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Crist's thank-you note a mistake

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The Associated Press

Published: July 26, 2009

Despite the content of a letter bearing his signature, Gov. Charlie Crist does not want to share an anti-Semitic movie with all Floridians.

Crist's office sent a letter thanking John Ubele for providing the governor with a copy of the film "Jud Suss." The film is recognized as one of history's most incendiary.

The brief thank-you note was dated June 30 and bore the governor's automated signature. It praised the Pasco County resident's thoughtfulness and generosity and said Crist would be delighted to share the DVD with the people of Florida. The signature, however, was made by a machine, and Crist never saw the letter.

In a second letter, released just before 9 p.m. Friday and addressed to Ubele's work address in St. Petersburg, Crist called the earlier communication "an inexcusable mistake by staff in my office," .

"Neither I or anyone in this administration agree with or condone the anti-Semitic content of this DVD," Crist wrote in the letter, which also carried his automated signature.

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