Sometimes, our President can be a complete punk.

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Obama Rejects Disaster Relief Funds for Florida as Political Payback

No one is more petty and partisan than our President. Remember Hurricane Isaac right before the Republican Convention in Tampa, Florida that was so fierce the media said Republicans should consider cancelling the Convention?  Well disaster relief funds are being denied to the state as political payback because Governor Rick Scott rejected wasteful “stimulus” funds early in his term.  I guess Team Obama’s internal polling is saying Florida is out of reach because this type of payback is both juvenile and politically stupid:

Time after time since taking office, Gov. Rick Scott has boasted of rejecting billions of dollars from the federal government. Now, Washington has turned the tables, shutting down Scott’s plea for financial aid in a move that almost instantly took on political tones. The Federal Emergency Management Agency refused Scott’s request for a presidential declaration of disaster for damage caused by Tropical Storm Isaac, declining to provide $26.9 million in aid to hard-hit counties. Scott moved this week to appeal the decision, but not before the issue was cast in a political light, highlighting Florida’s importance in the presidential election and the rocky relationship between Washington and the Sunshine State.

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Petty crap.