Ahnold makes Gray Davis look like a republican.
Posted on 12/27/2009 4:51:02 PM PST by pissant
The "ought" decade was one promise after another turned into trauma for California. It began with a popular Democratic governor, judging from the voter majority that put him in office. But his popularity plummeted in tandem with the state's nosediving finances. The decade ends with a Republican governor who, at first, was every bit as popular, judging from the wide voter margin that elected him. His popularity and the state's finances likewise hit bottom.
The chief distinction between Democrat Gray Davis and Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger may be that the former was recalled from office, and the latter will be permitted to finish his term next year. Perhaps Schwarzenegger was spared because voters remember the lousy results of the previous recall.
California's bipartisan gubernatorial failures were uncomfortably similar. Profligate spending, overextended borrowing and looming deficits were Davis' undoing. Schwarzenegger promised to "blow up the boxes" and cut up the credit cards, but ended up spending and borrowing on a par with, and sinking every bit as deep in debt, as Davis. This downward trajectory means Californians are among the highest-taxed, most over-regulated and poorly served citizens in the 50 states.
Climate control
If government can assume authority over emissions of CO2 generated by everything from factories to vehicles to people exhaling, then government can control everything. The statist goal of overseeing all aspects of life advanced grotesquely with the quasiscience of global warming alarmism. It proved the all-encompassing excuse to regulate, to tax and to license greenhouse gas emissions under the pretense of saving the planet from rising temperatures.
The alleged threat of thermal catastrophe was exposed at the recent Copenhagen climate summit, where, despite insisting this was the world's last chance to ward off irreversible harm, 193 nations couldn't even agree how much to cut their own emissions,
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Ahnold makes Gray Davis look like a republican.
That's the idea!
Plus we will dilute whatever wealth we have by PAYING YOUR MONEY to third world countries. That will level the gloBULL financial playing field.
What "bipartisan"??
Both of these assclowns are liberal, big government Democrats.
True. BUt then explain the constant stream of BJ’s Arnie got from Hugh Hewitt, Medved, Hannity and thousands of freepers.
He lied to us. In an introduction to Milton Friedman’s video program “Free To Choose” Arnold sounded like a big proponent of free markets. He wasn’t.
I voted for Tom McClintock...
Correct.
Booting out Davis was a happy day.
Seeing what a DemocRat Anrold is has been a bitter disappointment.
All Democratic politicians lie. - If it quacks like a duck....
Don’t blame me - - I supported McClintock from the beginning.
FRegards,
LH
God help us!!!!!!
>> I voted for Tom McClintock...
He was surrounded by clowns. I remember the CA primaries from afar.
‘primaries’ - ok, I don’t remember it that well... but I remember a very frustrated McClintock.
Can you name them from afar?
See post #12.
Celebrity reality TV shows are clouding my memory.
There was no primary for the Gov seat as it was during the recall of Grey Davis...
>> There was no primary
Absolutely. Emphasized that misfire in quotes.
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