I agree that Governor Corbett is a moron. If someone with this bumper sticker was arrested, I think the charge would have to be libel, i.e, "a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation." The only defense to a charge of libel is that the statement was in fact true. Therefore, in the discovery phase of the case, the defense could obtain copies of Corbett's education records to determine if he is, in fact a moron. Moron is defined as: 1. A stupid person; a dolt.
2. Psychology A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years and generally having communication and social skills enabling some degree of academic or vocational education.
It's my theory, absent Corbett ever providing copies of any transcripts, that he was turned down for admission to state universities, colleges and law schools, as well as private universities, colleges and law schools with any degree of prestige. That is the only explanation of why he, an avowed devout Catholic, attended a tiny fundamentalist religious college and then a 4th rate law school in Texas - you know, the kind of schools so desperate for tuition money, they'll admit anyone. Being rejected by state schools would also explain his vendetta against public education - slashing funding year after year.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/06/27/2226561/pro-medicaid-message-pennsylvania/
Last June, a health care activist was arrested in Harrisburg, PA, the state capitol, for writing a message in sidewalk chalk protesting the governor’s decision to block health care for 700,000 residents in the state.
Like many Republican governors around the country, Gov. Tom Corbett (R-PA) has opposed expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania, even though the federal government would fully fund the program for the first three years. Though some Republicans in the state legislature are working on legislation to expand Medicaid, Corbett has said he wouldn’t support any bill unless it significantly altered the program.
As lawmakers consider legislation this week, many activists are putting pressure on Corbett, including a dozen uninsured Pennsylvanians who staged a sit-in at the State Capitol on Wednesday. According to local Pennsylvania blog Raging Chicken Press, the demonstrators were kicked out of the building that evening, after which a number of them continued to protest outside the governor’s mansion. At one point, health care activist AJ Marin was arrested for writing a message to Corbett in chalk on the sidewalk: “Governor Corbett has health insurance, we should too.” According to the citation, Marin was charged with disorderly conduct for writing a “derogatory remark about the governor on the sidewalk.”
Corbett is the only governor in the region who opposes the Medicaid expansion. Even nearby Republican Govs. Chris Christie (R-NJ), John Kasich (R-OH), and Rick Snyder (R-MI) all support expanding Medicaid in their states.
Not only would expanding Medicaid in the state give 700,000 Pennsylvanians health care while not costing the state a dime for three years, a recent study also found that it would add $3 billion per year to the state’s GDP and create 35,000 jobs.
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