Gov. DiSastrous is cutting the budget (to $114.4 billion). Priorities matter. “Smaller government” is the disingenuous rationale for an ideological micromanager. Ronald Reagan he isn’t.
But he still wants, unconscionably, to set aside $1 million for “any litigation expenses that may come as a result of this really, really poor decision by the College Football Playoff” to snub the undefeated ACC champion FSU Seminoles. AG Ashley Moody, of course, agrees. So does, for what it’s worth, Sen. Rick Scott.
But what’s the real bottom line? Maybe this governor thinks ‘Noles fans will forget about insurance premiums, abortion autocracy, Medicaid non-expansion and heavy-handed interference in public schools and universities and feel indebted for his “support.”
And maybe, he hopes, they won’t equate football pandering to, say, flying immigrants to Cape Cod. But maybe they will see a self-serving, diversionary tactic for what it is. We were used to grandstanding; now there’s “gridstanding.”