Published Feb. 17, 2011
TWISler Breakdown: Governor Skeletor’s Epic Fail
For today’s lesson, the TWISler had planned to regale you with the pathetic extent of Sarasota’s piss-poor voter turnout numbers in past local elections. But in light of our newly elected Governor Skeletor’s most recent epic fail, we thought it might be more motivational to show you what can result, and is currently resulting, from the act of a few voters having better things to do on election day. While the TWIS always tries to keep it local, we simply could not pass up this golden opportunity to drill into your thick skulls just how monumentally critical it is to get off your ass and rock the vote.
First of all, let’s provide a little overview of who this reptilian creature we’ve just handed our state’s veto pen to really is, and a bit about the hellish brimstone of a rock from whence he hath crawled. Richard Lynn Scott made his first foray into the business world with the purchase of two Kansas City donut shops in college. Obviously concerned about the health and wellbeing of his fellow Americans, he teamed up with two former executives of Republic Health Corporation while still a partner at the largest law firm in Dallas, and with the help of a $5 billion loan from Citicorp, attempted to buy the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in 1987. The HCA passed, and Scott was very sad that he wasn’t able to take control of the 100-plus hospitals HCA operated so he could, you know, help people. (more…)Tag: Governor Skeletor
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TWISler Breakdown: Governor Skeletor’s Epic Fail
Published Feb. 17, 2011
TWISler Breakdown: Governor Skeletor’s Epic Fail
For today’s lesson, the TWISler had planned to regale you with the pathetic extent of Sarasota’s piss-poor voter turnout numbers in past local elections. But in light of our newly elected Governor Skeletor’s most recent epic fail, we thought it might be more motivational to show you what can result, and is currently resulting, from the act of a few voters having better things to do on election day. While the TWIS always tries to keep it local, we simply could not pass up this golden opportunity to drill into your thick skulls just how monumentally critical it is to get off your ass and rock the vote.
First of all, let’s provide a little overview of who this reptilian creature we’ve just handed our state’s veto pen to really is, and a bit about the hellish brimstone of a rock from whence he hath crawled. Richard Lynn Scott made his first foray into the business world with the purchase of two Kansas City donut shops in college. Obviously concerned about the health and wellbeing of his fellow Americans, he teamed up with two former executives of Republic Health Corporation while still a partner at the largest law firm in Dallas, and with the help of a $5 billion loan from Citicorp, attempted to buy the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in 1987. The HCA passed, and Scott was very sad that he wasn’t able to take control of the 100-plus hospitals HCA operated so he could, you know, help people. (more…)