Here's the scene. Rick Scott vetoes $615 Million from Florida's state budget. But instead of doing so at the state capitol, this guy arranges a video shoot before an adoring crowd of old geezers at the Villages, hand picked to attend. The "mission accomplished" moment is broadcast to Republican Party get togethers across the state. To keep the perfect Potemkin Village set up, Scott brought jackboot security to remove people in the audience who might have had the guts to wear a "librul" button to the event. Oh, and by using Orwellian newspeak, the event was a celebration of "the jobs budget". (But our lonely rep from Key West, Ron Saunders, nailed the truth - see last sentence.) You can't make this stuff up.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/25/2236764/rick-scott-vetoes-record-615m.html
The news of the vetoes elicited applause from the conservative crowd assembled in The Villages retirement community, where the political newcomer hosted what he billed as a “celebration” of his “jobs budget.” To underscore the campaign-like flavor, the event was underwritten and broadcast by the Republican Party of Florida.
One group, The Villages Democratic Club, was barred from the event, told by a staffer of Scott’s that it was a “private event.” Other staffers and Republican operatives scoured the crowd and had sheriffs deputies remove those who wore liberal-looking badges.
Democrats couldn’t help but note the irony that Scott was talking about job creation at the same time he signed a budget that eliminates almost 4,500 state-worker jobs and could therefore make matters worse.
“If he means the ‘jobs budget’ is killing jobs, then it’s an accurate title,” said Democratic House leader Ron Saunders of Key West.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/25/2236764/rick-scott-vetoes-record-615m.html#ixzz1NUVlsh8n
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