An angry FL GOP legislator has words for 'King Jeb'

[seafan]

The Jebster can sure hold onto a grudge. A shining family trait.


An angry GOP legislator has words for 'King Jeb'

August 29, 2006

A long-running rift between state Sen. Nancy Argenziano and Gov. Jeb Bush widened Monday with a heated exchange over the governor's political endorsements.
Argenziano, R-Dunnellon, sent a sharply worded e-mail after the governor sent out a fundraising letter supporting state Senate candidate Frank Bolanos, who is challenging incumbent Alex Villalobos, an independent-minded Miami Republican who bucked several of Bush's legislative priorities this spring.

Argenziano, a close friend of Villalobos, e-mailed Bolanos to blast Bush, saying "in his heart of hearts, the governor prefers dictatorship to democracy." That spurred Republican Party of Florida Chairwoman Carole Jean Jordan to issue a statement on Bush's behalf, accusing Argenziano of "crossing the line" by personally attacking the governor.

Argenziano responded by accusing Jordan of acting more as Bush's personal publicist than as the leader of a statewide party with a variety of viewpoints. In a phone interview, an angry Argenziano said Bush has long acted imperially and unfairly when picking favorites.

"I'm tired of good Republicans being bashed simply because they disagreed with him," she said. "Someone needs to smack down King Jeb."

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Seems to run in the family...

[Greeby]

2. Now Now, Mr. state level Repuke

THat's George The Third to you :eyes:

[GainesT1958]

3. All of her Repub friends need to remember that...

Next time they go into the Booth of Hanging Chads!:eyes:

B-)

[demosincebirth]

4. Gee, so many spanish sounding names

in the republican camp, in Florida. All Cubans must be pretty rich, I guess.

[seafan]

5. Argenziano: Gov. Jeb Bush "prefers dictatorship to democracy"

This woman ain't taking any more of Jeb's imperious rule. Gotta hand it to her.

Bet the Jebster is stewing over this. Can't tolerate an independent-minded Republican, no sir-ee.

"I am appalled by the governor's disingenuous letter, an unusually public gubernatorial tantrum occasioned because he couldn't intimidate a member of the Senate," http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/CAPITOLNEWS/608290315/1010/NEWS01">wrote Argenziano, whose district extends into Leon County.

Villalobos was stripped of the Senate majority leader's job late in the session for not supporting Bush in his efforts to relax the class-size constitutional amendment and restore tuition vouchers for students. Argenziano joined the handful of Republicans voting with the Democrats to block the governor, saying she could not "drink the Kool Aid" on those issues - an often-used legislative reference to the cult poisonings in Guyana in 1978.

In his fund-raising letter, Bush said Bolanos supported "Republican principles," while Villalobos "has abandoned our party's principles and lost his way." Argenziano bounced the letter back to Bolanos, saying the governor has it precisely backward.
"You are grossly in error in presuming to send me this garbage, especially through my legislative e-mail," she started. She called it "hypocritical and bizarre" for Bush to speak of influence by special interests.
"The governor has a history reflecting accommodation of special interests as evidenced by his agencies' contracts," she said, "and his flexible Republicanism is at odds with both America and actual Republican principles. In his heart of hearts, the governor prefers dictatorship to Democracy."

As head of the Senate Governmental Oversight and Productivity Committee, Argenziano has investigated several privatization deals of the Bush administration. She forwarded a copy of her e-mail to the Tallahassee Democrat.
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In her blunt note to Bolanos, Argenziano said Villalobos is no liberal, citing his support of crime legislation she sponsored.
"Sen. Villalobos has always been for less government and less taxes," she wrote to Bolanos, "so cut the bull."

Argenziano referred to Bolanos as "the light-weight, Kool Aid-drinking toady poseur .... Just what we need to make good public policy: Another blind follower."
She said wealthy special interests, including insurance companies, have pumped $1 million into television advertisements attacking Villalobos in the Miami area.
"And you have the nerve to send a letter like this, talking about standing up to the special interests," she said. "You are either an idiot or an abysmal hypocrite."

[Dinger]

6. What Are Frankenstein-Head's (jebbie) Plans Anyway?

He's not running for gov, or so I heard. Is there any word what his plans are for the future?

[seafan]

7. Make no mistake, he's chomping at the bit to run for prez, but the chimp

has torpedoed any plans for the near term for his little bro. I can just imagine the conversations now between The Decider and The Devious Planner.


Jeb may as well forget it, but he will try to intimidate and forcibly micromanage his way to the *top*.

If anyone wonders what the Jebster would do as *prez*, just look at the disasters he's created and perpetuated in Florida. The entire family is a train wreck for the country and the world, for that matter.

I just hope that Diebold doesn't maintain this family's corrosive national and global influence.

[windbreeze]

8. Sure....the WH is next....

These boys didn't choose to be governors for no reason...
wb

[peekaloo]

9. The Florida Repuke campaign commercials are nauseating in their

references to the Almighty Jeb Bu$h and those who wish to continue his "legacy".

[seafan]

12. "Tom Gallagher. In the Jeb Bush Tradition." Just what we need.

More of the same criminals.

[watercolors]

10. Can hardly wait for KING Jeb to step down from is throne!

Going to celebrate the day he's out of here!

[seafan]

13. You. And. Me. Both. But, wait, Jeb's gotta bleed Florida some more.

It's a spectacle to watch him micromanaging this gubernatorial campaign from any and all angles. Gotta protect and maintain *his legacy*, don'tcha know...


Gotta make sure a friendly puppet is the next installee. Someone who can *make sure* Jeb carries Florida when he runs for prez.

We understand Jeb. It ain't too difficult. We've had 8 years to watch this trainwreck while hearing over and over and over and over and over and over and over that "Jeb, the rock star, is SUCH a POPULAR governor!!!!"


Blech.

[Stinky The Clown]

11. Can a party flip be far behind?