Posted on 09/18/2007 11:21:00 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan
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Sold out to the public sector unions. Sad, because I really thought this is a guy who is NOT a career politician, and would stand behind his principals.
But then the nurses and others went on strike to protest, and Ah-nold terminated his efforts. Now he is just another go-along to get-along pol.
but, but, but, he was more electable than Tom McClintock
No surprise here, and I always said Arnold was the only kind of Republican (RINO) that could win in Kalifornia.
Your state has made Finestein and Boxer Senators for Life, remember? Its not like you have a viable block of conservatives living there.
No offense, but it is what it is.
Arnold lied...tax cuts died!
Unfortunately, it won't even be remembered by the CA primary on Feb. 5th. People will still vote for well delivered sweet nothings that made their panties damp.
It is spelled California, jerk.
And you are wrong. California has gone through wild political swings, most of it relating to turn out. Until 1992 California was the most reliably Republican presidential state for the preceding fifty years. In 1994 Republicans won all statewide offices but one, and captured control of the Assembly. From 1982 through 1998 California enjoyed 16 years of Republican governors. Arnold WON the Recall running as a conservative Republican. If you add up the votes cast for both Arnold and McClintock in the recall, over 60% of Californians voted for candidates running to reduce the size of government and cut taxes.
McClintock has come within a whisker of winning statewide office three times despite the fact hat the RINO establishment has done everything they can to underfund and thwart his candidacy. The problem is not conservative candidates it is liberal Republicans who undermine them. Its not like you have a viable block of conservatives living there.
What would you know? California gave the Republican nominee 5.5 million votes in the last presidential election. How many did your state kick in?
Unfortunately, the voters faced a choice between Ah-nold and I believe it was Angelides at the time.
A RINO vs. an avowed lefty. Tough call. Hopefully we all won’t have to choose between Julie Annie and The Beast Next year. God help us....
Yep. He lied--and it was quite obvious. He's been raising taxes since the day he came in office!
First it was borrowing $15 billion to pay for operational expenses. Then diverting responsibilities to counties and cities without the corresponding revenue, causing local tax increases. Then increasing fees for anything in sight. Now ArnoldCare.
Glad to see Fleishman isn't providing cover anymore.
Well, in Ohio, that state would have given Bush a majority in the General Election, unlike California. Because the effort to suppress the democratic vote was successful in Ohio. ;-)
No surprise here, and I always said Arnold was the only kind of Republican (RINO) that could win in Kalifornia.
It is spelled California, jerk.
Now, now, I note the obvious, and you call me a jerk?
Whining about Kalifornia being...well, Kalifornia. You gave us Boxer and Feinstein, you gave us governor Moonbeam, you gave us Hollywood, and you wonder why the rest of the nation shakes its collective head? And get testy about it?
Lighten up. You have a viable option. You could move. Cause it will not get any better, only worse.
Don’t shoot the messenger, ElkGroveDan. Some of us feel sorry for those of you trapped in leftcoast ‘utopia’.
And for the record, if I were there I would have rather had McClintock as well, but thats a pipe dream given the voting demographics you face in your state.
But you probably know that.
(chuckle)
If you spent one month here you’d never leave. I’ve been to Ohio.
I hope Californians try harder this time. You know, engage in phone jamming the night before elections, put up phony signs to the polling areas in known democratic strongholds, get to the executives at Diebold Corp. to get them to rig the machines, drop trees on key routes to polling places, etc. The Dems may have move.on.org Soros money, but we have CHAIN SAWS.
‘If you spent one month here you’d never leave. I’ve been to Ohio.’
Sorry, having spent far more time than one month, nope.
There is something terribly wrong about picking experimental oranges at San Luis Obispo’s college on Christmas day....(chuckle)
I was stationed in SD years ago, have been to LA and SF countless times since.
I like the four seasons, its a personal choice for me.
If you lived here, where I’m at in Ohio, you might think differently....but then again, the Ohio GOP is totally corrupt here, so we might mirror what your dealing with today in another decade.
I’ve always wondered how Diebold managed to screen out potential employees belonging to the Democratic Party....
I feel your pain Dan, but Cali or Kali is becoming the butt of many jokes, no matter how you spell it.
Take it in good cheer and change things before it turns to outright scorn.
Florida went through a 6 year nationwide castigation for NOT electing Gore but we bore the outright lies and slander because we prevailed.
Turn things around and praises will shower on you.
If not, then no.
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