In Florida as midterm nears, the oranges hang low right down there with the politicos

Calamondins grow well in Florida, in a container or in the ground. They ripen late in the season in our area, and they have a lemony taste. We like to put small slices in our tea.In the nation’s fourth largest state, we are beginning to see some types of oranges ripen. Those on my Satsuma are heavy with pulp and juice—I had to prop one limb on the bottom up to make sure the fruit didn’t rest on the ground. Hanging even lower than those small tasty fruits are a few select politicos.

Start with the Florida commissioner arrested for ballot fraud. Fox News in Orlando has details on that sorry state of affairs—we can thank Volusia County Supervisor of Elections Ann McFall for doing her job properly and being responsible for the oversight our federal government fails at so pathetically. The commissioner who’s been charged doesn’t have a political party specified in news accounts—that tells me he’s probably not a Republican or that would have been the first word in the headline.

Sizzling through the blogosphere with the speed of an electronic voting machine is the story about former President Bill Clinton who could be called “The Contractor.” First he allegedly tried to sway Rep. Joe Sestak into dropping out of the Pennsylvania Democrat Primary so Dem turned Republican turned Dem Sen. Arlen Specter wouldn’t have competition.

Now Clinton’s been wheezing—doesn’t he sound sort of wheezy to you?—around Florida in an attempt (allegedly) to get fellow Democrat Rep. Kendrick Meek to drop out of the race so Republican turned no-party-affiliate turned closet Democrat Gov. Charlie Crist could presumably beat Republican Marco Rubio in the US Senate race. 

Meek, who has supported President Barack Obama’s policies and desired legislation 100 percent, apparently said no and that shows Meek has got more sense than the Dems thought he did. Had Meek dropped out he probably could’ve kissed his political career goodbye although he’d still have a bright future in the lobbying arena. That is a fam tradition.

As for Clinton I figure the first words his late mama heard him say were, “I did NOT…”

Meanwhile newspapers in The Sunshine State are right down there with the politicos, once again giving chief financial officer Alex Sink a complete pass for cheating, after she was caught red-handed reading a message from a staffer on her smartphone during her last debate with Republican Rick Scott. That tilted her halo a bit in the eyes of Main Street, but reporters tossed it off because so many newspapers have endorsed her, a reminder that you really can’t trust most of poli-class media allied with big government interests.

There’s no way to tell what will happen between now and Tuesday. All I can say is I am going to vote this afternoon and I’m taking family members with me.

 I’ve even encouraged my Democrat loved ones to vote, although I explained I would completely understand if they wanted to take a break and sit this one out, considering the level Democrats have fallen to of late, right down there in the dirt lower than my Satsuma branch lovingly propped up with a big RED brick a few yards away from my Marco Rubio for US Senate sign. (Commentary by Kay B. Day/Oct. 29, 2010)