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‘Are You Clueless…?‘ Florida Reporter Stuns GOP Governor With ’Insulting’ Questions

Are You Clueless...? Florida Reporter Stuns GOP Governor With Insulting QuestionsMichael Putney has been a fixture in Miami media for over thirty years. With so many years of experience one wonders if Putney should have expected his questions sent to Florida Governor Rick Scott before an upcoming interview to be rejected for being “insulting.”

It‘s fair to say Putney’s questions are not as civil as one would usually expect to see in an interview between a state governor and a seasoned journalist. They include words such as “clueless.” So, should the governor be willing to roll with the punches? Did Putney intend to be taken seriously, or purely look get a rise out of the new governor? Let’s look before you decide.

Putney’s comments on the matter in the Miami Herald:

“Gov. Rick Scott, a regular on Fox News and lately a chatterbox on friendly AM radio stations in Florida, finally agreed to sit down with me for an interview, for which I was grateful, what with my suspect ‘lamestream’ media credentials. To kick start the conversation I even broke with journalistic tradition and sent the governor the questions in writing. Ordinarily, this is a no-no, but he’s still relatively new to doing interviews. I had hoped he wouldn’t get into that 700,000-jobs-in-seven-years riff. As Politifact noted the other day, he’s done OK with job creation though his claims are a bit exaggerated.

Maybe I was a bit too direct in my questions. On Tuesday, the governor’s communications director Steve McNamara cancelled the interview, calling some of my questions ‘insulting.’”

In the interest of transparency Putney posted in his column six of the questions he presented to the governor’s communications staff. Each question took up a small paragraph of page space, but some of Putney’s most aggressive lines can be found in his first question to Scott:Are You Clueless...? Florida Reporter Stuns GOP Governor With Insulting Questions

“Are you clueless when it comes to accepting money from Washington? You turned down $2.4 billion for that high-speed rail line from Tampa to Orlando and $19 million more to lay the groundwork in Florida for healthcare reform. Yes, I know you think President Obama’s a European-style socialist (or worse) who never met a payroll, but the money you’re telling Washington to keep is just going to other states. Like Texas with your buddy, Gov. Rick Perry, who evidently has no qualms about accepting it. Those federal dollars are largely tax money that Floridians sent to Washington. A lot of us want it back for useful, productive programs. What’s your idea of a productive government program?”

Putney further pressed Scott on his choice of who to let in to a budget signing ceremony:

“What were you thinking when you signed the new state budget at a ceremony sponsored and staged by the Republican Party of Florida where only tea partiers and other true believers were let in and nonbelievers were kicked out? You later said you just showed up at the Villages and didn’t know demonstrators had been ordered to leave, but that’s a lame excuse. Are you the governor of all Floridians or just for Republicans and the Tea Party? That 29 percent approval rating tells me that most Floridians don’t think you’re on their side. Whose side are you on?”

The media is expected by many to act as the “Fourth Estate,” holding the three branches of government accountable for their actions. That said, do you think Putney’s questions were appropriate? Putney writes his questions were not aimed at insulting the governor, just “tough questions during tough times.”

But where’s the line between tough and disrespectful?

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  • NHwinter
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:24pm

    I look forward to the day when reporters ask the President and all the Democrates/Socialists/Progressives/Marxists really blunt, hard questions. Will that ever happen????
    Let’s not hold our breadth waiting for that to happen.

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    • mils
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 8:23pm

      I question why reporters do not realize that if we become a socialists state they will be the first ones clamped down on.

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    • FormerLib
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 8:54pm

      **WALKWITHME1966
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:46pm
      Those are valid questions – what is the problem? http://wp.me/pYLB7-196**

      Those were not questions. They were accusations, wrapped in partisan demagoguery and dolled up with a question mark at the end. I’d have told them to stuff it as well.

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    • jzs
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 10:17pm

      Rick Scott was elected, immediatly cut taxes for corporations, then proceeded to eliminate public service jobs and cut programs for the poor. Reduce revenue by giving the rich more money, and taketh away from the poor.

