What happened to everyone on this forum who rejected McClintock because he was “unelectable?” Remember when Schwarzenneger was our best hope, even though he was the lesser of two evils? This is what you get when you vote for RINOs.
Funny, I was thinking precisely the same thing. I also remember the lengthy lectures the pro-Arnold crowd used to subject us to. "I'm voting for the one who can win" they would say. Very well - and now California is probably closer to the cliff now than it once was.
Arnold didn’t run as a RINO. He had never held elected office before, so there was no record to consider, except his history as a successful businessman who had amassed a fortune in real estate. To my mind, that’s a pretty good predictor of executive success in the governor’s chair.
I voted for him in the recall election because Gray Davis had raised taxes and was borrowing money instead of cutting spending.
And because Arnold said, “Taxes are too high” and “California must operate under a balanced budget.”
Not a word about bankrupting us to adhere to nonsensical environmental standards. Not a word about a state asset fire sale for pennies on the dollar. Not a word about his plan to hire an all-Democrat staff of advisors and policy-makers.
Sure, we were suckered, despite our due diligence. And as for re-electing him... did you see the alternative in the last election?