get reagan in, even though his goal, and the republican platform goal was to destroy organized labor

The question is, why do people vote against their own interests

and of course I am not referring to those who vote Democrat or progressive, and have to pay the consequences for other people's actions, however, voter turnout gets better for progressives, things won't get better

[Snoutport]

30. There is a whole generation of voters that used to get to rely on the press for information to base

their votes on. They still read the big newspaper or watch the big news channels for their news. These people are being lied to on a daily basis now since the media has become corporate. I used to work at home and played CNN a good chunk of the day and I had no idea how slanted toward republicans their news was for the longest time. I never voted Republican, but I believed their polls saying the Dems were losing (which made me feel lethargic politically-less interested). It took me a long time to see that the conservative guests were very often louder and outnumbered the liberal guests. You have to watch a lot of news to realize that they always have a dorky looking guy to back up the left wing and a well spoken, famous righty talking.

So, yeah, Florida got what they voted for, but the media did not tell the people who Rick Scott really was. When the right wing is buying up your ad space you don't make waves. When Rupert Murdoch's papers are hacking your emails and phone messages (as it was found out they were doing in London--hacking the phones of the competing newspapers to steak their information and stories) you don't look very deep into the right wing candidate.

The people in Florida are victims of right-wing media. They don't know you can't trust the media anymore. They are victims in all of this in many ways. Jeb Bush dumbed down their schools and we are seeing the results of a combined effort to turn the voters into ignorant people who do what the TV tells them to do.

[still_one]

42. If people aren't critical thinkers, and it is not just Florida, that is a problem in of itself

The consequences are obviously being felt

If Florida goes Democratic in 2012, they have learned a valuable lesson

[mcar]

34. This Floridian did not vote for Scott or Rubio

I voted a straight Democratic ticket but in my red and redneck part of the state, I batted 0.

I still can't find anyone who will admit to voting for Scott. The 29% who still approve of him spend a lot of time sending out LTEs to make it seem like he's more popular than he is but even the whacko Repubs in the legislature are disavowing him.

[still_one]

43. And a lot of others didn't vote for scott or rubio. Unfortunately, there were not enough /nt

[DonCoquixote]

35. even those of us

that have been voting democrat for years?

[Lorien]

38. The rest of the world could say the same about you when BushCo was in office.

[HockeyMom]

22. I signed a petition to amend the Florida constitution

for recall. When I signed it, it was about 100 votes short of being put on the November ballot. Yes, there were thousands voting YES for this. I haven't heard anything more about it.

Did Florida really vote Scott in? Given the man's corrupt history, I question that with just a less than 1% margin win. Why didn't Sink ask to a recount? It was that close. Don't think Ricky knows this? That's why he wants to make it harder and harder for certain segments of the population to cast their votes.

"Model for America"? Don't make me curse.

[XanaDUer]

23. Thank you

nt.

[Peregrine]

25. The only hope to break the Republican death hold

is the Fair Districts constitutional amendment. This requires districts to be compact and drawn without consideration to political affiliation.

Scott has refused to implement it, saying that it must be approved by the FEC. BUT he has yet to submit it to the FEC for review.

[Ilsa]

33. He only got 39% in the panhandle with all those retired

military, active military, and religious conservatives living there? I'm surprised they haven't found a way to rid themselves of him yet.

[WinkyDink]

36. They hitched a ride on the alligator, .......