      Florida gets it now. The next governor will be a Democrat, that much is for certain.

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    • teapartyguardian
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 10:33pm

      Putzney finally revealed what a liberal dope we all thought he was!

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    • lobster
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 11:41pm

      Remember, those are MATCHING funds with strong strings attached. He did right in telling Obummer to stuff the funds for “high speed rail”.

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    • kraphtsman
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:08am

      This doddering fossil obviously has a few axes to grind with the much younger (and Republican) Governor. What an arrogant old fool Putney is. I love it when these clueless lamestream media hacks get so worked up and reveal their truly biased (and IGNORANT) “progressive” mindset. They absolutely HATE to see any conservative solutions to real problems, ESPECIALLY when it involves cutting the cost to TAXPAYING WORKERS at the “expense” of their beloved government union and welfare leaches.

      I think it would be appropriate if the Governor’s office made it official… this decrepit old liberal (and his TV station) shouldNEVER be given another chance to directly address ANY questions to the Governor. Period. He’s nothing more than a bitter, old partisan hack !!

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    • cemerius
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:12am

      JZS what are YOU clueless? Just know this if you vote for a Dem here in Florida my Vote will counter yours……

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:32am

      No kidding! They can sure throw the “hardball” questions at a Republican or Conservative, but give ODumber a pass on everything he does. Remember when one lone reporter had the gall to stand up and ask ODumber if he and his family planned to sign up for the Obamacare health plan when it was available? All that reporter got was the “imperial stare” and no answer.

      Those gutless reporters should have asked that question at EVERY press conference until the lying SOB answered it–and admitted to the whole wolrd that he and his “royal family” had no intention of going on Obamacare–that was just for the peasants, not for royalty like him! At LEAST they could have insisted that he admit that, instead of giving him a “pass” on that and every other hard question they SHOULD have asked him.

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    • naed5048
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:31am

      JZS so you think Florida will go communist? what a dope you are. Maybe the whole state can be like Detroit, New York and California. Where democraks rule.. and set an example

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    • chazman
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 6:24am

      Democrat Party? What Democrat Party? It’s the Liberal Marxist Party! Democrat’s disappeared a long time ago!

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    • txbigfoot
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:09am

      Excellent comment. The press will never grow any balls to ask the man child those questions. That is the simple answer. He pits and walks out of a budget meeting.. oh please. Grow up Barry.

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    • jptrucker
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:28am

      Of course they won’t ask the Dear leader those types of questions.The teleprompter won’t have the answers….nor will he.

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    • Poogie
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:12pm

      That will never happen. The MSM is so beyond in their progressive agenda that they are delusional to be respectful towards anyone who disagrees with them.

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:10pm

      What a d***k!

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    • MartyTr
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:37pm

      I asked a reporter at a Tea Party protest at a Boxer fundraiser that question!! “When are you going to start investigating the marxists in the Obama administration” He ignored me. No freedom of speech, press or religion under communism.

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    • frjimr
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:58pm

      Actually, I think the governor should have answered that first question, at least. He would have had an opportunity to expose the strings that are attached to Washington money.

      Inhave toi question the commoin sense of the inteviewer. This was obviously an “attack interview,” without much oif a higher purpose. What kind of response did he expect?

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  • hologram5
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:23pm

    These sorry azz excuses for journalists just crack me up. They are worthless when all they do is copy/paste from AP and the likes. There hasn’t been any real “investigative” journalism in a decade or more now with the digital age.

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    • panz
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:31pm

      how about since woodward and bernstein?

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:46pm

      Those are valid questions – what is the problem? http://wp.me/pYLB7-196

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    • 70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:48pm

      We in the TEA PARTY need to start following these media hacks around like Jesse Waters does for Fox. Camera and accountable questions to embarrass, humiliate and give them a piece of their own medicine. We would soon show their own bias and hypocrisy in their living style. Or are we going to sit on our buts and continue to get smacked around by the media.

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    • HKS
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:53pm

      Use his script and ask Obummer the same questions.

