Feds to look into Sheriff Scott's comment at Palin rally

[Cass]

Source: News-Press

2:02 p.m. update
A federal investigation is being opened into the actions and comments of Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott at a rally for Gov. Sarah Palin in Estero on Monday.

Erica S. Hamrick, senior attorney at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, wrote in to complainant Carl Spackler that due to his complaint, her office will be investigating under the Hatch Act, which governs political activities of certain elected officials.

The complainant stated the sheriff violated that act because the sheriff’s office receives federal money, engaged in political activity while on duty, engaged in political activity while in uniform, wore political buttons while on duty and used political influence or authority to interfere with an election.

(more at link)

Read more: http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/NEWS0107/81006002&s=d&page=3#pluckcomments

[ClayZ]

1. Bravo! K and R

[solanus]

134. I hope Palin and McCain Was Worth The Price

:woohoo:

[tblue]

2. Bwaaaaaaahahaha! What a clown.

[WritersBlock]

3. YES!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[grannie4peace]

4. i just posted about this.

i called them with a complaint & they said send in the evidence-- so ignore my post --- i love you all du:):):):)

[SIMPLYB1980]

5. Woo Hoo!

:woohoo:

[pleah]

6. K&R Good!

:applause:

[FemaleDemfromMass]

7. Good

he deserves it! :rofl:

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

8. Excellent

I had heard on the radio about the incident but was shocked to see on TV last night that he was in uniform.

Thank you "complainant" for reporting him !!!!

[GAtomboy]

9. Love it!!!

Hope his dumbass loses his job!!!

[YDogg]

10. most excellent news

[JonLP24]

11. There isn't much to investigate

He said it on the stump for McCain/Palin, while in uniform. Clear violation of the rules, file charges or do whatever it is that you do in this situation.

[cui bono]

39. And the existing video - with audio - has been broadcast nationwide.

What more do they need?

[safeinOhio]

50. You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say will be misquoted, and then used against you.

[Xithras]

58. No charges for Hatch violations.

Hatch penalties for local employees are simple. The employee must be fired, or the employing agency must forfeit the qualifying federal grants in an amount equal to two years of the employees salary.

Since the guy is an elected sherriff, my guess is that it will be a cash fine against the department.

[marshall]

59. I think they should focus on his participation at the rally in the first place

Not on his use of Obama's full name. That seems to like too hard a thing to prove--did he use it appropriately or inappriately?
Why was he even there in the first place, in uniform, introducting Palin?

[Betsy Ross]

12. Yipee! That's one point for our side.

I was suspicious when I saw him in uniform. Glad to see the Feds are looking into this. That clown needs to be taken down a few notches. Sorry, didn't mean to insult clowns.

[Taverner]

13. Book 'em Dan-O!

[niyad]

14. YES--it's about time the feds did their job when it comes to things like this. I was going

to call the lee county commissioners this morning and complain. this is so much better.

[George II]

24. Call 'em anyway, don't let up on these bastards.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

15. Carl Spackler???

Seriously???

This Carl Spackler?



"So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice."

[SavageDem]

17. Great minds and all that... [NT]

[Tyrone Slothrop]

47. Heh! Nice...

I hate to say it, but I have to wonder if this complaint wasn't lodged by a fake person considering the use of that name...

[SavageDem]

16. "...complainant Carl Spackler"

As in:

So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.

That Carl Spackler?

Oh Mrs. Crane, you're a little monkey woman. Yeah, you're lean, mean, and I bet you're not too far in between are ya. How'd you like to wrap your spikes around my...

[Lost-in-FL]

18. He he...

[D23MIURG23]

54. That graphic is great.

[Lost-in-FL]

103. thanks!

[customerserviceguy]

136. It truly is!

[bdamomma]

101. that graph pretty much covers their shallowness.

[Sukie]

19. I wrote a comment on the Wink site

and mentioned that this should be investigated. A lot of people said the same thing so it is excellent to see that we were all right. He can say whatever he wishes to say, as long as he is not wearing that uniform.

