Gay Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has been actively opposed to drilling for oil off of Florida's coast his entire political career. Many Florida politicians oppose it, in fact! Short version: it ruins the environment which would ruin tourism. Long version: "It would harm beaches vital to the state's tourism economy and interfere with weapons testing and training in and over the Gulf of Mexico by Florida military bases." So basically Charlie Crist has always opposed offshore oil drilling due to some postmodern, "green" interpretation of the military-industrial complex. But now that John McCain wants to lift the ban on offshore drilling, the veep-hunting Crist has suddenly decided that WE MUST ABSOLUTELY DRILL OFFSHORE, because of poor people and "states' rights." Seven whore diamonds. [AP]