claim: in 2008, charlie crist ‘"applauded the pick of sarah palin and said she would do ‘a great job.’"
author: george lemieux
evidence_1: says charlie crist "was pro-life, pro-gun and vehemently anti-tax." ... crist loved  palin in 2008, but that's ancient history now. george lemieux · in 2008, charlie  crist '"applauded the pick of sarah palin and said she would do 'a great job.'".
evidence_2: charlie crist in 2009 to fill the unexpired term of sen. ... in 2008, charlie crist '" applauded the pick of sarah palin and said she would do 'a great job.'".
evidence_3: sarah palin's candidacy for vice president of the united states was publicly  announced by ... palin's career in alaska had shown maverick tendencies similar  to mccain's, and ... before john mccain made his vice-presidential pick,  mccain's advisor arthur ... how can she be prepared to be vice president or  president?
evidence_4: jan 6, 2010 ... 2010 will be a year of republican civil war, and florida is where the fighting is  now fiercest. ... “being governor is a great job, don't misunderstand me,” says  crist, who .... he opposed, until 2008) and his openness to notions like a “cap and  ... sarah palin has not spoken publicly about the race, but rubio ...
evidence_5: despite her disastrous performance in the 2008 election, sarah palin is still the ...  pick, the author tracks the signs—political and personal—that palin was big  trouble, and ... what does it say about the nature of modern american politics that  a public .... that anonymous mccain aides saw palin as a “diva” and a “whack job .