Malloy nails front-runner status in Wait, What? “Quote of the Year” competition - Wait, What?

Malloy nails front-runner status in Wait, What? “Quote of the Year” competition - Wait, What?:

Malloy nails front-runner status in Wait, What? “Quote of the Year” competition

by jonpelto

“I could do it with state dollars, or I could do it with someone else’s dollars. I thought doing it with somebody else’s dollars made a lot of sense,” 

True it is only May 1, 2013, but Governor Malloy has swept into the front-runner position for the Wait, What? “Quote of the Year” competition with his explanation to WTNH Channel 8 news regarding his decision to attend the White House Correspondents Dinner.

“I could do it with state dollars, or I could do it with someone else’s dollars. I thought doing it with somebody else’s dollars made a lot of sense,” Malloy told Channel 8 news.

According to the Channel 8 report, People Magazine paid about $1,000 for the cost of airfare, hotel accommodations and the ticket to the White House Correspondent’s Dinner.

People Magazine explained that they invited Malloy because he would make an interesting guest as a result of the Newtown nightmare.  Or as the editor of People Magazine put it, “with all eyes on the tragedy in Newtown, a story that People readers care deeply about, and that People has been covering intensively, we saw Governor