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Diaz-Balart Brothers Take Back Their Endorsements Of Crist In Senate Race
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
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Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) just suffered a setback in his Senate primary, in which he's been the establishment candidate against the more conservative former state House Speaker Marco Rubio -- with two top Florida Congressmen now rescinding their endorsements for Crist.
Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, two brothers who are big names in the Cuban-American Republican community, have now taken back their endorsements -- though they aren't saying exactly why. "We take our endorsements seriously, but the governor knows why we withdrew and he left us with no alternative," said Lincoln Diaz-Balart, who added that he and his brother are unlikely to endorse anyone else in the race.
Lincoln Diaz-Balart also said that the decision was made weeks ago, and is not related to Rubio's numbers in recent polls, which have him either tied or only narrowly trailing Crist.
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ejg3
December 22, 2009 5:10 PM
I wonder if they called Uncle Fidel on how to do a back stab.
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dudeguy
December 22, 2009 5:52 PM
Hee hee hee hee.
Lincoln Diaz-Balart on his tiff with Crist:
"We take our endorsements seriously, but the governor knows why we withdrew and he left us with no alternative."
Paris Hilton on her tiff with Nicole Richie:
"It's no big secret that Nicole and I are no longer friends," Hilton said in a statement Wednesday. "Nicole knows what she did, and that's all I'm ever going to say about it."
(From http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1052425,00.html)
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EH
December 22, 2009 6:12 PM
sounds like a couple of crybabies couldn't get some special treatment.
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AG
December 23, 2009 9:57 AM
So GOP supporters are engaging in a purity contest and now they are not willing to reveal the reasons for a pass or fail of the purity test. Soon no GOP supporter will know the reasons why another GOP supporter no longer supports a particular candidate. So everyone will be left in the dark and not able to make informed decisions on whom to support or not to support and why. This is a recipe for GOP disaster.
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