Florida's Governor Crist accused of assaulting atheist

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Permalink Reply by Greta K. on March 9, 2010 at 6:49pm

As tempting as it is to believe this story, the last part just seems fishy. Christ is an experienced politician and I doubt would have reacted so viscerally. He could have just kept walking and ignored the atheist, which is what so many politicians do, verses a confrontational approach where he loses his cool.

Permalink Reply by Lord Scarab on March 9, 2010 at 7:24pm

Well I have so far read this on several news forums, so at this point it looks like, for some reason, he just "lost his cool" with this atheist. It is amazing what ends up setting people off so I would not be surprised about anything.

I will keep an eye out for more info

Permalink Reply by Lord Scarab on March 12, 2010 at 12:47am

Well this is all I have found so far, have to admit my skepticism is growing

Did Florida Governor Charlie Crist Have Run-In With an Atheist?
http://www.opposingviews.com
"Earlier this week, we reported on an incident that occurred in Florida between an atheist, Michael Middlebrooks, and Governor Charlie Crist, who is also a Senatorial candidate. (You can read that post here.)

Where is the media coverage beyond the atheist Web Pages? Some atheists have stated a skeptical view of this incident without proof. As Hemant Mehta says in his Friendly Atheist Blog, “But you mean to tell me Crist — a Republican candidate for Senate — attacked someone he was talking to while on the campaign trail and there were no cameras around?”"

Permalink Reply by Phil Cook on March 9, 2010 at 10:16pm

Atheists are the most hated minority because they aren't afraid to state what the religious are afraid to admit.

Permalink Reply by Bill Jester on March 10, 2010 at 1:33pm

Crist is a closet-case.

Permalink Reply by Limber Lightfoot on March 12, 2010 at 1:38am

The disturbing part of this story, for me, isn't that he lashed out at an atheist, it's that a senate candidate really thinks that posting a letter to Santa, sorry, posting a letter to God will act as some kind of hurricane prevention measure. It's just scary that this dude might have some actual power one day.