# Mastermind and funder of the town hall riots is now Florida's governor **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 5, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastermind-and-funder-of-the-town-hall-riots-is-now-floridas-governor/559544 "2010-11-05T03:20:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lalenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@lalenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalenin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastermind-and-funder-of-the-town-hall-riots-is-now-floridas-governor/559544/21 "2010-11-05T18:56:11Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Are you living and working as a customs officer? An immigration attorney? No? Then try again. Are you living in South Florida? No? Then maybe you know less than I do. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastermind-and-funder-of-the-town-hall-riots-is-now-floridas-governor/559544/22 "2010-11-05T19:17:19Z")
Apparently you don’t understand how this works. The burden of proof falls on the person making dubious claims. ---
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastermind-and-funder-of-the-town-hall-riots-is-now-floridas-governor/559544/23 "2010-11-05T19:23:42Z")
I’ve lived in South Florida my whole life. I work with Cubans, Peruvians, Colombians, one Venezualan, Hatians, Mexicans, Canadians, a Welshman and even a Palestinian. Dated two Brazilians (every bit as fun as it sounds) and met their families. I’m now engaged to a Filipina. Most of them came over with green cards and followed up on all the legal requirements, which is a lot easier to do if you don’t start off as an illegal. While I don’t doubt that a number of illegals follow the path you described, saying that a “vast majority” come over that way is coming at it a bit high. But we digress… ---
**Author:** ![lalenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@lalenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalenin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastermind-and-funder-of-the-town-hall-riots-is-now-floridas-governor/559544/24 "2010-11-05T19:47:40Z")
> [@Tixenfleaz](#): > > I’ve lived in South Florida my whole life. I work with Cubans, Peruvians, Colombians, one Venezualan, Hatians, Mexicans, Canadians, a Welshman and even a Palestinian. Dated two Brazilians (every bit as fun as it sounds) and met their families. I’m now engaged to a Filipina. > > Most of them came over with green cards and followed up on all the legal requirements, which is a lot easier to do if you don’t start off as an illegal. > > While I don’t doubt that a number of illegals follow the path you described, saying that a “vast majority” come over that way is coming at it a bit high. > > But we digress… This is what I actually said: “…his commercial aired in all of Florida, including South Florida, where not only is a **vast majority of the population first generation immigrants** , but a **majority of those also entered the country illegally**.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastermind-and-funder-of-the-town-hall-riots-is-now-floridas-governor/559544/25 "2010-11-05T20:48:29Z")
I think you may have forgotten to read that quote before reposting it. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastermind-and-funder-of-the-town-hall-riots-is-now-floridas-governor/559544/26 "2010-11-06T20:23:09Z")
> [@Tixenfleaz](#): > > I tend to vote Democratic, whereas most of my friends and family tend to do the opposite. Yet every last one of them denies voting for the guy. > > Yeah, doesn’t mean squat. I know. But even the few hardcore righties I know are suprised he got elected. I can’t hhelp but wonder who voted for this creature. Maybe the question is, who counted the votes, and how? This is Florida, after all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastermind-and-funder-of-the-town-hall-riots-is-now-floridas-governor/559544.md?page=1)