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As California goes, so goes America
American Thinker.net ^ | September 9, 2021 | Shari Frost

Posted on 09/09/2021 6:15:53 AM PDT by Kaslin

With Governor Gavin Newsom’s recall looming in less than a week, this is America’s chance to send a message to Washington DC and the rest of the country that common sense is making a comeback.

When Howard Cosell the late sportscaster and native Californian appeared on the 1970s sitcom The Odd Couple, he called the Felix Unger character (played by the late great Tony Randall) an “inane drone.” A drone is a worker bee that, in its mindlessness, works tirelessly for the Queen and the Hive without any thought. To borrower from Mr. Cosell, if Californians don’t vote to recall Newsom, replacing him with Larry Elder, they are all a bunch of inane drones.

California’s election is important because every awful, terrible policy that originates in Sacramento spreads like COVID across the country. Californians need to ask themselves these questions:

What has Gavin Newsom done to improve your lives? Did the lockdowns stop COVID? Did he improve the homeless problem? Did he lower crime? Do you like paying the highest prices for everything from owning a home, renting a place, or filling your gas tank? What about the rolling blackouts and the forest mismanagement leading to raging wildfires?

Not to beat a dead horse but didn’t his appearance at the French Laundry surrounded by the very lobbyists that are making your lives miserable, all without masks and social distancing anger any of you? Newsom locked down public schools and sent his kids to a private school with in-person learning. He shut down every winery except for the one he owns. When is enough going to be enough for you guys?

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TOPICS: Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: kalifornia; newsom
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1 posted on 09/09/2021 6:15:53 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

California is having a recall vote. God willing, so will we.


2 posted on 09/09/2021 6:19:07 AM PDT by Track9 (Liberalism is a far worse virus. )
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To: Kaslin

If they are still using the 2020 machines, we already know the outcome.


3 posted on 09/09/2021 6:19:51 AM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: Kaslin

Regardless of the outcome. Just the fact that California is having a recall election against the Democrat darling Newsom should say everything about the feeling in this country.


4 posted on 09/09/2021 6:21:47 AM PDT by Durbin
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To: Kaslin

The fix is in from what I hear. The people can print ballots at home and CA is sending a ballot to every resident; legal or not and there is no way to audit or check the authenticity of the ballots.

In my humble opinion all the dem pols in CA from Foolsom down to the lowest election worker and of course all the illegals and other who vote illegally should be shipped to someplace like SW Australia since that appears to be hell on earth right now.

Anyone who has to cheat to win is a total loser this country can do without. In fact would be a better place without.


5 posted on 09/09/2021 6:26:14 AM PDT by Boomer (Leftism ruins everything it touches. NUTS - Not United Troubled States.)
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To: Kaslin

After this recall, win or lose, we should have more of them.


6 posted on 09/09/2021 6:26:20 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: Kaslin

Although I wholeheartedly support the recall out here in CaCaLand, it has no chance. Since GruesomeNewsom still has the WuhanFlu stick to wield, we are going with the corrupt-by-design mailin ballots scam. Ballots are already being stolen and sold, so the fix is in.
Note also that the recall ballots were designed so that the check box showing “recall” shows thru a hole in the ballot return envelope — imagine that, what a coincidence.
So, if you vote recall, your vote can be filtered out even before it is opened.


7 posted on 09/09/2021 6:26:41 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo, WuhanFlu)
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To: Kaslin

To many Kalifornians love being “taken care of”. I’m not optimistic about the election.


8 posted on 09/09/2021 6:27:18 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Kaslin

They are, in fact, inane drones. If I were to bet, I’d bet on Newsom surviving, America, not so much.


9 posted on 09/09/2021 6:27:20 AM PDT by brownsfan (For conservatives, we have taxation without representation.)
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To: Kaslin

As California goes, so goes America

BS.


10 posted on 09/09/2021 6:28:00 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: brownsfan

Worker bees are not drones, nor are drones workers.


11 posted on 09/09/2021 6:29:03 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Vision

Agreed. Used to be but not any more.


12 posted on 09/09/2021 6:29:40 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Kaslin
The author of the piece gets the definition of "drone" wrong.

A drone is a male honey bee. Unlike the female worker bee, drones do not have stingers. They gather neither nectar nor pollen and are unable to feed without assistance from worker bees. A drone's only role is to mate with an unfertilized queen.

That was the big joke with the gentlemen's social club in P.G. Wodehouse's books. Men like Bertie Wooster did no real labor, and his club was called "The Drones".


13 posted on 09/09/2021 6:30:11 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: V_TWIN; Vision

Two years ago, I might have agreed. But I think the fix is in for the Newsome recall, and I suspect the same fix will also be in for a lot of places for the 2022 elections. So, in that sense, this will be a good test of whether the rest of the US follows California. I hope I’m wrong.

But if the Fix works in CA, it will likely work in 2022 elsewhere.


14 posted on 09/09/2021 6:39:01 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Kaslin

Let’s pray for Larry.


15 posted on 09/09/2021 6:43:35 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Kaslin

The GOP lost this country a long time ago. They were entrusted to keep in check the democrats. They failed miserably then, and are unwilling now to do anything about voter fraud.


16 posted on 09/09/2021 6:44:11 AM PDT by robel
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To: robel

Th GOP is lazier than Obama.


17 posted on 09/09/2021 6:46:09 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: Kaslin

Newsome is probably going to win. He may not even have to cheat.
California is a mess. Normal sane people are a distinct minority there.


18 posted on 09/09/2021 6:48:55 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Little Ray

California has enough illegals in the state that their multiple votes will overwhelm legitimate votes.


19 posted on 09/09/2021 6:50:30 AM PDT by Texas resident (Silver alert: There is a guy running around DC claiming he is the President.)
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To: Kaslin

I predict Larry Elder is going to win. But don’t get too excited. I have the feeling they’re only “letting” him win to relieve the pressure a little. The libs are still very much in control, sadly.


20 posted on 09/09/2021 6:52:47 AM PDT by FreedomVsControl
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