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    • Sound The Trumpet In Zion
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:54pm

      You are right on about the sorry azz excuses. Besides these were not questions at all but derogotory statements that he made. This is a pi** poor excuse for a journalist even when compared to nothing but the other pi** poor excuses of journalists.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:00pm

      My, my he’s sensitive if condescension rocks his boat.

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    • Rightsofman
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:07pm

      There are questions and there are accusations framed as questions as the two questions in question illustrate.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:09pm

      Seems like so many journalists are from the “gotcha school” kinda like that Bashir guy.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:23pm

      Yes, they did, News of the World had investigative reporters, and the world wined and cried until they were shut down.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:27pm

      A “journalist” calling somebody clueless? That’s rich.

      I‘d like to see where the good ol’ journalism major falls in average SAT/ACT scores over the past 10-20 years. I‘ll bet they’re right at, or near, bottom – slightly ahead of teachers.

      The worst part about things today is that the truly clueless make way too money and have way too much power, considering their intellect. So, like less intelligent people that don’t understand their limitations, they get cocky, arrogant and bombastic. It’s tough to witness.

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    • hersey10
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:40pm

      He wouldn’t dare speak to Harrison J. Bounel I mean Barry Soetoro I mean Barack Obama that way .

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    • Dahart
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:03pm

      Miami is full of Dems…..hispanic dems at that…..no surprise here that they are upset at not getting their way about high speed rail. On the other hand Mr. Scott is not the best Governor we have had in Florida.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:06pm

      Add your comments

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    • jnobfan
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:10pm

      This guy is obvious fishing for his 15 minutes and Scott was smart enough not to give it to him.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:22pm

      I have to agree with you, these left falling to the ground “journalists” (no insult meant to the true ones out there) are so used to their own distortions of reality and ‘truth’ they think nothing anyone else says or means is for real.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:35pm

      Interesting what the editors picked and chose to inform the readers of…lots more questions: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/12/2311421/questions-for-gov-rick-scott.html

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    • PlowMan
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:38pm

      I say all these reporters need to speak their mind. At least we will know where they are coming from and can deal with it. Let the chips fall where they may. Let the people sort it out when they chose to support a news organization by purchasing their product or not.

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    • indy1
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:43pm

      Why doesn’t Putney Swope try that line of questioning at the next Hussein presser?

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    • Pujols
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:08pm

      MSM journalists = DEM, LIB, HACKS

      You can trick libs without trying….

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    • Goodgriefgeezlouise
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:13pm

      The money will just go to the other states, why don’t we just take it for ourselves?…He shoulda just stopped him right there and slapped him with a rolled up newspaper..That is the typical spoiled brat, I want mine, that has gotten this country into big trouble..Just because other states are taking the dough doesn’t mean you have to take it..because after all, it’s the dang taxpayers that are payin for all this..the high speed rail thing has gotten otta control..just another useless reason to spend..

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    • old white guy
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:16pm

      this putz just doesn’t get it. no matter which state takes or doesn’t take the money it is still borrowed money. the gov was right to refuse it.

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    • CatB
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:22pm

      Perhaps this arrogant twit should read about what the governors actions are doing ….. I think the “progressive” “journalists” are afraid that Governors like Scott are succeeding where Obama is FAILING miserably.

      Florida gets good marks for its latest budget fixes

      “A national credit rating agency, citing a decision to slash spending while maintaining large reserves, has given Florida good marks for the way it has handled its budget woes.

      Standard & Poor’s announced on Tuesday that it was revising its outlook for Florida from negative to stable. The credit rating agency also said at the same time it was keeping in place a AAA rating for school construction bonds and a AA+ rating on state appropriation debt.”

      http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/article.cfm?id=23748244#.Th2N1AC3wa8.email

      Hey Putney how‘s that Obama hope and change working out for the country’s ratings and future?

      TEA!

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    • turkey13
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:29pm

      This reporter must have no grand kids, so why should he worry aout a few more billions to pay off in the future. Spend – spend and supply jobs for existing union contractors.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:52pm

      Like to see Bama answer these questions.. Be a lot of HUH,AW,
      and a lot of stuttering and “Let Me Be Clear” you could leave out
      the Clueless part, because we already know he’s Clueless..

