For top CPAC blogger, life can’t get more bizarre than ‘Shark-Gate’ in Broward

Javier Manjarres' website 'The Shark Tank' won CPAC's Blogger of the Year Award.Javier Manjarres has built his website The Shark Tank into an influential voice in conservative political circles, first in Florida and then expanding the reach to the national arena. Manjarres’ work was recognized when he won the CPAC Blogger of the Year Award.

So I have to say I was speechless to learn that some members of the Broward Republican Executive Committee filed what Manjarres said is a  “false police incident report” accusing him of—this is the extremely bizarre part—“wiretapping.”

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Brief video shows Breitbart apparently endorsing Meek over Crist

Screen Snip/Marco Rubio addresses CPAC 2010. [Kay B. Day]Javier Manjarres at The Shark Tank is the man with the cam and the blog. I have to say he covers the ground when it comes to candidates and politicos. Now he’s managed to shoot new media mogul Andrew Breitbart in what is apparently an endorsement of Florida Democrat Kendrick Meek in the US Senate race—Meek when compared to Gov. Charlie Crist, that is. At the moment, former Speaker of the Florida House Marco Rubio (GOP) is the frontrunner in the 3-way.

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Stone on Rubio challenge in Senate race: Crist is a ‘champion fundraiser’

Updated on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 8:14PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Activist and columnist Javier Manjarres landed an interview with Roger Stone, exploring the Rubio-Crist battle and assorted Florida political issues.Roger Stone never pulls punches when he’s talking politics. Javier Manjarres, founder of the Conservative Republican Alliance and a columnist for Red County, quizzed Stone about the Rubio-Crist battle and other political issues during a recent interview. Manjarres focused on one issue dear to grassroots conservative hearts—Marco Rubio’s battle for the nomination to oppose a Democrat in the race for retiring senator Mel Martinez’s seat. Stone also responded to questions about the current state of Republican politics in The Sunshine State and the clear ideological divide between grassroots and leadership.

Stone is an informational gem when it comes to political interviews—I’ve often said he is a walking encyclopedia on politics, both Democrat and Republican. He’s the guy statists love to hate and strategists and media love to call on. His predictions are usually spot on—most recently he predicted Martinez would retire weeks before anyone else thought about it.

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