Governor Watts announces candidacy for California governor!

[nongo]

are you really a democrat? you really give barack obama a hard time. unless that's your persona.

[Alucard0715]

Typo in my last one, meant wish you'd won. Ruddy phone.....

[Alucard0715]

Right, about we get someone sensible running. Wish I'd won back in in the re-election. Bloody college expenses are cost me an arm and a leg.

Oh, u look a bit like David Tenant(maybe wrong spelling), anyone ever mention that before?

[spernew]

too bad you are a DEM, could have hooked you up......like your contributions though

[DOTQWERTY218]

as governor for california, how will you help texas or help people from texas migrate to california ?

[MarcelEVHS]

ay, i remember you ran for governor a while back!

i also remember you where substitute teacher

for one of my classes at Evergreen Valley High School!

If i had the ability to vote, you could count on me to give

you mine!

[guildmewmew]

Oh, I don't agree with maybe FREE tuition since i'm not so sure how that'd work and where the money would come from but reducing it maybe 40/50% would be pretty amazing, then again i'm sure you've found a way to get it free.

[dkittv]

It's free in the U.K., well practically, if you don't make a boat-load of money (And your family doesn't either) then you pay a modest amount - for me it was about 500 pounds a year (Probably around $750). The U.K. has definitely comparable tax rates, living standards and incomes as the U.S. so frankly I don't see why things like this aren't already in effect here (National Health service too) unless rich people are skimming millions from the taxpayer... oh snap!

[guildmewmew]

It would be great if you were elected... gotta get some sense back into our political system and fix all the crap that's happened.

[Carson475]

we of ms. palas ex-class hope you make it again!

[GovernorWatts]

Thanks!

...Palas who with the what now?

[Carson475]

Santa Teresa High where you subd a algebra 1 class

"Oro no chimpo saware!"

lol

[eiendeeai]

I don't get it. You mock communism in other videos, but are you conservative or liberal? I'd understand reduced costs but free?

[GovernorWatts]

I defy labels. "Conservative" and "liberal" are false constructs.

For example:

Is a Libertarian liberal or conservative?

How about a libertarian who adds "education" to the legitimate functions of the state (national defense, courts, diplomacy, police)?

[gdedi]

Governor Governor Watts. Has a nice ring to it.

[draggt03]

You better win this time.....

[magicalgoats]

you need to update that website

[GovernorWatts]

haha Yeah I do.

[dinewby88]

No WAY is this guy the son of colbert. Stephen is conservative. I wouldn't vote for this guy at all.

[PedroTheHutt]

I think you missed the joke by roughly... two miles.

[ReneeOfTheFae]

Dammit! I wish I lived in CA. I'd vote for you.

[WowItzMike]

YES YES YES!

Put your old videos back up, Mista Watts!

[AWJFunk]

I'm canadian, so i can't really vote for you. but i would. also, due to this economic bullshit, i have no disposable income to donate. keep us updated, if you're close i'll try to scrounge up something to put you over the top, so to speak. :)

[ashleyjamesdoran]

lol, I have to ask, are you really the son of Stephen Colbert?

[GovernorWatts]

My name's Governor Watts, and I'm the son of Stephen Colbert.

[eyepatchlarry]

YES!!!!

I am now to move to California to register my vote for you...YOU!

[draggt03]

im going to become a cali resident then vote for you govenerwatts NOW IS YOUR TIME! I LOVE U

[theninjacowboy]

hmm...I don't think you are the son of Stephen Colbert. his two sons are much younger.

[draggt03]

he could be a half brother.....

[WileyCoyote69]

theninjacowboy, as Stephen Colbert himself might, Watts is snickering behind his hand (but giving a straight face to the camera).

In other news, Watts has a Christmas Special where he hangs out with Willie Nelson coming out later this year. It's true!

[GovernorWatts]

WileyCoyote is correct.

[WileyCoyote69]

My favorite phrase!

[CalicoGirl18]

why don't you have your dad help you out by advertising your campaign?

[GovernorWatts]

Good idea.

[ZacharyDuhamel]

That's awesome Governor Watts! I would totally vote for you, but I don't live in California and I'm not old enough to vote.

Apply for youtube partnership now!

[Redrally]

You're a Democrat now?