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:32pm

      Funny how clueless the Journalist is. Instead of making a snarky comment like “You turned down $2.4 billion for that high-speed rail line from Tampa to Orlando and $19 million more to lay the groundwork in Florida for healthcare reform.”

      A better informed statement would have been Thank You for turning down $2.4 billion for that high-speed rail line from Tampa to Orlando, (because it would have cost Florida residents 5 times that in subsidies over an 8 year span to keep it running) and $19 million more to lay the groundwork in Florida for Obamacare healthcare reform which will eventually ruin the U.S. healthcare system.

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    • jzs
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:45pm

      Rick Scott approval rating is just 29% and his dissaproval rating is almost 60% of registered voters in Florida after only five months in office. And his approval is likely to get worse as he pursues the same policies: those helping the rich at the expense of the poor. People are catching on, just like they are in Wisconsin. And when you realize that the Republicans are taking money out of your pocket to subsidize corporate jets and otherwise help the most profitable and wealthiest companies in the world (who aren’t hiring by the way), then you’ll get it too.

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    • akabosan
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 5:45pm

      How about Giles and O’Keefe? Current events… Acorn… Planned Parenthood… GB

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    • skilaxdad
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 6:09pm

      Yes, the lamestream reporters clearly have their agenda. They are mindless followers of other peoples asses. Their minds are like concrete… mixed up and set. Their questions aren’t asked in order to gain answers. They are crafted and asked for the purpose of proving their own points. “Reporter” is a ridiculously inaccurate title for them to have. “Agent” is more suitable. They are merely agents for the furthering of their causes.

      If Putney were given an interview with Obama, there would be no such questions (although there is far more reason to be asking them), but merely tossing one easy pitch after another for the sole purpose of serving up progressive talking points to His Highness to hit out of the park. No doubt that he’d be drooling, starry eyed and maybe even have thrills running up and own his leg while doing it.

      Sickening!

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    • survivorseed
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 6:18pm

      What a sook Scott is. He got the questions BEFORE the interview, if he didn’t like them surely he could have thought up a smart retort to put the journo in his place but thats not how it works in wing nut land. No, poor old conservatives always get picked on by those big nasty liberals.
      The right are such crybabies

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    • teresa2010
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 6:24pm

      They are not valid questions…Did he ask Obama a valid question like ..
      What are you thinking holding Seniors hostage threatening to withhold their Social Security Check.??
      Mr. president what were you thinking robbing the Social Security Trust Fund????

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    • teresa2010
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 6:27pm

      JZS needs get off this site …What a worthless stink bomb…

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 7:24pm

      (John Edwards) the Enquirer did a number on him

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    • Duddio
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 7:38pm

      Its this reporter that is clueless….. Accepting 2.4 billion that can ONLY be spent developing a high-speed rail line in Fla obligates the state to maintain or complete the line if the federal money isn’t sufficient. Basically, by taking the money, he is agreeing to spend 3x that in the future. ALSO, that money isn’t money largely ent by Floridians to Washington, it’s money we BORROWED from CHINA, and rather than being thrown away in another government boondoggle project that will cost taxpayers more in the end, should be applied to the debt.
      Libs and the MSM need to wake up and look down the road, the day of reckoning is coming near, and we will all get to pay for their stupidity.

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  • drago
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:23pm

    More dog and pony acts from the leftwing communist media.Go ahead trolls, start whining……

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    • Enuff Zenuff
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:32pm

      The day that a MSM Progressive so-called ‘journalist’ asks Obama “Are you the president of all Americans or just for Democrats” – I’ll probably faint. Until then, they’re total hypocrites and not journalists.

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    • stacie01872
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:47pm

      Are you the governor of all Floridians or just for Republicans and the Tea Party?

      Is this guy kidding? I’ve heard our “president” go so far as to make fun of conservatives, publicly. The same question could be put to the white house. I’m so sick of the double standard…

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:26pm

      He has not only made fun of conservatives…he downright jabs at our way of life…ie…gun toting christians…hold to their bibles and guns…hostage takers…waving a tea bag around… our president could not get anymore condecending…and his (I know better than you), wife!