[madfloridian]

20. The calls are running half and half....now THAT is scary.

And I am so ashamed of my state sometimes

[tsuki]

21. Scary, if true. nt

[HillbillyBob]

126. One of the many reasons my partner and I packed up and left

I was a resident of Fort Lauderdale for about 19 years. After spotting jebbies henchmen
putting our ballots in truck mounted shredders in the wee hours of Nov 5 uncounted.
We lived there for another year , all the while complaining to the so called authorities which only got us put on the no fly list, harassed and investigated we moved to a nice redneck area of North Carolina. No drug dealers in front of the house here, no boomboom cars at 3 am, No panhandlers and muggers (mugged 3 times in front of my own place , 3 different places).
No tourists making left turn from the right turn lane.
Almost all of our friends have moved out of Florida too.

[truedelphi]

22. I visited Orlando Florida in 1978 and I decided that I would never return

To any point in Florida for any reason what so ever.

I am just not used to the average Joe or Josie having so much racial hatred, resentment, hostility.

[niyad]

30. I have maintained for years that the state ought to be sawed off at the border, and floated to the

bermuda triangle, where it clearly belongs (after getting my friends out of there, of course)

[truedelphi]

63. I know that feeling. We need to extend a lifeline to Madfloridian as well

I can never get over how sensible she is.

I remember an aunt of mine, who wasn't really troubled by Florida's racism - but gawd she told funny stories about Florida's demographics. When I asked for directions to her house, she said "you will know you have passed from Georgia into Florida because all the cars in Florida are swerving around in their lanes!!"

[ayak9]

89. I say "Thanks, but no thanks" to Fla.

I have a slew of relatives in Pensacola and my brother lives in a house on the beach in Seaside. I vowed I would never set foot in Florida as long as JEB was governor. Is Charlie any better? -Not that our Governor Good-hair here in Texas is any prize.

That sheriff is scary. He looks like he stepped out of Jeff Gannon's military porn web-site.

[Webster Green]

106. I had the mis-fortune to live in Orlando for a few years..

What a fucking shit-hole!

Hope I never wind up in Florida again. :thumbsdown:

[navarth]

122. come on guys, there are lots of good people and good places in Florida. let's not go overboard.

ok? fairness.

[George II]

23. Hot F-ing Dammmmm!!!! About time that the rightwing police state gets some of its own medicine...

....send the bastard to Guantanamo until his trial!!

[liberal N proud]

25. Nail that racist rat bastard to the fucking federal wall

This is the bastard who was inciting racism with the Hessian comment.

FUCKING ASSHOLES!

[bjobotts]

26. He knew what he was implying.Now insteas of sherrif it's the republican anti democratic sherriff

[npincus]

27. YES!

[TheCowsCameHome]

28. Sprinkle some D-Con in his donut box

[navarth]

123. LOL

nice image

[niyad]

29. by the way, did everyone catch his "tag team of sen. mccain and gov palin, the next vice president

and president of the united states"?? loved the way he switched it around. if I were mccain, I think I would start employing a food taster.

[young_at_heart]

31. Sad to see his defenders in the comment section

America has a lot of backward folks, evidently.

[Cass]

40. Yeah, some of the comments there really floored me. nt

[jgraz]

32. Wow, a Repuke breaking the law. What're the odds?

[Critters2]

36. Damn!

:spray:

And it was a nice keyboard, too!

[seafan]

33. Excellent news in the wake of Sarah Palin's hate-fest in Florida yesterday:

Feds to look into Lee County Sheriff Scott's 'Hussein' Obama comment at Palin rally, 2:20pm October 6, 2008

A federal investigation is being opened into the actions and comments of Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott at a rally for Gov. Sarah Palin in Estero on Monday.

Erica S. Hamrick, senior attorney at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, wrote in an e-mail to a third party that her office will be investigating under the Hatch Act, which governs political activities of certain elected officials.

