If you think former Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer is having a bad day today, just imagine how Gov. Charlie Crist and Miami- native Marco Rubio feel.
Each is tied to the newly incarcerated GOP fundraiser who had a penchant for spending money that didn't quite belong to him.
And on the other side of the coin is Democrat U.S. Rep Kendrick Meek, who can point the "Republicans can't be trusted finger" at his opponents for the 2010 U.S. Senate and hope the votes roll in.
Crist's connection is a little more direct considering he supported Greer from the moment he took the post until the day he resigned. The two traveling buddies often stayed in the most lavish hotels and ate the priciest dinners while on GOP business, which these days amounts to crossing the street or any excuse you can think of to use your party-issued credit card.
"It's surprising," Crist said about Greer's arrest. "Sometimes you're disappointed by people."
Rubio, on the other hand, could be viewed as a mini-Greer because of how he used his GOP American Express card to pay for over $14,000 in personal items. Among the purchases were car repairs, an alleged back waxing or really expensive hair cut (depending on who you believe), groceries and plane tickets for Rubio's wife.
Greer had a similar accounting practice, but strayed on the side of feloniously illegal when he set up a shell company and funneled fundraiser cash into it for his own use.
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He was arrested at his home in Orlando and is still in jail waiting for someone to come up with his $105,000 bail. He is charged with one count of organized scheme to defraud, four counts of felony grand theft and one count of money laundering.
Greer shouldn't expect his former pal, Independent Crist to pick up that tab and as far as we know Rubio's AMEX limit doesn't go that high.
