[calcowgirl]

McClintock Ping

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[Rabid Dog]

Thanks for the ping!

[forester]

It is when a crisis approaches, that the true strength of a Democracy emerges – and it is an awesome thing. One by one, individual citizens sense the approach of a common danger and they rise to the occasion. One by one, people begin putting aside their daily cares and daily pleasures and begin to engage in their classic role as citizens – not because they want to, but because they have to – because the situation has become intolerable and can no longer be ignored.

And that process begins in groups like this, groups that gather not around politicians and not around parties, but around principles – solid principles – and the most solid principle of all – Freedom.

Excellent points. Follows up his speach a few weeks back about how the mood is beginning to shift.

The liberals days are numbered - so are the rino's.... people are getting fed up with the corruption. The baby boomers idealism is not shared by many of us in generation X. Frankly, we are pretty fed up with their crap. State employees retiring with 80-90% salary is way over the line.

Just as the United Airline and steel industry folks got their pensions slashed, there will come a day when I and my children will vote to lower these pensions. Not as revenge, but as a necessity. It may not be tomorrow, but it most assuredly will happen.

[TERMINATTOR]

McClintock bump!

[Black Tooth]

I discovered that there are moments in the life of a Democracy when people put aside their own pursuits and focus very intensely on the issues at hand. The recall was one of those rare elections when the people were totally completely focused on the future of California.

He's right. nearly the entire state got behind this!

In those moments, advertising means nothing. Political parties mean less than nothing.

Exactly!

And when they do that, their judgment is exceedingly good. In 2003, the result was the historic recall of a governor – in a record turnout election. In that election, the Republican candidates for governor received a combined 62 percent of the vote – literally two votes for every vote cast for the Democrats.

2 to 1 in todays terms are overwhelming!

And – I might add – by the end of that campaign, according to every published poll from the Field to Gallup to the Los Angeles Times, the most conservative candidate (that was me, by the way) had the HIGHEST approval ratings and the most liberal candidate (Peter Camejo, of the Green Party) had the LOWEST approval ratings.

Good evidence that California can do it.

I don’t say this to brag (all right, I do), but also to illustrate that the people of California – when they are paying attention to the debate and actually listening to the candidates – agree with us in overwhelming numbers.

All his points in the article were right on the mark.

[Lancey Howard]

BUMP!

[Reagan Man]

Thanks for the ping.

Unlike many Republicans, Tom McClintock understands and believes in the tenets of the US Constitution and the agenda of the modern conservative movement in America today. Even after 40 years of Democrat liberalism and bureaucratic Republicanism, it's still possible to defend the people and limit government at the same time.

[Seadog Bytes]

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