The Passion of the Govenator
Poor Arnold just can't seem to please anybody. Only weeks ago he was bombarded with multi-million-dollar attack ads coming from influential California Democrats and union members. Now he has sparked the ire of the far right (again) for appointing prominent Democrat Susan Kennedy as his chief of staff. Some Republicans are so angry, in fact, they are talking about running a more conservative Republican against him in the next election. Which conservative Republican, you ask?
Mel Gibson!
I have nothing against Mel Gibson personally, but to me this is just stupid. I mean, I can understand people being upset about Arnold for a number of reasons (myself included), but if the Republicans really expect to have a fraction of a chance of winning the next election, splitting up the Republican vote is the dumbest thing they can do.
The far-right Republicans tried this in the recall election, and proved (just as they had with Bill Simon in the previous election), that running a right-winger in California is about as effective as running a Black Panther in South Carolina. In the recall, the conservative was Tom McClintock (a man for whom I have great respect). I think he got about 16% of the vote, if I remember correctly. Now they're trying to do the same thing in the forthcoming gubernatorial election, knowing full well that someone like Mel Gibson has 0 chance of winning. But if it were merely a waste of time, I wouldn't be annoyed. The problem is that this potential dog-and-pony show (and I'm not even saying that Gibson will run, but SOMEBODY probably will) will serve no purpose other than to take votes away from a man whose approval rating is already in the toilet, thus assuring a landslide victory for any radical the Democrats decide to run (did somebody say Rob Reiner?)
If the conservative anti-Schwarzenneger lobby gets their way, they will be handing a victory to the Democrats in the next election; handing it to them on a silver platter. This is California. Not Texas. Not Georgia. If the Republicans can't mobilize around a candidate with some degree of centrist appeal, we might as well stay home on election day.
Poor Arnold just can't seem to please anybody. Only weeks ago he was bombarded with multi-million-dollar attack ads coming from influential California Democrats and union members. Now he has sparked the ire of the far right (again) for appointing prominent Democrat Susan Kennedy as his chief of staff. Some Republicans are so angry, in fact, they are talking about running a more conservative Republican against him in the next election. Which conservative Republican, you ask?
Mel Gibson!
I have nothing against Mel Gibson personally, but to me this is just stupid. I mean, I can understand people being upset about Arnold for a number of reasons (myself included), but if the Republicans really expect to have a fraction of a chance of winning the next election, splitting up the Republican vote is the dumbest thing they can do.
The far-right Republicans tried this in the recall election, and proved (just as they had with Bill Simon in the previous election), that running a right-winger in California is about as effective as running a Black Panther in South Carolina. In the recall, the conservative was Tom McClintock (a man for whom I have great respect). I think he got about 16% of the vote, if I remember correctly. Now they're trying to do the same thing in the forthcoming gubernatorial election, knowing full well that someone like Mel Gibson has 0 chance of winning. But if it were merely a waste of time, I wouldn't be annoyed. The problem is that this potential dog-and-pony show (and I'm not even saying that Gibson will run, but SOMEBODY probably will) will serve no purpose other than to take votes away from a man whose approval rating is already in the toilet, thus assuring a landslide victory for any radical the Democrats decide to run (did somebody say Rob Reiner?)
If the conservative anti-Schwarzenneger lobby gets their way, they will be handing a victory to the Democrats in the next election; handing it to them on a silver platter. This is California. Not Texas. Not Georgia. If the Republicans can't mobilize around a candidate with some degree of centrist appeal, we might as well stay home on election day.
posted by Kris Avalon at
6:54 PM
3 Comments:
And thank YOU, my friend, for just demonstrating why you were banned in the first place.
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Kris Avalon, At
8:28 PM
On the contrary, I don't know how I'll ever be able to live with myself after the injustice I have committed against you.
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Kris Avalon, At
8:44 PM
"A neolibertarian blog for those of us who know that punk rock was not created as an avenue for leftism but for individual liberty and accountability"
Liar.
You cannot comprehend the ideals you blithely repeat on the masthead of your ill-forsaken, hypocritical blog.
You are a fake.
ONEEYEDJACK
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