Schwarzenegger Appoints Ted Kennedy Pal to Top Post (I tried to warn you)

The Insider, Sacramento Bee ^ | November 4, 2003 | Daniel Weintraub

[Saundra Duffy]

Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger filled out a big chunk of his senior staff today with a selection of conservative, liberal and bipartisan figures

[Chad Fairbanks]

Heh heh heh ;0)

[NormsRevenge]

Sorry I'm so late to the party. Thanks for exercising some of the folks on the forum. They have been kind of quiet of late. Winning does that to folks, I reckun. They still maintain their rapier wit and ability to hurl insults at will, tho.

So much for freedom of speech these days, well thought out or not. Personal attacks serve no one well here, imo.

Heck , Arnold hasn't even officially started but he has definitely assembled a political Motley Crew and in only a few weeks. Impressive! Soon enough, we will get to sample the pudding.

I am impressed that he jumped right into the thick of things fire-wise, not that it will have that much of an effect help-wise near-term, but ya never know.

As far as appointments , I hope Rairdon and Arnold work to get the textbooks currently used in the schools tossed and replaced with ones that are supportive of values and the truth about our history and our nation and its founders and supporters and detractors.

This is one of the things Busty crowed about being such a big backer of was getting new textbooks in the classrooms, the problem being they are so slanted, they won't lay flat. Of course, that means taking on school boards and districts and the infidels thereon.

Maybe Dick can use some of his old artillery triangulation skills to zero in on that as one of his goals, that and waste and a bloated bureaucracy in the educational system.

The crap that is being taught to our kids today in the leftist curriculum statewide needs to be stopped or all our efforts will be for naught.

PS - I'm jealous. Most of my threads only draw a couple posts lately. I may have to try changing my name or something.

PPS - And only a couple of slams of Tom to boot, woohooo!!

NR

[Mudboy Slim]

"I do live in Massachusetts where you can't take a step and not run into a liberal..."

Not quite the same dynamic here in Central Virginny...and as I tend to wear my conservative loyalties on my sleeve, a lotta folks who just appear non-partisan around me may be closet Lib'rals. I worked with a pretty good carpenter friend who was extremely Lib'ral and me and him eventually had to throw hands and are not friends any longer...LOL!! What set him off was my insistence on listening to Rush 3 hours per day, five days per week.

FReegards...MUD

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

LOL ; )

[F16Fighter]

"Orrin Hatch is one of Ted Kennedy's best friends. Are you saying, therefore, that all one has to know about Orrin Hatch is that he is friends with Ted Kennedy in order to understand his politics."

Oh you mean RINO, Orrin Hatch??

Figures....

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

RINO means Republican In Name Only

Since so many on this site refuse to be associated with the Republican party, should they be using this an an invective? Hatch is Conservative and is Republican. To say otherwise is not to know his legislative record or to be so out of tune with the Republican Party or the Conservative movement as to be aptly labeled "fringe" and to be disregarded as a voice of competency.

[FFIGHTER]

Democrats voted for Reagan, does the same logic apply?

[FFIGHTER]

There is a rumor that Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to allow Democrats to continue to live in California and God forbid Independents as well. That does it for me.[/sarcasm]

[F16Fighter]

"Hatch is Conservative and is Republican. To say otherwise is not to know his legislative record or to be so out of tune with the Republican Party or the Conservative movement as to be aptly labeled 'fringe' and to be disregarded as a voice of competency."

So sayeth you, and duly noted....

I OTOH I recognize "compassionate conservativism" when I see it. The term "compromised principle" is also an associative condition that allows Rats to lie and take pot shots at traditional conservative issues without the GOP hierarchy returning damaging retributive fire. Your man Hatch is a prime offender. Perhaps he doesn't want to embarrass his fellow Democratic committee members and "friends" like Kennedy.

[F16Fighter]

"There is a rumor that Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to allow Democrats to continue to live in California and God forbid Independents as well. That does it for me.[/sarcasm]"

There's another "rumor" as well...

...That there are GOP Kool-Ade guzzlers who actually believe Arnold won't enact a slew of liberal-socialist/pro-Democratic platform programs during the tenure of his Governorship.

[Osage Orange]

You wrote:

"So friggin what, she's a FRIEND of Ted Kennedy's? Ted Kennedy shouldn't have any friends?"

