Thank you for your time, Governor

What I did tonight:

CT Governor Dannel (sic) Malloy (D – Smarmy) held a town hall meeting in my town this evening.  I wasn’t planning to go, until I read this story.

Just to clarify, the state of CT is facing a huge fiscal crisis, just like every other state in the union.  The Governor has been saying that he will need to increase taxes, because he has cut every single thing he can from the existing budget and there is simply nothing left to cut.

Then he proposes subsidizing the college tuition of the children of illegal immigrants.  Like, I guess that is desperately needed at this particular time.

So I decided I needed to ask him about this proposal.  I get to the school early, I get in line, which had already started and I patiently waited my turn, listening to one greedy, whiny leftard after another bitch and moan about how the state needs to spend more money on health care and tax the rich until there are no rich no more. Groans start coming from different parts of the room.

(I’ll give Malloy props here.  He did ask one “take 50% of all the rich people’s money!” idiot if he wanted the rich to then just move out of state.  When the idiot said “Yes!” Malloy basically laughed at him and said “Thank you.  Next?”)

The people in line behind me and I were itching to get to the microphones, as it seemed that these whiny leeches knew enough to get there early to keep people like us from having a chance to speak.  (The busy, busy Governor only had an hour to spend with us, doncha know.)

And we had some damn good questions.

It started to become obvious that time was running out and I was not going to have a chance to speak, but I waited.  Then the woman at the microphone said “we only have time for 5 more people.  *counting …..1…2…3…4…ME!  WOO HOO!  Not only was I gonna have a chance to ask my question, I was gonna be last.  Talk about going out with a bang!

I finally get to the mike.

“Governor, my name is *wiserbud* and I have been unemployed for over 10 months, so I guess you could say I have been going through a bit of a financial crisis of my own.  (Smile from the Governor. I can see by the look on his face he is quite obviously thinking “This is gonna be an easy one.  Done and out!”)

“In that time, I have had to prioritize my spending, to make sure my mortgage is paid and I have food on the table for my family.  One of the items that went to the bottom of my priority list was “investing in the future.”  I have not been putting money into my 401k until I get my fiscal house in order.”

(knowing smile for Governor.  His look now says “Yes, peon, I, as your Democrat better, will take care of you and you will love me for it.”

I continue:

“So I respectfully ask you, Governor, how can you ask the people in this room to believe you when you say you are serious about cutting everything you can while you, at the very same time, propose subsidizing the college tuition of illegal immigrants by allowing them to pay in-state tuition rates at our state colleges and universities?”

The room erupts.  His face falls.  He stammers while the room quiets down, until he regains his composure and responds.

“So if a young child is brought into this country by her undocumented parents and goes through our school system and earns As and Bs, and then fills out a college application, only to realize that she can’t go to college because she can’t afford the tuition, you would deny her a college education?”

I lean into the microphone and say loudly and clearly “YES.”

The room explodes again.  I say “This has nothing to do with legal immigration, which I fully support.  We are talking about increasing spending for the children of those who are in this country illegally and who’s parents do not pay income tax.  Are you telling me that that spending is a priority at this time?”

He begins to start telling the story of another poor child who got straight As and how she should be able….

I interrupt and say “So, your response is that you feel that spending our tax dollars on illegal immigrants is a priority for you in the midst of the fiscal crisis, correct? Thank you for your honesty, sir.” and I turned and walked away from the microphone, as he sputters to answer.

Applause as I walk away.  (Actually, considering  that this is CT, I was stunned by that.)  As I walk up the aisle, people are giving me thumbs up and reaching out to shake my hand.  “Great question!”  “Excellent question!”  Nice job!”  One old Hispanic guy actually grabbed my hand and said “They just don’t understand the difference between legal and illegal, do they?  Good job!”

I walk out into the lobby as he is making his closing remarks.  People are stopping me and congratulating me on my question.  People are reaching out and shaking my hand.

Well, except one guy.  He walks out of the auditorium and without stopping, looks at me and says “HATER!” and keeps walking.  He gets about 6 more paces away and he turns his head and yells again “HATER!”

I simply laugh and yell back “Nice response, child.” as people continue to come up and shake my hand.

Of course, being in CT, I know this will end right there. There was a news reporter right next to me with a cameraman.  Do you think they turned to ask me a question?  HAH!  Of course not.  I hung out in the lobby, as I had to wait for my son, whom I had brought along to help with the refreshments and, amazingly, they never noticed me standing right there.

But whatever, I had a great time and it was priceless watching Malloy struggle to come up with something other than the standard, boilerplate, condescending “for the children!” bullshit.

[Update: Andy] Run from the h8r, Dora. RUN!!!11!

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