Bill McCollum Team Attacks Rick Scott on Everything You Can Imagine

In what is becoming a daily occurrence with less than six weeks to go before the primary election, elbows are being thrown in the battle for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. On Wednesday afternoon, Matt Williams, the campaign manager for Attorney General Bill McCollum, went after GOP front-runner Rick Scott for comments he made on Tuesday night. Williams attacked Scott on abortion, immigration, the stimulus just about everything, actually.

Last night, Rick Scott was rightfully questioned about his conflicting positions on issues important to conservatives, but instead of providing his usual evasiveness, this time he flat-out lied, said Williams.Rick Scotts unwillingness to come clean on how much he has made from elective abortions, illegal immigrants and the Obama stimulus raise serious concerns about his character, and prove he cannot be trusted on any issue.

Floridians deserve to know exactly how much Rick Scott has profited from the very practices he claims he opposes, continued Williams. He claims he is a pro-life leader, and yet as CEO of Columbia-HCA, he failed to stop abortions from happening at his hospitals and took the profits. He claims he will work to curb illegal immigration in Florida, and yet he is happy to take profits from a company facilitating money transfers from illegal immigrants in the United States to their families in Mexico. And in perhaps the most shocking of all hypocrisies, he made at least $4 million from the Obama stimulus as a controlling member of Xfone the same stimulus he claims he would fight as governor.

Rick Scott can only evade questions on his hypocritical positions for so long, continued Williams. If Rick Scott really believes in accountability, he can start by releasing his tax returns to prove he always puts his principles over his profits."