The complainant stated the sheriff violated that act because the sheriff’s office receives federal money, engaged in political activity while on duty, engaged in political activity while in uniform, wore political buttons while on duty and used political influence or authority to interfere with an election.

.....

Here's the story from yesterday:




Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott speaks to a crowd of thousands who gathered at Germain Arena at a rally for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speak on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, in Estero. David Albers/ Staff


Fla. Sheriff Plays The “Hussein” Card At Palin Event; Campaign Calls Remark “Inappropriate”



Accountability is a beautiful thing. Nancy Pelosi should try it some time.



Floridians are fed up and we're not taking it any more.

[skypilot]

43. Jeez. Another scary, bald Republican...

...fucker. If Shrub weren't so unpopular right now, he'd be up there rubbing that asshole's head.

[antigone382]

52. Something is really, really weird about the background of that photo.

It's like a perfectly replicated pattern. It's blurry, but everyone looks perfectly identical. I know it's not uncommon to edit crowd photos to cover up unwanted background pieces or make them more appealing in some way...is that what happened here?

He looks like a cross between Voldemort and that really enthusiastic workout equipment guy from the infomercials.

[TransitJohn]

62. It's totally photoshopped.

The Bushies did it with one of their photo ops they constantly do using the military as props.

[JimDandy]

75. It's all about appearance and attendance.

This has got to be photoshopped - it's way too uniform (no pun intended.) McCain's camp keeps propping up rally attendance numbers in order to look like they're competitive with Obama. They're saying 9000 attended, when the Germaine Arena holds only about 7100 people!! On top of that, Palin's team stated the arena was only 3/4 full. Thst's comes to about 5,300 attendees. Counts by others put the attendance even lower than that.

McCain's campaign mantra is: "If you can't beat him, lie, lie, lie."

[JimDandy]

94. Actually, it might not be photoshopped

Members of both the Barron Collier High School marching band and the dance team entertained the crowd at the rally. Apparently they were seated right behind the speaker's podium.

Why are hundreds of H.S. students being forced to attend a partisan political rally during school hours (11a.m.) instead of being in class? I wonder if the school would send them to an Obama rally, too?

[NCDem60]

96. It's not Photoshopped. The bleachers behind him were

filled with a girls drill team. Matching uniforms seated uniformly in rows. The blurred background is a result of the depth of field of the lens and the quality of its glass.

[antigone382]

100. Thanks for the info.

I noticed the glittery-seeming tops and actually thought something like that might be the case...but I didn't think they would allow a public school marching band/drill team to participate in a partisan event like this...

[LibertyLover]

129. It's Lee County, Florida -

not only did the public school marching band and drill participate in the rally, they probably got extra credit for doing so.

[Politicalboi]

115. I saw that on the TV

And it's I guess female baton twirlers.

[BrklynLiberal]

55. What a skinhead Nazi-looking dude!!!! All he is missing is the tatoos on his face.

[ailsagirl]

65. He looked so repulsive/scary that I instinctively turned down the

volume. What a piece of work

Ugh!! :puke:

[ailsagirl]

81. Ewwww... hate-fest is right!!!

I like to look around the audience (at pro-mcpain rallies) at various people and wonder wtf they're thinking. Or else, I just surmise they're well-programmed. Or ELSE I decide they're just stupid as dirt. That sounds terrible but we can deal with the enemy only by studying that enemy.

[Chovexani]

95. All that was missing from that rally was sheets and hoods

[navarth]

124. right on.

[NBachers]

113. Howdja like to get pulled over by that guy

in the middle of nowhere on some hot Florida midnight? No witnesses but crickets and swamp bullfrogs.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n03a7cLf0M

[louis-t]

132. Yeah, that IS weird. Looks like a marching band.

Where's the halo around his head.:eyes:

[Grinchie]

135. They Used the Politishop 8.0 Everythings Fine Cloning Stamp tool

Get your copy of http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/07/16/fiorepolitishop.DTL&hw=mark+fiore&sn=012&sc=998">Politishop 8.0 today!

