Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Crist, Jr.is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th Governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 July 1956
CityAltoona, PA
CountryUnited States of America
strong mean florida
President Obama has a strong record of doing what is best for America and Florida, and he built it by spending more time worrying about what his decisions would mean for the people than for his political fortunes.
party republican left
I didn't leave the Republican Party. It left me.
pain ideas bully
As a former lifelong Republican, it pains me to tell you that today's Republicans - and their standard-bearers, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan - just aren't up to the task. They're beholden to 'my way or the highway' bullies, indebted to billionaires who bankroll ads and allergic to the very idea of compromise.
brain use scientist
I’m not a scientist either, but I can use my brain, and I can talk to one,
issues important safe
You know, as attorney general, there's no issue more important than making sure you are safe, that your families are safe.
party left
DiCaprio left the party with 20 women? I did that in 2012!
oil issues president
When I was a Republican governor, he was obviously a Democratic president, but on issue after issue after issue, President Obama was very helpful to us in education, in the environment, with the handling of the BP oil spill.
office dollars said
Crist noted that his office has received multiple fraud complaints in which potential buyers said they lost thousands of dollars. I don't know if we've seen anything of this exact nature before, .. We won't tolerate it.
years trying dozen
Hurricane Charley is the worst natural disaster to befall our state in a dozen years, and it is unthinkable that anyone would try to take advantage of neighbors at a time like this,.
optimistic men way-forward
I'm here tonight, not as a Republican, not as a Democrat, but as an optimistic American who understands that we must come together behind the one man who can lead the way forward in these challenging times: my president, our president, Barack Obama!
believe mean heart
It's more important to promote a culture of life. What I mean by that is that I believe what we need to do is not change the law, but change hearts.
simple thinking psychology
I've decided to do it, for the pure and simple reason that I just think it's the right thing to do.
saws republican activist
I was a Republican, and I saw the activists and what they were doing; it was intolerable to me.
party men optimism
Half a century ago, Ronald Reagan, the man whose relentless optimism inspired me to enter politics, famously said that he didn't leave the Democratic Party; the party left him. I can certainly relate. I didn't leave the Republican Party; it left me.