Mark Williams Says GOP Must Dump Arnold (Threat to CAGOP)

Sacramento Union Website ^ | 11/9/05 | Mark Williams

[SierraWasp]

Mark Williams Says GOP Must Dump Arnold
Special Opinion Article by KFBK (1530 AM) Radio Host Mark Williams

Published: November 9, 2005 14:49 | Last Updated: November 16, 2005, 6:26 pm

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t just a duck who’s a little gimpy, he’s a carrier of a deadly political form of Avian Flu and he is going to destroy the few tattered remains of the state’s Republican Party.

Where to begin?

How about with the look on Assembly Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy’s face Tuesday night in Hollywood. As the TV cameras followed Arnold swagger onto stage to do a victory dance they also passed by McCarthy, and his face told the story. He looked like a kid who had been waiting on Santa to bring along that Red Rider BB gun only to find under the tree new gym socks from grandma. Arnold strode right past McCarthy, who himself didn’t even acknowledge the big guy as it appeared to me that the two went to lengths to not make eye contact, like they were the Bickersons at the divorce settlement hearing.

That summed it up. It also summed up nicely what I have been told by high-ranking republicans in Sacramento over and over again for months now. The complaint is that the governor is only a rumor in republican circles.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Knock it off, Buffy.

[fieldmarshaldj]

A Christmas gift for the CA GOP...

[goldstategop]

Name one thing the party stands for other than to demand tax cuts.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[CyberAnt]

But .. Arnold doesn't have 75% approval ratings either .. does he?

And .. since Arnold can't deliver .. I'd say that gives Tom a much better chance. Even if you don't agree!

[FOG724]

Who will you vote for in next June's Primary? How 'bout next November???

Someone who is at least right of the goal post. Sheesh!

[FOG724]

Go back to NC, please!

[John Lenin]

I agree with the article. The special election was a boneheaded move. Low turnout favored the unions. The RATS will takeover and the state will crash, than a real Republican can win.

[originalbuckeye]

I will welcome the day when a REAL Republican can win again in CA!

[John Lenin]

It's just a matter of time until boomers retire in mass and the budget explodes. tick-tock

[Avoiding_Sulla]

What a POS is our foe?

[hedgetrimmer]

I'm sure another Republican could win in a landslide. Right?

Someone who actually supports the republican platform and isn't out to change the government by eliminating elected representation could win.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Like who, for example? Arnold told people via the props we needed to cut stuff in the budget. Look how well that went over.

[hedgetrimmer]

Arnold told people via the props we needed to cut stuff in the budget

In a significant power grab for the governors office. Why can't he cut spending without trying to change the government in a way that harms the rights of the individual and the balance of power in the state government?

What exactly has been the governors focus since his election? He has completely reorganized the executive branch, giving way to much power to extremists like Sunne Wright McPeake, putting in numerous extremist environmentalists and planners to totally change Calfornia from a state where people have some freedom left to one that is very controlled--especially with respect to housing and transportation. He has created an unconstitutional council called the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, which undermines elected representation in the area and usurps authority from the individual citizen.

In the meantime, our infrastructure is still falling apart, the highways in the Bay Area are in such disrepair that you can't even believe you are in America, it seems more like East Germany before the Berlin wall fell.

His trade junkets are also questionable, he needs to tend to the state right now.

[Cinnamon Girl]

You didn't answer my question. What hero from the GOP could be elected in CA right now?

[hedgetrimmer]

What hero from the GOP could be elected in CA right now?

Choose another RINO? No thanks.

[Cinnamon Girl]

I SAID what other hero from the GOP, not what RINO. You don't have an answer because you know there isn't one. It's cute to cut down the guy in office because in imagination land there's a real conservative who could come in and do better, but that kind of talk isn't very productive in my opinion.