I'm pretty sure that the RNC is hiring school kids with a need to pay for their monthly World of Warcraft bill to do all this stuff. All of the really smart people have abandoned ship. I am not dismissing the Intelligence of all Warcraft players, just the griefers, scammers, liars, ninja looters, racists, republicans, idiots..

[Rockholm]

34. Finally, some good news.

[Window]

35. YES!! A thousand times.

:kick:

[Matariki]

37. Hope they look into the guy that yelled 'kill him' as well.

[Faith No More]

38. Cut that bald headed bastard off at the knees. Racist SOB !!!

[BayjanDem]

41. Lee County????

NO WAY. A racist sheriff in Lee County, who knew. :sarcasm:

[greyghost]

42. I know that the Hatch Act is taken VERY SERIOUSLY in DC. I hope

that those who receive federal money are held to the same standards as
federal employees. If that's the case, his ass is grass.

[mod mom]

44. EXCELLENT NEWS!

[msanthrope]

45. Thank you, Carl Spackler, Patriot....n/t.

[april]

46. dont you think we all should send emails ??

[democracy1st]

48. K & R

[BrklynLiberal]

49. YES!!!!

There were many of us who said the same thing about the Hatch Act...I believe demodutch did email the ethics dept in Fla.

There were a couple of threads about that subject last night.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7339142&mesg_id=7339142

[Rosa Luxemburg]

51. I didn't think that sort of behavior was allowed when he was on duty, in uniform

[ksimons]

53. Guess he shouldn'a oughta done that nt

[Obamarama]

56. Schadenfreude is such a beautiful thing! eot

[ailsagirl]

64. They brought it on themselves-- tough luck, loonies

[madmax]

57. K & R

[OakCliffDem]

60. Engaged in political activity while on duty? No ZH!I

Burn the dude with the Hatch Act.

Burn him the ash that he is.

[lonestarnot]

61. Hot diggity dog! He's not going to be able to deny it either!

:applause:

[ailsagirl]

66. Article says that by noon (FL time), over 500 complaints had been

made. The lieutenant on duty stopped counting after that. SO GLAD people called in!! :kick:

[hisownpetard]

71. Absolutely fantastic news!!!!!

[ailsagirl]

76. It's the instant jumping on it that's so critical!! Thanks to those who called in

[hisownpetard]

79. Absolutely.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

67. I knew something was fishy

I've enver seen a police officer come out like that in support of a candidate. That's why the police and fire unions have spokesmen who handle that.

[billyoc]

68. I sent an email to the Sheriff.

[e-mail]

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

Welcome to the Unemployment Compensation Program in the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation. Unemployment insurance provides temporary wage replacement benefits to qualified individuals who are out of work through no fault of their own.

http://www.floridajobs.org/Unemployment/

[Feron]

69. Good.

A police officer should not be engaging in political activities while in uniform or on duty. I don't care who you are campaigning for.

[downindixie]

70. In this case Justice should be swift

to prevent others from doing the same!

[jberryhill]

72. Waiting for the judge......

IT'S A TEN:

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

73. What is their non-emergency phone number?

Would be nice if someone published that here so concerned citizens had a proper place to express their contempt for this contemptious bigot.

And then someone could also begin educating the mouthpiece for the state sheriff's association.

Public apology should be demanded as well as a severe Hatch Act fine.

[Kajsa]

74. Alright! Accountability!

It's about damn time!


:applause:

[TwilightGardener]

77. Oops, Roscoe P. Coltrane done stepped in a pile.

[ann_american2004]

78. damn right and about time

a sheriff speaking like that in uniform--well that's political intimidation by an officer of the law. period.

