Charlie's Balls

By Zamboni

Okay, this is our last post on Charlie Crist for awhile... at least, until he does something that makes us post again.

We cats were just speculating on whether the last several weeks have humiliated Charlie enough to make him grow a set of — how do you say it? — cojones.

Because if so, and if he chooses to run for the Senate as an Independent come April 30, we know what the newly Ballsy Charlie should say:

"I'm being run out of the Republican Party because I accepted badly needed stimulus money for my state. I did it for Florida's future and for all my constituents. Our economy was suffering. And now that it's improving, I'm pleased to say that I did the right thing.

"Sadly, this is no longer good enough for the extremists who have hijacked the GOP. For them, and for the national party leaders who are afraid to repudiate them, it is not a question of doing the 'right thing,' but the 'right-wing thing.' If you refuse to toe their line — if you take stimulus money or, say, veto a bill that would harm Florida's teachers — well, then you're just not pure enough to be a Republican any more.

"I can remember a time when we could count on the two parties, working together, to govern effectively. But thanks to the intransigence of the Republicans, those days are gone. I run for Senate now as an Independent because we need to send reasonable, rational people to Washington again. Only then can we face our serious issues together and get something done."