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    • CatB
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:46pm

      I DARE that “journalist” come over to the other side of the state … and adresss the governor in that manner (this is why I would NEVER live over near Miami) .. OR OBAMA .. how about some tough questions for Barry Soetoro .. like when he “legally” changed his name to Barack Obama …I am so sick of these BIASED MEDIA TWITS!

      TEA!

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  • RURC
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:21pm

    As a Floridan I have strongly supported these tough actions that Scott has taken. Keep up the good work Gov. These are hard and can be unpopular decisions that must be made to fix the bottom line. Is he perfect, no but the alternative was SOOOOOOOOOO much worse.

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    • Cilly
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:34pm

      My sentiments exactly. Florida would be in worse shape if the alternative had gotten elected. The questions where acusations, not questions.

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    • vennoye
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:34pm

      I am not a Floridan, but I do admire the Governor of Florida for not putting up with the abuse and contempt the journalist showed in just his written questions, much less giving him air and face time with the Governor!! Journalists seem to have acquired the same mind set as entertainers!! Both think we care about their OPINIONS…news is not opinion, and just because I like a talent to entertain, I don’t even want to know their opinion!!

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    • Suzanne912
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:34pm

      I agree with you also, we are in a mess and its going to take difficult and painful measures to turn things around. People are alway ok with some else’s sacrifice but when it get too close to home we start backing away. As a Floridian, I support Gov Scott 100% even if the fix makes me uncomfortable … Its the sacrifice we must all be willing to make for our state, country and our children and grandchildren.

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    • Drives Like Jehu
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:11pm

      Absolutely! If we had been “blessed” with alex sink (I shudder to think of it), Florida would be sunk. Rick Scott has made some tough unpopular choices using business principles; that stupid statewide rapid rail system that he rejected would have saddled Florida with billions of operating costs in the future when rosy ridership projections flopped. The demonrats can’t see past that big tempting pile of “free” cash from Washington for the initial cost coverage. Sadly, there are toooooo damned many demonrats in Florida.

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    • Banter
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:52pm

      As a Floridian, I also think this guy gets it and Florida will be better in the long run. Now, he needs to figure out how to get all of the business leaving CA to come to our state.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 7:33pm

      “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
      I am a Floridian and this Governor is doing the right thing for this state.

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    • BlazingBlonde
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 8:46pm

      Floridian by birth, and watching from next door in GA.. and I like the stand Scott has taken, it is bold and it may not be waht the left wants, but it is what sane people reaize needs doing.
      Please NOTE that the high speed rail is a scam…. Especially between Tampa and O-Town… it takes less time and trouble to just go on and drive and you will have your own car when you get there!
      You guys realize that GE, yes that is it, GE is the benificiary of high speed rail…
      they build the rail cars! Just google GE Transportation.
      Hay! Who guessed that any of 0-bunglers friends and hangers-on would P R O F I T . . .

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    • Bald1
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 11:58pm

      The Dems must have their knickers really in a knot. Just think how it looks, when a vast majority of Rep. Governors are bringing the fiscal house in order. Likes of Scott, McDonald and Christee. Those who mentioned the high speed rail line…yepper the Fed Grants only cover a small chunk of change…the rest is borne by the State, PLUS any over budgets and operation costs. Nothing from the Feds is FREE.

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  • Live 2276
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:21pm

    Not “tough questions”, but I would call them condescending for sure. It would be great to see the same treatment of Democrats who stack the crowd at all their events, including the town halls where kids somehow ask college level questions and receive an answer that is obviously prepared. Yes, Mr. Putney…you ARE “lamestream”. I remember when the media at least TRIED to sound impartial…those days are long gone.

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    • CatB
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:51pm

      Sadly they are .. now they are getting “tingles” they can’t control when an Marxist idiot speaks. SAD truly SAD and disgusting!