[trickyguy]

80. So glad to hear about this. He deserves what he gets.

:+

[southern_belle]

82. k & r

:applause:

[ThatsMyBarack]

83. *Can you imagine what this skinhead is like as an actual COP?!*

Do you WANT to?? :yoiks: :hide:

[Rocknrule]

88. He's probably like the cop in the first Harold and Kumar

[williesgirl]

84. Great news. Brazen fucker refused to apologize when asked too! rec'd

[Usrename]

85. Darn right, you betcha!

:rofl:

[speedoo]

86. Fire the redneck POS and put his worthless ass in jail.

This is great news.

[RollWithIt]

87. This is really interesting to me because he's my County Sheriff.. and Lee County is NOT small....

Lee County Florida is actually quite large overall. Fot Myers is the center of the county government. It's not like this is some northern rural county. This is SW Florida, the land of big money retirement homes. Naples is just south in Collier County. These areas do vote Republican though. But even this area is trending to be a more even vote this year around.

Anyways, the funny part is that my favorite morning radio show the Chuck & Zito show on 99X (Rock station) does mostly comedy, but every week they do the "Scumbag of the week" segment. It is always some rapist, murderer, bank robber, wife beater, etc. who is running from the law. Their guest each week for that segment? Sheriff Scott.

[tosh]

118. LOL! Go Chuck & Zito!

I'd love to have heard that!

[RoccoR5955]

90. Nail the rat to the wall! n/t

[wanpete]

91. I can't believe the media didn't call him on this when this video first aired.

the first thing I thought was that he was involving himself in some very unethical behavior, campaigning while in uniform and representing the sheriff's department, which is what he did when he made those comments while in uniform.

I'm glad he's being investigated and I hope he faces the full extent of the law for his decision.

[nashville_brook]

92. it's an implied threat to non-Republicans to have their sheriff offciate a rally in uniform.

ugh -- so glad he's being investigated for this.

[Quantess]

93. These Lee County Sheriffs, always looking for attention...

It is not the first time a Lee County Sheriff has found himself in the national hot seat. Former Sheriff John McDougall twice appeared on the “Today Show,” once denouncing abortion and again to warn tourists away from Lee County, saying it wasn’t safe. In 2000, he was arrested after he left office, when he tried bringing water to dying hospice patient Terri Schiavo in Pinellas Park.

:eyes:

[demo dutch]

97. I posted this last night - he's in violation of the Hatch Act!!! I knew it!!!!

[EnviroBat]

98. BWAAHAHAHAHAH!

Way to go ASSHOLE!

[bdamomma]

99. hey DU'ers did they hear us loud and clear.

yea, Keith is doing a story about Palin and McCain inciting violence ok guys let's keep kicking them hard.

[demo dutch]

102. I was screamin he violated the Hatch Act, and several Du'ers said I was wrong, I WAS F-ING RIGHT

I knew it!!!!

[larf007]

104. bout time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJrxI0uwLxY

[dakdirty]

105. Just wanted to say that as a native born Floridian

I really love my state. Except for the Skinhead cops.

[FlaGatorJD]

117. As another native born Floridian, let me say I love my state too,

but I grew up in the Ft. Myers/Naples area, and this type of behavior has been going on for many years.

Here's a few examples of what occurred in Ft. Myers on election day 2004 at the 10 precinct polls where I was working for
the Florida Democratic Party. These were all in the predominantly African-American part of the city.

1. The voting location was changed within 30-60 days in the Hispanic section, and when the people arrived at the poll,
there was no one there who spoke Spanish, and it just so happened a rent a cop in uniform was near the door.; 2. Of the
10 precincts, all predominantly black, only one poll was run by African-Americans, and the other 9 were run by folks looking a
lot like Sheriff Scott. 3. At one precinct, a woman who appaeared to be officially directing traffic wore a sign saying:
If you vote for Kerry, you have the blood of 10,000 babies on your hands.

Also near the election: 4. When the Supervisor of Elections found out we were
turning in a large number of early votes from this area, she unilaterally decided to cut off early voting. It wasn't until our
legal team contacted her office indicating it was a statewide decision that she decided it might not be a good idea.
5. An author who wrote a negative book about Bush was not allowed to speak at FGCU, because it was political, but the very next
week they welcomed Dick Cheney.

