Taking his hard-fought campaign for Jackass of the Year to a whole new level, Florida Governor Charlie Crist — a former Republican now running as an Independent — has scrubbed his website of references to his pro-life stance. Because you know what’s classy? Revoking your support for the unborn for political reasons.

In the latest development in the race for the open U.S. Senate seat in Florida, Governor Charlie Crist is coming under fire for removing the pro-life section of his campaign website. This comes on the day the legislature sent him a bill that would allow women to see an ultrasound of their baby before an abortion.

Crist has already hinted he will veto the legislation, which also allows Florida to opt out of some of the abortion funding under the new national health care law President Barack Obama signed.

That he would potentially veto a pro-life bill will broad support from voters is another indication of his strategy to leave the Republican Party and run as an independent.

Knowing he may veto the bill, the campaign of pro-life Republican candidate Marco Rubio informed LifeNews.com today that Crist’s campaign scrubbed his web site of a section touting Crist as a supposedly pro-life candidate.

Crist is vying for the Democratic and Independent vote, knowing full-well that Rubio will hold the vast majority of Republicans. So Crist is hoping that removing his pro-life stance will help convince voters — especially Democrats, who have their own candidate in Kendrick Meek — that he’s all for the right to abortion-on-demand.

And that’s not the only sudden change by Flip-Flop Charlie. The Sun-Sentinel reports that he has a sudden openness to job-killing measures.

Florida, like many other states, is hurting in a very challenging economic time. The state’s unemployment rate is 12 percent, and foreclosures have hit Florida hard. People are looking for work and trying to make ends meet. Small businesses — the backbone of Florida’s economy — are struggling to keep the lights on and doors open, not to mention meet payroll each week. While the reasonable expectation isn’t that government would create jobs, citizens and employers do believe that elected officials and those seeking public office should refuse to support policies that will result in additional job loss and increased unemployment.

Unfortunately, something as simple as saying no to job-killing legislation can become complicated when politics gets in the way. This appears to be the case for Florida’s governor and Senate candidate, Charlie Crist.

Recently, as Mr. Crist addressed the AFL-CIO, headlines emerged in Florida papers reading, “Crist: Open Ear About Employee Free Choice Act.”

Crist stated he would be “open” to a bill that would put 600,000 jobs at risk? The notion is disturbing, to say the least.

EFCA presents a number of problems for workers and small businesses in Florida and across the United States. Removing secret ballot elections and exposing workers to union boss intimidation with a card check system, EFCA would be a threat to worker rights. Yet, Big Labor bosses continue to promote it because they know that the Employee “Forced” Choice Act would make it much easier to force workers into unions where they are required to pay dues, which would fatten union coffers.

So, in pursuit of his political ambitions, Charlie Crist has recently succeeded in throwing both the American workforce and the unborn under the bus. Folks, I think he’s got the Jackass of the Year election all sewn up.