George LeMieux takes another whack at the "Half-Mack"

Below is the full script for the Web video ?Lifestyles?:


WE'VE LEARNED THAT THE CAMPAIGN OF CONNIE MACK THE FOURTH— THE HALF MACK — IS IN TROUBLE BECAUSE OF HIS VIOLENT PAST AND FINANCIAL WRONG DOING.


BUT NOW HE HAS A NEW SCANDAL BREWING...


INTERVIEWER: ?ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE... SO HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT?


MACK: "...YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SAY THAT I'M NEVER HERE. WELL, THE REALITY IS I WAS IN CALIFORNIA LAST YEAR MAYBE 11 DAYS...?"


11 DAYS.


THAT?S LESS THAN ONE DAY A MONTH.


IS THAT EVEN BELIEVABLE?


SO WHERE DOES THE HALF MACK REALLY LIVE?


HE SAYS BUT HE WON?T PROVE.


SOURCES SHOW MACK AS A RESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA, LIVING WITH HIS WIFE IN PALM SPRINGS.


AND THEY?VE BEEN KNOWN TO POP UP ON THE RED CARPET. THEN THERE IS THEIR PLACE IN COLORADO.


NEWSPAPERS REPORT REPUBLICANS ARE CONCERNED HOW LITTLE TIME HE SPENDS IN FLORIDA, AND HIS TROUBLING SOCIALITE IMAGE.


AND COURT DOCUMENTS SAY CONNIE SPENT LITTLE TIME IN THE MODEST FLORIDA CONDO. EVEN HIS EX-WIFE TESTIFIED IT WAS ONLY PURCHASED JUST TO ASSIST HIS POLITICAL CAREER.


BUT CONNIE SAYS HIS REAL HOME IS IN FLORIDA. DO YOU BELIEVE HIM?


WHERE DOES THE HALF-MACK REALLY LIVE?


NO ONE KNOWS.


CONNIE CAN CLEAR IT ALL UP, BY RELEASING HIS TRAVEL RECORDS. FULL AND COMPLETE.


MACK: "...YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SAY THAT I'M NEVER HERE. WELL, THE REALITY IS I WAS IN CALIFORNIA LAST YEAR MAYBE 11 DAYS...?"


SO WE CAN KNOW IF HE IS CALIFORNIA CONNIE, COLORADO CONNIE OR JUST MODEST CONDO CONNIE.


FLORIDA NEEDS A FULL-TIME SENATOR, INSTEAD OF A HALF-MACK HERE HALF THE TIME.


FLORIDA NEEDS GEORGE LEMIEUX.


A SERIOUS PERSON FOR THE TOUGH TIMES AHEAD.


AND HE LIVES IN FLORIDA.

In a little more than three months, Florida registered Republicans will vote on a candidate for U.S. Senate to challenge Democrat Bill Nelson in the fall.

Nelson, who has been in political office for some four decades, would seem to be vulnerable. But the Connie Mack/George LeMieux race has been a dud so far, and most analysts are calling this race "leaning Democratic" at this still early stage.

LeMieux's doing what he can to spice it up with another one of his web ads whacking Mack, this time questioning often the Fort Myers based Congressman is actually in Florida.

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