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Quotable Quotes
"It's hard to argue you’re changing elections law to prevent fraud when your actions are directly responsible for it."
—Sen. Paula Dockery, Florida Voices columnist, on the Republican-led legislature’s surprise crusade against undocumented voter fraud, even as the state GOP hired a firm now believed to have filed fraudulent registration forms in 10 Florida counties.
"What a mess is all I can say. Typical Palm Beach County."
—Slade O’Brien, Americans for Prosperity, about a printing error on some 60,000 absentee ballots sent to Palm Beach County voters this month that could affect the outcome of every race, including the presidential election.
"It's a new world. We will make this into a full-blown, multimedia newspaper. Newspaper will be half of what we do."
—TJ Montemer, a new owner of the Tampa Tribune, adding that the Trib will focus on local content and on monetizing online video.
"Hello boys, thank you for calling me on my anniversary."
—adult phone line, what people heard when they called the number Gov. Rick Scott accidentally transposed for how to get information about the state’s fungal meningitis outbreak.
"It’s all part of a well-orchestrated plan to manipulate this swing-vote state."
—Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago, about misleading and confusing language in the 11 state constitutional amendments on November’s crowded ballot.
"I can't wait for Mitt Romney to be president of the United States so that we can unleash the animal spirits of this country again, rather than getting in line, hiring lawyers, and hiring lobbyists, and hiring accountants as the way to do business."
—former Gov Jeb Bush, at a business roundtable discussion in Orlando.
"Just because it has that legal right, does not mean it was right for it to do so. The retention of Supreme Court justices should not be turned into partisan political affairs."
—Allison DeFoor, Roberto Martinez, Marcos Jimenez, Three Republican powerhouses who recently tried unsuccessfully to get the Florida GOP to reverse course on its pledge to work to unseat three Florida Supreme Court justices.
"Why in God's name would they have signed a contract if they didn't expect to be bound?"
—Damon Chase, attorney for Jim Greer, in arguing the civil case brought by the former Republican Party of Florida chair against the party and two prominent state senators, Mike Haridopolos and John Thrasher.
"We encourage folks who have an issue with waiting in lines – because we will have lines – to vote by mail."
—Brian Corley, Pasco elections supervisor, who also encourages people to early vote, which begins Oct. 27.
"We are here to stay."
—Robert Loring, founder of Revolution Capital, on his company’s plans for The Tampa Tribune, whose purchase was announced Monday.
"The bills are not that complicated, but the implications are huge."
—Tony Carvajal, Collins Center for Public Policy , about the 11 proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution on the November ballot.
"A lot of things Rick Scott has done are supported by voters. Democrats run against his policies at their own peril."
—Brian Burgess, Republican Party of Florida, on Gov. Scott having become a target for Democrats running for the Florida Legislature.
"Democrats know they benefit from election fraud."
—Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee, before severing ties with a Republican operative believed to have committed voter registration fraud in five states, including Florida.
"If something was wrong, I spoke up, and when you speak up, you get in trouble."
—Ken Davis, former Duval Co. Health Dept. manager, in a Palm Beach Post investigation of a man with TB who fell through the cracks and how, after Davis complained about it, he lost his job.
"The narrative that Obama has this thing sewed up has been stopped in its tracks."
—RPOF Chair Lenny Curry, after President Obama’s lackluster performance in the presidential debate reignited enthusiasm for Mitt Romney.
"Our courts should be off limits from the influences of partisan politics."
—H. Lee Moffitt, Former Speaker of the House
"It is the No. 1 targeted seat for the Democrats and it’s the No. 1 seat to protect for the Republicans."
—State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, on the only state Senate district where two incumbents are running against each other.
"You can say what you care about. But in the end, however you take and spend your money,  that tells you what you value."
—Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith, on the Republican-led legislature’s cuts to higher education and tuition increases.
"Democrats' new-voter advantage is mitigated by former Democratic voters leaving their party in droves over the last four years."
—Brian Burgess, Republican Party of Florida, on the Florida Democratic Party having registered 230,741 new voters since July 2011, compared to 46,373 by the Florida Republican Party.
"I am very, very stressed at the entire circumstance."
—Florida Supreme Court Justice R. Fred Lewis, about the campaign by Republican party officials to oust three justices, including himself.

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