In Pensacola, Davis lashes out at Crist (FL Gov's race)

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From the Tampa Bay blog

Posted by Alex Leary at 7:35:19 PM on November 6, 2006

Jim Davis went after Charlie Crist in the heart of the latest controversy - Pensacola. Here's what he had to say tonight before nearly 200 people at a Allen Chapel AME Church.

"I heard you all had a guest here today (boos). I'm not the candidate who was invited to that event. Do you realize Charlie Crist has been campaigning standing up with George Bush this entire campaign? Next to the insurance industry, George Bush has probably raised more money for Charlie Crist than anybody else. But now that the president is so remarkably unpopular, once again Charlie Crist refuses to stand up. Friends, the reason I am here is next time if we suffer a hurricane in this state, we do not need a governor who moves in direction the wind blows. We need a governor who stands up for what he believes in every day.

"Charlie said he couldn't join the president in Pensacola because he needed to stay and campaign in Florida. (Loud laughter; Davis shakes hand to show he is serious). "I'm running against the former education commissioner who doesn't know when the FCAT was given. I'm running against a guy who doesn't know who his own member of congress is. And I'm running against a guy who doesn't think Pensacola is part of Florida.

:rofl:

"Charlie Crist should have been here today because there's only two people in the United States of America right now that want to stay the course: George Bush and Charlie Crist."

And from AP

White House aides mocked Crist's choice to duck the Bush rally, which they only learned about on Sunday morning - too late to change the printed schedules that had Crist introducing the president at the rally.

Crist chief of staff George LeMieux said the conservative Pensacola area was so firmly in his camp, and so hard to get to, :eyes: that it made more sense to campaign elsewhere in the state. Said Crist: "I'm glad he's come to our state, but I've got to get around Florida."

Chicken Charlie seems to be getting widespread coverage of ducking out of Pensacola today. Keith Olberman mentioned it tonight on Countdown.

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1. you just can not count on those Cut and Run Repugs!