The ill wind of Fan-gate continues to blow in the face of Rick Scott.

Yesterday when I shared video of the awkward six minute plus pause before Rick Scott emerged from his sarcophagus to join Charlie Crist on stage for that Florida debate, I failed to include Scott's answer as to why he is such a baby.

I apologize for my indefensible oversight. Here it is.

And here is how AATP reported on it:  

“And Governor Scott, why the delay in coming out over a fan?” moderator Elliott Rodriguez asked. 

Scott, channeling Sarah Palin, offered a garbled, word salady response that is an embarrassment to any and all speakers of the English language. “I waited to see be he till we figured out he was gonna show up. He said he was gonna come to the, uh, he sss he said he was gonna come to the debate, so why come out until he’s ready?”

Yes Scott was merely waiting backstage for Crist to get off his ass and agree to participate in the debate, which clearly he had a whole six minutes earlier.

(I guess in reptile numbers that was really only a few seconds.)

Now if you think that initial response was awkward, trust me it really never got any better no matter how many times he was asked.

CNN's the Wolf tried asking him about it:

Blitzer asked, “What was the big deal?… Why was this even an issue going into the debate?” Scott didn’t directly answer, telling Blitzer that the reason he didn’t come out is because he was told Crist wouldn’t be coming out and debate organizers did not tell him to come on stage. (It’s worth noting here that the debate had started and Crist gave answers for several minutes before Scott appeared on-stage.) 

Blitzer brought up the debate agreement, which had a note from Crist that he may need a fan. Scott said he hadn’t seen that agreement, and as opposed to last night, when it sounded like he adamantly refused to come on stage if Crist had the fan, he said today, “I don’t care if he brings a microwave, if he brings a humidifier.”

A reporter later in the day tried asking him about it:  

"Charlie was throwing a fit," he told reporters. "He was saying he wasn't going to show up, so we waited to see if he would show up."

Charlie was throwing a fit? Really?

Did Scott not see the footage from the debate?

Of course for the best response to Fan-gate you have to go to Stephen Colbert: 

"Clearly, for Scott's campaign, last night blew," he continued. "And, if you turned the switch the other way, it sucked." 

But Colbert did think the whole thing was a little unfair. 

"I don't blame Crist for wanting to bring his own coolant," Colbert said. "Based on that skin tone, I'd say his core temperature's about 450 degrees. But why should Crist get to cool himself with a fan, but Scott isn't allowed to control his temperature by laying on a chilled rock?"

And just when you thought that nobody was going to do anything dumber than Sarah Palin allowing her family to start and lose a public fight in Anchorage.