Mike Tyson becomes an issue in Florida senate race
Jeff Greene, the Palm Beach billionaire who jumped into the Democratic senate primary, chose Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight champ and sexual offender, as his best man when he got married in 2007....
From the Orlando Sentinel:
Last-minute senate candidate and really rich guy Jeff Greene has already pulled off a pretty impressive political feat.
He’s got the president of the Florida Federation of Republican Women, the president of Florida NOW (National Organization of Women) and the First VP of the Democratic Women’s Club of Florida sounding like they’ve found common ground on something.
The issue? That maybe, when you’re picking someone to serve as best man at your wedding, you find a friend who hasn’t been convicted of rape and accused of spousal abuse.
Greene, the Palm Beach billionaire who jumped into the Democratic senate primary, chose Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight champ and sexual offender, as his best man when he got married in 2007.
Greene has said the issue is irrelevant and matters only to “desperate people” like his chief rival U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek.
But the women political leaders Pulse checked in with didn’t seem “desperate.” They sounded more puzzled, offended and a little stunned.
Asked if Greene’s choice of Tyson as best man was relevant, Cindy Graves, president of the Florida Federation of Women Republicans, said “Certainly so.”
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