How can the guy who Took ‘Responsibility’ For Largest Medicare Fraud In History be up by 6 pts?

[mod mom]

Rasmussen Poll: GOPer Scott Leads By 6 In FL-GOV Race

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/rasmussen-poll-goper-scott-leads-by-6-in-fl-gov-race.php

Rick Scott Insists He Took ‘Responsibility’ For Largest Medicare Fraud In History

Last night, during an appearance on CNN, Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott defended his stewardship of Columbia/HCA, a large for-profit hospital chain that pled guilty to 14 felonies and paid $1.7 billion in criminal and civil fines for defrauding Medicare. Scott explained that he invested his life savings in the business to “built the largest health provider in the world” and stressed that he “took responsibility for what went wrong”:

SCOTT: And what I tell people is, you know, when you’re in business, anything that goes wrong, you should take responsibility if you’re the CEO. I do. The difference is let’s think about where we are in the state. We have the highest unemployment on record. We have almost 50 percent of our home owns under water on their mortgages. We’re walking into a five-plus billion dollar deficit. Has any politician in the state taken responsibility for putting us in this position? No. What I tell people all the time is I’m a business person. I know, you know, you put up your money, you try to build your companies and you take responsibility for what goes wrong. I do. When I’m governor, I hope nothing goes wrong. If it does, I’ll show up, I’ll take responsibility and I’ll fix it.

Watch it:

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/08/26/scott-responsibility-fraud/

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?

[WI_DEM]

1. because that is a Rasmussen Poll--look at all the other recent polling:

Pollster Dates N/Pop Scott Sink Chiles Other Undecided Not Voting Margin
Rasmussen 10/18/10 750 LV 50 44 - 6 - - +6R
Suffolk 10/14-17/10 500 LV 38 45 - 2 13 - +7D
Susquehanna 10/12-13/10 2000 LV 45 48 - - 6 - +3D
PPP (D) 10/9-10/10 448 LV 41 46 - - 14 - +5D

[mod mom]

4. still he shouldn't even be in double digits!

who let him off the hook?...

Scott was never charged and left Columbia/HCA with $10 million in severance and stock valued at $300 million

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-05-20/news/fl-rick-scott-governor-hca-20100520_1_medicare-fraud-case-hospitals-in-el-paso-hospital-giant-columbia/2

He deserves to be behind bars but instead is running for Jeb Bush's former job. UFB!

[mod mom]

11. Realclear Politics is calling it a toss up

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/governor/fl/florida_governor_scott_vs_sink_vs_chiles-1607.html

This should be a slam dunk against this thug.

[HopeHoops]

2. Sorry, but this requires me to once again post a scene from "Blazing Saddles" (21 seconds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHJbSvidohg&p=7688150A43BB5100&playnext=1&index=22

[sharp_stick]

5. I love that movie

Harvey Korman and the gang can always make me laugh.

[truebrit71]

10. Brilliant! Love that movie...

...

[librechik]

3. He did his time (sulking by the pool) so everybody just shut up!

[JCMach1]

6. Rasmussen is full of shite on this one...

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. I thought Alex was leading. This is a Ras poll... n/t

[displacedvermoter]

8. How Can the Former Head oF Fannie Mae

get named NSA by President Obama?

It is all very troubling.

[unblock]

9. CLAIMING to take resposibility is not remotely the same thing as ACTUALLY taking responsibility

CLAIMING to take responsibility is actually simply BOASTING about being magnanimous and in a position of authority.

"hey, look at me, i'm the ceo! look at me, i'm 'taking responsibility' for things that happened while i was in charge! did i do jail time or pay a fine or somehow apologize and make my victims whole? no, but i'm 'taking responsibility'! what a guy i am!"

getting fired when caught is not "taking responsibility".

[WinkyDink]

12. GREAT SLOGAN! "When I’m governor, I hope nothing goes wrong."

[librechik]

13. Sadly, our Congress is for sale to the highest spender

And it's only by superlative effort that us penniless citizens can gain a tiny bit of influence. And it's not going to get easier.

[billlll]

14. Prison not fine, for all those crimes. FELONY-does it mean jailable crime?

So what does felony mean nowadays?

[RaleighNCDUer]

16. It was my impression that pleading guilty to a felony (or a number of

felonies) means you are a felon. Doesn't Florida law prohibit felons from voting? So this guy can run for governor, but can't vote for himself?

How about allowing felons to vote, but prohibiting them from holding public office? Wouldn't that make a whole lot more sense?

[RaleighNCDUer]

15. Funny - I didn't see "I'm a convicted felon" anywhere in there. nt