Remember, Florida suffered under Shurb and PNAC member Jethro Bush. It was dark days in Florida, but these Thuglican areas loved it.

On the bright side, I truly believe the work all of us did in 2004, helped to make the Obama dream possible.

[lenegal]

107. I called the Lee County Sheriff Dept and complained

Said that Sheriff was an idiot and nothing more than white racist trash.

[savistocate]

108. Absolutely

If any from Democratic campaign made even slightly similar.

[meowomon]

109. Lee County is very republican and racist

I lived there and dad still does.

[HardWorkingDem]

110. Go read the comments to the paper......some great folks involved...

Thank goodness....

[spag68]

111. How much fun would it be??????

To see these assholes perp walked of to a jail, smelly steel box. Just think, you would hear a quiet sobbig and a strange gasping of air.

[tclambert]

139. Don't think Hatch Act violation leads to jail time

He could be fired, or his department could be required to return any federal subsidies they received. Maybe both.

[Kire]

112. one of three stances? I have a fourth.

"people have one of three stances on this thing: There are those who dislike it, there are those who like it, and there are those who think it’s a whole big deal about nothing, which is where I stand.”


I think it's just stupid.

[Name removed]

114. Deleted sub-thread

Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Politicalboi]

116. Now had he posed

Half nude in uniform we know he would have been fired.

[Dinger]

119. Kick This Fucker's Ass

This shit will be over soon, thank God!

[Lasher]

120. I saw that on TV.

Didn't the jackass actually salute at the podium?

[pitchforksandtorches]

121. DO SOMETHING! Send it to the local newspapers, nat'l blogs etc.

John “Country Last” McCain and Sarah Palin held some truly hate filled rallies on Monday. Here’s a montage from McCain’s hatefest 2008
During this rally, a McCain supporter answers the question posed by Senator Country Last, “Who is the real Barack Obama?” The unmistakable answer: terrorist!
Palin says nothing.
But the current political environment does not excuse remaining silent when a candidate for president is referred to as a “terrorist” in your presence. A desire to win does not excuse remaining silent during a threat on the life of a U.S. Senator at one of your rallies. There are no excuses for evil such as this. John McCain and Sarah Palin, the GOP and all who support them have lost all rights to legitimate argument.
Then we have a Palin fan get real ugly:
Worse, Palin’s routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric’s questions for her “less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media.” At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, “Sit down, boy.”

[navarth]

125. to call this guy an APE

would be an insult to all apes.

[kleec]

127. It's so sad to see

an election that stoops to this level. It is insulting to thinking people all over the country. My parents lived in Florida, I visited occasionally but found the intense racism there to be difficult to experience. This sheriff and his employers really need to read up on the Hatch Act. He has every right to have and voice his opinion, however, not when he is in uniform, on duty and his agency is receiving federal funds.

:dem:

[livetohike]

130. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[sonias]

128. k&r

:kick:


Sonia

[axesup]

131. Sheriff socksucker

He's playing all innocent in this press release... http://www.sheriffleefl.org/news/gendetails.aspx?id=5666

Lipstick on a pig, anyone?

I hates republicans.

[CADEMOCRAT7]

133. Great ! Someone is taking action. Thanks for the post. n/t

[RagingInMiami]

137. It's ironic

That there is so much hatred for Florida on this thread on the basis that there is so much hatred in this state.

It should be noted that Obama is leading in the polls down here, which puts it in the position to propel Obama to the presidency.

[colsohlibgal]

138. This Makes My Day

That smarmy Nazi looking dude irritated me no end.

[SunDrop23]

140. You can look at the guy and tell he is a douche. (nt)

[ElsewheresDaughter]

141. here's the video of the asshole speaking in unifornm at the Palin rally

http://www.youtube.com/v/jMyM4ypBoYc