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No he shouldn't...(g) And in my perfect world...."Big Ted" would be given plastic surgery to make him appear to be half-man, half-pig. Then made to walk thru downtown Tikrit, Iraq.

Does that help?

Fwiw-

[Osage Orange]

You wrote;

" Hatch is Conservative and is Republican."

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Without checking you...and for the sake of argument...I'll agree.

But how does the above square with his apparent "need" to legitimize illegal aliens? Is it conservative to "award" illegal behaviour? Is it even Republican?

fwiw-

[Hildy]

I guess I don't think about Teddy as much as you seem to do.

[mickie]

What a shame, Saundra.
You worked so hard to recall Davis......and for what?
Doesn't bode well for Bush, if this RINO screws up California!

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

I make both sides mad when it comes to immigration and illegal immigration because while we need to stop illegal immigration, "shootin' em as they cross the border" isn't the way I would think would be most effective and reflective of our National morality.

That being said, I disagree with Hatch if he wants to give a blanket amnesty. I think he is wrong. But being wrong on an issue is not enough for me to label someone as an enemy. Too many on this site view even a variance of one vote enough to forever label them a traitor to this or that cause.

For example, being friends with a Liberal for many here is enough to disqualify you for any position. I think that is wrong as well. Doesn't make me wish they would get banned though.

[Osage Orange]

You wrote:

"I guess I don't think about Teddy as much as you seem to do."

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LOL!! You missed the (g). Sorry, if I wasn't clear on that.

But come on...you base your apparent conclusion that I think more about Uncle Teddy than you...on one post, consisting of 2 or 3 sentences?

Oh wait, wait..hold the phone I just re-read your post..It said, "You "guessed". Okay I get it now....Sorry.

FWIW-

[Osage Orange]

You wrote:

"I make both sides mad when it comes to immigration and illegal immigration because while we need to stop illegal immigration, "shootin' em as they cross the border" isn't the way I would think would be most effective and reflective of our National morality." =======================================================

That's one heck of a description of the "sides"...!! Yikes..!!

I don't know of anyone who truly advocates "shootin'em as they cross".

Do you really think that's how the "sides" shape up?

That being said, I disagree with Hatch if he wants to give a blanket amnesty. I think he is wrong. But being wrong on an issue is not enough for me to label someone as an enemy. Too many on this site view even a variance of one vote enough to forever label them a traitor to this or that cause. =====================================================

Fair enough. And I agree to your point. But in totality, Mr. Orrin Hatch has "turned over" enough for my taste. I don't think him a "traitor" though. But if I lived in Utah....I'd work to see him defeated. He comes across too often...as all bark, no bite.

For example, being friends with a Liberal for many here is enough to disqualify you for any position. I think that is wrong as well. Doesn't make me wish they would get banned though."

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I've co-worker's, & family that are liberal. Some are Marxist's even....I'm friendly with them....but I'm not "friends" with them. We don't pal around together...

I don't think that should disqualify them or me...from any "positions". But I darn well bet you...that my being a Conservative & a Christian....will ABSOLUTELY..get me disqualified from "positions" in "their" world.

FWIW-

[BillyBoy]

>> Democrats voted for Reagan, does the same logic apply? <<

No, since they were yellow-dog conservative Democrats, not socialist Ted Kennedy Democrats. The types of Democrats Reagan got (pro-life, pro-gun) would NEVER vote for Arnold or George Ryan. Not to worry though, they have Hollyweird and the Green Party commies to make up for it.

[BillyBoy]

>> It is a Republican party that WINS ELECTIONS.
Right on! Saundra should deal with it, or seek her mountaintop. <<<

Sorry, Arnold won as many "elections" as one-termer George Ryan did. Wait until 2004 and 2006 until you gloat that your RINO trash has won "elections". All the evidence with precious RINO governors in their ELECTION resulted in a Democrat sweep four years later.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Yeah, I think if you read some of the threads about immigration here you will see that there is a fringe portion of people who would shoot to kill anyone illegally entering the country. Scary but true.

I'm all for immigration, it keeps us fresh with new hungry blood. But I'm also for the "American Melting Pot" as opposed to the "American Stew". I believe in diversity within a culture, not diversity of cultures. So I am for legal immigration, against illegal immigration, and am opposed to the extremists on both sides.