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  • crypticguise
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:21pm

    “Clueless” would describe the way liberal journolistas seem to believe that they are being “fair-minded ” and balanced. If I was the governor I would have answered this DOOFUS in the same manner he asked the questions – by insulting him, and his liberal ilk.

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  • BlazingBlaze
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:20pm

    He should have agreed to the interview and then done nothing besides point out the reporter’s bias as the answer to every question.

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  • bigbear78
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:20pm

    The Gov missed a primo opportunity to address every one of the issues that were presented. I’d say that the reporter got the best of the Gov this time. His advisers dropped the ball because the best course of action would have been for the Gov to give clear, well organized thoughts that articulated his views on the issues. He ends up looking just as petty as the journalist in this matter. IMHO…

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    • OUTRIDER WRITER
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:44pm

      @Bigbear
      NOOooo, the best course of action is not to give a reporter an audience.
      This Miami Herald “fixture,” having shot himself in the foot, is left flat out in the cold with no story to take to the bank.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:30pm

      He should have held a press conference, read the questions pointing out how biased this sob was and them shred the liberal lies with the truth and a lot of sunshine.

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  • drattastic
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:19pm

    I guess I would have to ask Putney If you could interview obama would your line of questioning be just as tough ? I think we all know what the true answer would be,if you could extract the truth from him.

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  • mohavegreen
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:18pm

    Audition for the Obamnation press? Mr. Putney explain in simple terms so I may as a citizen understand what it is about the TEA Party and Republicans you don’t approve of. Last time I looked it was ok to believe in principals of my choosing and not the what you belive in.

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  • sodun
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:17pm

    I think if the governor should have taken the interview, he’d probably have mopped the floor with Putney.

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  • GRAMPA-D-NH
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:16pm

    Yep, lame-streamer for sure. Make a speech supporting your agenda around a baiting, disrespectful question. Make the news instead of reporting the news. You represent perfectly the sham your profession has mostly become. The lying state media shilling for the liberal-socialist cause.

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  • SamIamTwo
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:15pm

    He’s not a DEM Governor…what would one expect from the commie press agents?

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  • Str8talk
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:15pm

    A typical lamestream media elitist trying to take pot-shots at a governor who is right-wing. I don’t blame Gov. Scott for refusing to grant the interview one bit. Putney might as well be another KO working for the left-wing press rather than an impartial journalist.

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  • enduro
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:15pm

    Another liberal reporter trying to distort the truth. He failed to mention all the back breaking strings that would have been attached to the “free money”. nothing is free. Rick did the right thing.

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    • ConsiderThis
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:28pm

      Sounds to me like Florida has one hella of a smart Governor.
      The states that grab at these Obama handouts wind up creating government jobs that become an ongoing liability after the Fed money is gone.
      Palin warned on this when Obama first started borrowing from the future and throwing it around like fairy dust.

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  • SteamedinMichigan
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:15pm

    In fact, I agree that the media is the “Fourth Estate”. They should hold the three branches of government accountable for their actions. They certainly have shown an enormous capability to do that with everyone right of center. How about they begin trying that with the Annoited One? His Majesty, The Barrack-ness of the Obama – keeper of all things that are good.

    In regards to the specific question of the article, yes – the reporter went over the line.

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    • JRook
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 5:10pm

      That might be possible if the media wasn’t owned by and/or dependent on the same corporations that own the Congress. And let’s not forget the bloggers who are paid to churn reports and accusations, giving the impression they are more accurate or more important than they really are.

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  • JRook
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:14pm

    Probably is, but then again it is interesting to note the bar of decency and respect candidates demonstrate in their campaign ads. I am reminded of the “pole dancing” commercial run by the Tea Party candidate run in CA. Some of his choice of words were disrespectful, but the response was a dodge of the questions. Seeing how some individuals here refer to office holders on both side of the isle, I don’t see how they will find the phraseology disrespectful. But alas the ideological chest thumping will prevail.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:25pm

      Don’t forget your “bar of decency and respect” when the Democrats dumped a senior over a cliff in a commercial in response to the Ryan plan.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:12pm

      @Encinom
      You’re crazy, no one wants to throw a person, let alone an old person, over a cliff. That was over the top. Ryan’s plan does change for anyone 55 or older.
      And what “lie” did Palin tell about death panels? Haven’t we already heard about recommendations that women need no breast exams until they are 50? I knew several women, younger than 45, who have died from breast cancer.
      How about all the exact same wording of reports from different liberal media outlets?
      Coincidence?

