CT Gov. Dan Malloy calls Ron Paul an “idiot” over anti-FEMA comments

[NNN0LHI]

http://ballotnews.org/2011/09/06/ct-gov-dan-malloy-calls-ron-paul-an-idiot-over-anti-fema-comments/

September 6, 2011

By David Godow

HARTFORD, Connecticut:

As the eastern seaboard continues to recover from Hurricane Irene, tempers have begun to flare over criticism of the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in American disaster recovery efforts. On Wednesday, Governor Dan Malloy of Connecticut called U.S. Rep. and 2012 presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-TX) an “idiot” during a CNN interview for suggesting FEMA should be de-funded. Paul has suggested natural disaster recovery should be handled by private insurers.

Malloy’s outburst comes as hundreds of thousands of Connecticut residents remain without power in the wake of the storm. The governor has said that some customers could be without power for up to a week due to extensive damage to the power grid. Still, he suggested the damage “could have been worse” and, in his CNN interview, credited early warning systems and other FEMA services with preventing further loss of life. Authorities have confirmed two hurricane-related fatalities in Connecticut and 45 across the country. Damage has been reported to coastal homes and the Connecticut, Houstaonic and Farmington rivers have risen considerably beyond flood stage.

[KamaAina]

1. Even Florida and Louisiana turned away from private insurers toward soshulism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_Insurance

Citizens Insurance, or Citizens, is the popular name for government established, not-for-profit insurers in Florida and Louisiana. In Florida, the insurer is Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. In Louisiana, the insurer is the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. Both were established in their respective states as insurers of last resort. The Louisiana corporation is also known as Louisiana Citizens.

[DCBob]

2. insult to idiots.

[hifiguy]

3. If it walks like a duck

and quacks like a duck, odds are you do in fact have a duck on your hands.

[FLAprogressive]

4. Malloy will be Public Enemy #1 at the Ron Paul cult soon enough.

[CTyankee]

5. god, I'm glad I have him as my governor!

I'm sorry, but Ned Lamont would have been a big problem if he had been elected...(and I say that as a former Lamont volunteer in his Senate run). He wouldn't have been able to deal politically with the situation and I really feel he would have been flummoxed early on...Greenwich life was just too easy on him...

Malloy is a real straight shooter. He took Chris Christie's measure (no pun intended) and figured out/spoke out about him (Christie must hate him). He was on the job for our bad snowstorms last winter and for Irene. If it weren't for the state and local reports we would have had NO information on power restoration AT ALL. The power companies were absolutely lousy in their response to the public, and I don't mean the workers, I mean the management!

I LOVE Dan Malloy!

[Kalidurga]

6. Ron Paul is a nutter

as are all Randites.