[GovernorWatts]

Yep.  That's the primary you'll need to vote in.

[Dranda32]

your not fat enough to be a politician. I don't trust skinny white guys in office.......

[GovernorWatts]

Dranda32, Abraham Lincoln, FDR, and Ronald Reagan were skinny white guys. They were also my uncles. Don't you trust Abraham Lincoln?

[drivin98]

Do you really want us to be like the French communists in France where tuition is free? Should we also make baguette and cheese the state national food as well??? Et tu, Brutus? N'est pass?

[MewEcks]

I guess it's not so much about being actually voted for but about free tuition.

It has got nothing to do with communism. Equal chances are pretty much defined by the education one can get and equal chances are a prerequisite for a good and fair capitalism.

[surGeonGG]

That's not what capitalism is about. Capitalism is about the concept of private ownership of capital. Capitalism is not about equal material circumstances, it's about equal rights.

Free education will bring cost up and quality down because it undermines competition. The only way to make education affordable is to get government out of it. When the government pays or loans out money for education the students get an artificially high buying power which drives cost up.

[surGeonGG]

Why is it that we spend more every year on education yet the quality keeps declining?

[GovernorWatts]

There's a lot of wasted money in education. That's something else we should fix. But we shouldn't fix it by charging students more; we should fix it by actually cutting the waste.

[didles123]

surGeonGG: it's the teachers unions. Now matter how much they say they get paid, they get good benefits and a huge amount of money is going to teachers who have long since retired.

[drivin98]

Next time I make a totally over the top comment with inappropriate foreign language quotes (not to mention poor spelling), I shall include in brackets at the end in capital letters that I was being SARCASTIC! (Yeah, I know sarcasm translates poorly into netspeak but geez)

Of course education should be free. Just like health care. The problem with these professions today is that they are being run by people more interested in making a profit than making a positive impact in their communities.

[GovernorWatts]

We've got "free" K-12 education. Why stop at 12th grade? That's an arbitrary place to stop. No one can get a good job with a 12th grade education anymore. College is vital.

[surGeonGG]

And how do you propose we cut this waste then GovernorWatts? Profit motive is the only thing that improves quality, cuts waste and lowers cost.

I agree 12th grade is arbitrary but I think you're going in the wrong direction. Make all education private.

[surGeonGG]

There is a more or less fixed amount of people that go to college. The only thing government is doing right now is to give the bidders (students) in this auction for college places higher buying power on credit. If you get the government out of it you will see tuitions come down.

[GovernorWatts]

I'm not running on a K-12 platform. If you've got a solution, great. Go tweet at Gavin Newsom or something.

I'm running on one issue only: Free college.

[didles123]

Yes, the number of grades is slightly arbitrary. However, the line between high school and college is not. Just about every developed country acknowledges it and many don't offer free college.

I've worked some crappy manufacturing jobs and I have to wonder who's going to work without being over-educated if college were free.

[stefanmckinley]

California has closed primaries? that sux.

[GovernorWatts]

Yeah, they tried to pass a law a few years ago opening the primaries, but the courts made adherence to the law "optional." Apparently it violates parties' freedom of association if you let just anybody vote in their primaries.

[omgthegamer]

Dude, free tuition, holy crap. Thats perfect for me! I go to UCI...tuition is pretty much the same as yours...lol. You've got my vote. Well, that issue and hopefully including that you have more policies that can help Californians!

[GovernorWatts]

Thanks! I appreciate it.

[heftymadmonkey]

I wish I could vote for you but I don't live in the USA! :P

[WileyCoyote69]

Watts for Governor! I wish I could vote for you, brother, but I'd have to move!

Beat Arnie!  Beat the Governator into da ground!

Is this a new camera?

[GovernorWatts]

Same camera. Panasonic something or other. 3CCD, semi-high def.  It was state-of-the-art four years ago.

[WileyCoyote69]

It must be the good light. That always makes a huge difference.

[GovernorWatts]

Definitely. Lighting makes all the difference.

[notyourBRIDE]

Are you serious?

[WileyCoyote69]

Why do you assume he isn't? He ran last election. There's video tape of him being interviewed about it up here somewhere.

[GovernorWatts]

Totally serial.