Independent Bud Chiles announces his support of Alex Sink's campaign for Governor

Bud Chiles 

Today Bud Chiles announced his support of Alex's campaign for Governor. He shares Alex's vision for a better Florida. He also believes that she is the only candidate in this race with a detailed plan for Florida's education system and the best plan for Florida's economic future.


Bud Chiles is the son of a former famous Florida governor,  Lawton Chiles,  who walked around the state during one of his campaigns.

Lawton chiles defeated Jeb Bush in during his last campaign for governor in 1994. Governor Chiles passed away near the end of his term in 1998. 

"Cracker," Gov. Lawton Chiles once told a Jeb Bush supporter, "is a plain-spoken language of the country, spoken from the heart so anybody can understand that 
the old he-coon walks just before the light of day.

This meant something like don't tug on Superman' cape. 

As an independent candidate for governor, Lawton "Bud" Chiles railed against the corrupting influence of special interest cash. Out of the race, he's supporting an establishment figure: Democrat Alex Sink.

Alex Sink

At a joint press conference Thursday in Tallahassee, the pair said they agree on most matters and that Chiles will help on the campaign trail as Sink faces Republican Rick Scott.

"She and I are in synch on most of the things that are important," Chiles said.
Sink cited common goals on ethics reform, renewable energy and children's issues.

It is unclear what Chiles will do on Sink's campaign, but he said he "would be delighted" to help any way he could.

Alex understands that to rebuild our economy Florida must have strong public schools. Bud Chiles and independent voters agree and are moving to support Alex.

The positive response to our campaign already has Rick Scott on the attack.  The Republican Party has purchased millions of dollars in TV ads filled with lies and distortions.  This is only the beginning of the onslaught of attacks we expect.

We have worked long and hard to get to this point.  Please contribute today to make sure that Alex can defend herself against the attacks being financed by big corporate interests to help Rick Scott.

Alex has a detailed business plan to put Floridians to work, while Rick Scott has a snappy slogan and a hollow plan full of old policies.  When Floridians join together, we can defeat the most powerful interests. And that's the same fight we have to put into this campaign.

Rick Scott spent over $50 million to win the Republican primary.  Now we must band together to make sure he does not use his ill-gotten personal wealth to buy the Governor's race in the same way.

We need you to contribute $10 today, so that we can be certain Alex Sink is Florida's next Governor and not a disgraced businessman like Rick Scott.

Thank you for everything you're doing to help the campaign. Together, we can make sure that attempts to tarnish Alex and her common sense approach are defeated by a campaign of honesty and integrity.

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