Rick Scott's Hysterical Medicare Attack

Rick Scott proved in the primary he is willing to use any baseless attack against his opponent. Scott sent out a mailer accusing Bill McCollum of being pro-choice and support gay rights.

"McCollum endorsed pro-abortion and pro-homosexual rights candidate Rudy Giuliani for president in 2008 and was a Giuliani campaign leader in Florida."

McCollum is many things. Being progressive on abortion and gay rights are not one of them.

Scott latest attack is Alex Sink wants to cut Medicare. I cannot even recall Sink ever making a statement on Medicare.

"This will be a contest which presents a clear choice between a conservative outsider with business experience and a specific plan to create 700,000 jobs and another liberal Obamacrat who wants to raise taxes, cut Medicare, and supports Obama’s failed stimulus."

I like to know how as governor Sink would have the power to cut a federal program like Medicare. Medicaid requires states to pay part of the cost. Medicare is federally funded. Unless the Florida constitution gives the governor power over the United States Constitution then Scott is just making this up. Politifact rated Scott's attack false. Scott is just gonna tar opponents with whatever will stick.

Scott also said he will make the extending the Bush tax cuts a campaign issue against Sink.



Does Scott realize the Florida governor does not have a congressional vote or the presidential authority to sign a tax cut extension. Scott is attacking Sink on utter nonsense. The only logical reasoning for these attacks is Scott has such a lack of policy knowledge on state issues that he has to attack Sink on something he knows. We haven't seen Scott attack Sink on collecting BP claims, water management issues, Kidcare, sales taxes or other issues that Florida's next governor would deal with. Does Scott even know what Florida's governor does?

Side note: considering Scott's former health care company Columbia/HCA was forced to pay 1.7 billion to the federal government for Medicare fraud; I don't think he should be attacking Sink on the issue of Medicare.