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    • I.Gaspar
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:45pm

      @anonymous
      She IS crazy…and if anyone actually does get pushed off of any cliff anywhere the first one should be encinom.

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    • JRook
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:50pm

      @Anonymous T. Irrelevant Agreed did not mean to claim either side is more ethical or of higher integrity with regard to ads. My choice was related to the insulting reference used in the report. While the wheelchair, similar to death panels is an abuse of the facts and misleading, it is not personally insulting as was the ad that depicted the opponent as a stripper who worked for a drug gang. If your honest you will admit that ad was a new low.

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  • Falcon11
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:13pm

    Putzki looks a little like Bob Barker.

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  • dont tread
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:13pm

    Good questions, the government has always been active in providing grants and it HAS help the US grow into the great nation it is today. Not accepting grants to build infastructure is nothing short of shortsighted and stubborn.

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    • PER100
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:22pm

      curious if he is as “tough” on the left side libs. what tough questions would he submit to say….Obama
      ???

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    • knockered
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:29pm

      The money for the stupid idea of a high speed rail system did not cover overruns and up keep of a losing rail system. Nothing the government proposes makes money. Just check how profitible amtrak has been. Enough said my friend just crawl back inside that hole you live in….

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    • dont tread
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:45pm

      The initial buying of computer chips came from the gov because there still wasn’t a market for it but they had NASA. You cannot measure profits of highways, rail, amtrak in terms of their singular profitability but must think about them in terms of enabling the populuce to effeciently conduct business – US infrastructure as a whole is terrible and is even worse when left to the states. Just look at L.A, Ca where their infrastructure measuably detracts from the city’s revenue. This seems very obvious but to people who blindly say the government should be a passive entity it’s blasphamy. Get out from under your rock

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    • MartyTr
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:50pm

      That was in the past, now the money comes with strings attached. Why are we sending our money to Wash. and then have to beg for it back? Should’t all states pay a certain percentage and get a certain percentage back based on population numbers? I don’t like the fact that you have to make a deal with someone to get your own money back.

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    • Constitutional Conservative
      Posted on July 16, 2011 at 12:59am

      “US infrastructure as a whole is terrible and is even worse when left to the states.”

      Haven’t traveled the world extensively, and having lived in Europe for several years, this couldn’t be any further from the truth.

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  • bry
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:13pm

    Putney, star of the side show. He sounds like a self imortantan wind bag.

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:12pm

    Get rid of this old goat hack “journalist”.
    Today’s journalists are not the fourth estate…they are the fifth column.

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  • FedUpWithLeft
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:11pm

    I don’t care how long a reporter has been a journlist, and I use this word loosely because the lib media are a bunch of dirt bags.

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  • cessna152
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:09pm

    So called Reporter:”Are you clueless?

    Rick Scott “To a Nazi/ Marxist big government dope I am!”

    These people (MSM) are a waste of time. We need to have every conservative source play their lies, deceit and blunders 24/7 like they do!

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    • ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:17pm

      European-style socialis makes me all warm and fuzzy down deep inside. It fills my heart with baby unicorns and rainbows.

      Seriously.

      Old “chrome dome” does look kind of clueless. Fair question!

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    • SLARTIBARTFAST
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:18pm

      Yeah, they were pretty nasty. The Lamestream media prospers because we, as conservatives, accomodate them. Screw ‘em, I say, if they can’t behave like adult professionals!

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:18pm

      The reporter didn’t read the fine print the 2.8 billion dollars to build the high speed rail is all good but the union mandates and federal job requirement would cost the state twice as much in 2 years of operation.

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  • Lloyd Drako
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:09pm

    29% approval! Ouch–worse than Obama. No wonder the Governor begged off.

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  • Lloyd Drako
    Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:08pm

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