Putnam's bandwagon grows
U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam is adding to his hefty list of supporters in his bid for agriculture commissioner. This time it's three well-known Republican names. His 2010 campaign announced today endorsements from former state GOP chairmen Tom Slade and Carole Jean Jordan and Republican National Committeeman Paul Senft.
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I'm voting for Baker
Posted by: The guy with the ? suit | November 12, 2009 at 03:44 PM
Baker won't be in the race. Even he knows that his $200k won't beat Putnam's over $1 million that they each have right now. Putnam may or may not win the general, but Baker has no shot in the primary.
Posted by: n da no | November 12, 2009 at 04:24 PM
POOR IGNORANT AMERICANS
It is NOT a Republican problem, it is NOT a Democrat problem, it IS an AMERICAN problem!
The way to FIX the problem, TERM LIMITS ON CONGRESS. These neer-do-wells that get elected to Congress FOR LIFE is the problem. The REASON they spend their LIFE in Congress, is that they are NOT fit to do ANYTHING in the PUBLIC sector.
Congress is the WELFARE system for the RICH and STUPID!
KNOW THE TRUTH!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_longevity_of_service
Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is portrayed at the very end of the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, and in the 2001 film Pearl Harbor, as saying after his attack on Pearl Harbor, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
WAKE UP YOU SLEEPING GIANT, the threat is from WITHIN!
"Gentlemen, we have just kicked a rabid dog." This would have been a tactical metaphor and not intended as an insult, since he was generally fond of America and Americans.
Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Let's show them what a rabid dog can do!
Military-industrial complex
President of the United States (and former General of the Army) Dwight D. Eisenhower used the term in his Farewell Address to the Nation on January 17, 1961:
A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction...
This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of the federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Posted by: Jim | November 12, 2009 at 06:55 PM
Putnam is out, he will never win the big seat. Baker may get beat in the primary, but Maddox will beat Bush's half brain in the general.
Posted by: See | November 12, 2009 at 08:04 PM
Adam "Opie" Putnam is all that is wrong with the RPOF and nationwide. He sucks, and will just harm Florida more than he did in congress. Look at some of the losers he has already picked, Trey McNutley er McCarley, loser. Terry Rhodes Bronsons Judas, he already promised her her current job in which she thrashed Bronson's legacy. She needs to be thrown out with all of the rest of the capitol crap in Plaza 10. Word is Bronson is going to show her the door next week for conduct un-becoming.
Posted by: Michael | November 12, 2009 at 08:22 PM