It’s not exactly on the level of Sarah Palin’s 2008 clothing controversy, but in the spirit of harping on equal opportunity wardrobe scandals maybe we should point out that senate candidate Connie Mack charged about $470 in clothes from Brooks Brothers to his campaign. The Buzz points out that would…
It’s not Saturday night, but apparently the time is right for fighting between Elton John and Gov. Rick Scott. In his upcoming memoir, Sir Elton criticizes the unpopular pol for attempting to cut funds to Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program. Elton even wrote a letter to the governor, and the response…
Yesterday, Florida’s lieutenant governor, Jennifer Carroll, laughed off accusations that she was caught in her office with a female aide between her legs by saying, “Usually black women that look like me don’t engage in relationships like that.” That remark has enraged black women who engage in relationships like that…
There’s never been a Floridian anywhere close to getting in the White House, and it appears Marco Rubio will not be running as vice president this year. Following earlier reports that he wasn’t even being seriously considered by Mitt Romney for the spot, bits of Romney’s supposed VP shortlist had…
Floridians were reminded of the existence of Rick Scott’s Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll this past week when a former aide claimed she saw Carroll in a sexually “compromising position” with a female employee.When asked about the accusations by a Tampa TV station, Carroll laughed off the claims, poked fun at…
See also “Connie Mack Now Leads Bill Nelson by Nine Points in Major Reversal.”Yesterday, a Rasumussen Reports poll indicated that Republican challenger Rep. Connie Mack IV had taken a commanding nine-point lead in the the race against incumbent Senator Bill Nelson.But not so fast. A new poll released today shows…
With Rick Scott’s dismal approval ratings, Democrats from all corners of the state are salivating over the chance to take him on in 2014. Jimmy Morales, the former chairmen of the Miami-Dade County Commission and the man who lost the mayoral race to Carlos Alvarez in 2004, has announced he’s…
While polling in Florida of the presidential race has fluctuated, the polling in our Senate race had been pretty consistent: Incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson was kicking ass.Well, no more, at least according to one poll. Rasmussen Reports shows that, in a major shift, Republican challenger Rep. Connie Mack IV is now leading Nelson…
In a stunning series of accusations, Florida’s lieutenant governor, Jennifer Carroll, was allegedly caught in a compromising sexual position with a top female aide.Of course, the claims are coming from a former Carroll staffer who was fired and is facing third-degree felony charges for illegally taping Carroll’s conversations and supplying…
América TeVe, the little Spanish-language, Hialeah Gardens-based scored a big interview with President Barack Obama, and it’s causing a major controversy.Obama told reporter Oscar Haza that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has not posed a “serious national security impact” to America in the past few year. Prominent Republicans including Florida Senator…
The Republican National Convention is coming to Tampa Bay in August, and along with it will comes thousands of protestors. Women’s rights group Code Pink, which isn’t shy about causing a commotion, is already planning its protest and is asking members to “bring their vagina to the RNC.” Yes, they’re…
This past March, a secret memo from the anti-gay marriage group the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) leaked. It underlined plans to make “support for [traditional] marriage [editor: in their language, that means opposition to gay marriage] a key badge of Latino identity.” Of course, it’s odd that a group…
First Lady Michelle Obama is stopping into town tomorrow, when she will speak to supporters of her husband’s re-election campaign at Barbara Goleman Senior High in Miami Lakes. However, two members of the Miami-Dade School Board, both registered Republicans, are taking issue with the event.”Don’t these liberals have boundaries?” member…
Despite the Christian Family Coalition’s regular habit of hurling hate-fueled messages towards the LGBT community and tirelessly working to strip gays of even the most basic rights, spineless local politicians desperate for any vote continue to legitimize the group by courting its members.Miami Gardens Mayor Shirley Gibson is currently running…
Among the placards lining the streets ahead of the August 14 elections, you might have noticed a blue-and-red poster with the name “De Yurre.” If that rings a bell, there’s a good reason: 59-year-old Victor De Yurre is the same guy who escaped a parade of investigations during his eight-year…
This Fourth of July, a collection of America’s most race-baiting off-their-meds pizza-gropey prominent right-wingers will beam from Las Vegas the sure-to-be-epic “Defeat Barack Obama Telethon.” Think “We Are the World, but without all the talk about saving Africa, and a whole lot of talk about how our president is from…
Another month, another one of Rick Scott’s controversial laws struck down by a federal court. This time around it’s a strange NRA-backed provision that banned doctors from asking patients about owning a gun. A Miami-based federal judge had already placed an injunction on the law, and last week struck it…
Last Thursday, Supreme Court Justice John Roberts tore off his black robe to reveal a dashiki and bongos. At least, that’s how conservatives are portraying the George W. Bush-appointed judge’s tie-breaking decision to rule President Barack Obama’s health-care mandate constitutional. The upshot: Young folks will have to pay for health…
See also “Obamacare Is American As Apple Pie and Free Speech” and “Obamacare Ruled Constitutional by Supreme Court; Sorry, Pam Bondi.”This is nothing even close to Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) erupting into shrieks of joy upon learning of false reports that the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act was…
In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has upheld President Obama’s health-care mandate, with Chief Justice John Roberts casting the surprising, deciding vote that the sweeping reform is constitutional. The ruling is a blow to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who spearheaded the first national court challenge to Obama’s legislation…
Read also, “Rush Limbaugh is Pissed Obama Referred to Miami ‘Heats'” and “Obama in Miami Beach: Gives Props to the Heat, Takes Shots At Romney.”Maybe it’s the Marc Anthony effect. Maybe it hasn’t sunk in yet that President Obama accidentally called our local NBA champs the “Heats.” Or maybe, everyone…
Read also “New Voting Laws Could Take Out Barack Obama This Fall,” “Department of Justice to Florida: Stop Purging Voters” and “The Daily Show Rips Rick Scott’s Voter Registration Laws.”Rick Scott’s partisan purge of voters from Florida’s rolls a few months before a major election — a move that has…
