[FL] My Theory Behind Rick Scott's Unpopularity

[Jeezy]

So there's a lot of Rick Scott bashing on this site, and as a Florida resident, I suspect I know why. One word: teachers. Ever since he passed the Student Access Act, which was a very necessary piece of legislation, the Florida Education Association has been on a monkey on Rick Scott's back, and they've done their best to take students with them. The bill can be found here:

Senate Bill 0736 (2011) - The Florida Senate


Trust me...I'm a product of Floridian public education. When teachers have a gripe, they tell their students, and they cast themselves in a very favorable light. And once they have the students, a whole range of student-pet issues comes into the fray:

Suddenly Rick Scott is the "anti-environment" candidate because he blocked an AmTrak project of questionable necessity. Suddenly Rick Scott is the oil candidate because he expressed middling support for off-shore drilling.Never mind that his position on off-shore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has consistently been safety first and that he openly said "we're not going to do it in the foreseeable future because it's unsafe." ...Rick Scott is still painted with the oil-candidate brush.

Suddenly, Rick Scott is the heartless candidate because his budget has education cuts and veteran health-care privatization. We're a deficit state. We need SOME budget cuts. West Virginia and Connecticut ran budget surpluses in 2010. You know how they did it? With cuts.

Drug testing for welfare recipients? Rick Scott is a hypocrite who hates the poor.

For god's sake, people, give this man some credit for his actual accomplishments. The two bills above, along with

House Bill 0353 (2011) - The Florida Senate
Senate Bill 0408 (2011) - The Florida Senate
Senate Bill 2100 (2011) - The Florida Senate

have all been successes. He's not a "bad" governor by any stretch of the imagination. His poll numbers have far more to do with the influence of the people he's pissed off than his legitimate upsides.

 

[liblady]

he's a crook, plain and simple. it's a shame that he was elected.

 

[Jeezy]

he's a crook, plain and simple. it's a shame that he was elected.

What does the HCA scandal have to do with his track record as a governor?

 

[Gina]

he's a crook, plain and simple. it's a shame that he was elected.

Exactly my perception having nothing to do with teachers.

 

[Jeezy]

Exactly my perception having nothing to do with teachers.

I repeat: WHAT does that have to do with his track record as governor?

 

[tessaesque]

Poor Jeezy; a thought-out thread and only vague responses...

I'm not up to speed on gov Scott, but it seems like almost every argument against him has to do with his hypocrisy. Seems like a poor basis, given the nature of politicians.