The Political Whore

Abusive, cruel, philanthropist, loyal, disloyal, good samaritan, phony, vengeful, manipulative, vindictive, delusional, a guy with a heart of gold, a real giver, financial deadbeat, bully, kind-hearted… Tampa Bay’s most famous resident, George Steinbrenner, has probably been called all these things and more at one time or another, but rarely have so many conflicting characterizations appeared in the space of one book.

Now they have — in George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built The Yankee Empire, the laugh-out-loud biography by St. Petersburg author Peter Golenbock. Read the rest of this entry »

By Scott Farrell
PoHo contributor

Scott Farrell is the host of The Scott Farrell Show weeknights from 9 – 11 pm on NewsTalk AM 820 WWBA.

Darwin has been vindicated by a former foe.

You intelligent designers or unintelligent designers – as the case may be – no longer have a friend in the Governor’s Mansion in Tallahassee. Charlie Crist proved again Monday that Darwin was correct 150 years ago when he put forth his theory of natural selection, or at least as it pertains to political evolution. Crist clearly has an innate sense of the political peacock with the most ornate poll numbers. That’s why the Governor couldn’t stop himself from jumping on his Flying Beagle and heading down to Fort Myers. As Fox News ran the clip of Gov. Crist introducing President Obama – the groans emanating from Men’s Grills in country clubs from Palma Ceia to Naples were palpable: “Say it ain’t so, Charlie.”

Charlie has ditched the Jebfords (think male Stepfords – identical bad jokes, argyle socks and oversized Rolexes) for the Lehigh Acres foreclosure crowd. But why? Because Crist’s political DNA knows if he doesn’t make this move his political future may end up deader than the future of Northwest Florida State College.

So did the Governor believe all the stuff he said as a state senator in the 1990’s? It is remembered by many Floridians as the Chain Gang Charlie Era. It’s not Charlie’s choice to make. He’s part of Darwin’s natural selection plan. And currently the political peacock with the best tail feathers is Barack Obama.

By Scott Farrell
PoHo contributor

Scott Farrell is the host of The Scott Farrell Show weeknights from 9 – 11 pm on  NewsTalk AM 820 WWBA.
For the past few days we have been bombarded by reports in local print and tv media about the terrible conduct at this past Gasparilla Day Parade. Don’t believe the hype.

The latest numbers available estimate that 350,000 people attended the day parade on the afternoon of Feb. 7.  Local police agencies report that 141 arrests were made in connection with the parade. That’s not a lot when you consider more than one-quarter of a million people were jammed into the three-mile parade route. As to the the local residents who spent their past Saturday videotaping various examples of debauchery in their neighborhood – assuming they are not videotaping for their own prurient pursuits – their claims are valid.

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