Poor, poor Charlie Crist

After leaving the GOP and giggling at the idea of returning money from donors, Charlie Crist is so lonely.

Since he quit his party, Crist says he has discovered that people he thought were friends turned out to be only Republican friends who dropped Crist after he left the GOP.

Crist has lost so many campaign staffers that his sister is now running his third-party effort.

“When you’re not affiliated with a party, it can be very lonely, particularly initially,” Crist told The Hill in an hourlong phone interview.

But shameless hacks like Crist cannot admit that to themselves, so they have to find a villain. Enter...those eeevil righwingers.

“It just became increasingly apparent to me that a segment of the party was drifting so far to the right that it just wasn’t a place where I felt comfortable anymore,” Crist said.

“That level of acrimony and bitterness is what frustrates people today. There is this focus on being loyal to a party over the people, and it’s just wrong,” Crist said.

Also, Charlie didn't seem to mind acrimony and bitterness in politics when he was running negative ads against Marco Rubio in the primary.

At the end of the article, Charlie proves his audacity knows no bounds.

But Crist is unapologetic about his embrace of Obama, who carried Florida with 51 percent of the vote in 2008.

He said accepting stimulus money was “exactly the right thing to do” and that he has no regrets.

Oh, and things are about to get a lot more lonely for poor Charlie - the guy he picked for Florida GOP chair just got himself arrested this morning.

posted by Slublog at 10:31 AM

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