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Governor (Arnold) taps ex-Davis aide as chief of staff (Gay rights activist married her partner)
Chronicle ^ | Nov 30 05 | Chronicle

Posted on 11/30/2005 10:46:30 AM PST by churchillbuff

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger -- attempting to regain his political footing after a devastating special election defeat this month -- has begun a shakeup of his administration by replacing his chief of staff with a former state Democratic Party official and top adviser to former Gov. Gray Davis, Democratic and Republican sources said Tuesday.

The hiring of Susan Kennedy, widely respected by both Democrats and Republicans in Sacramento as a workhorse operative for Davis, is expected to be announced officially as early as today. The move could kick off major protests from conservative Republicans.

Appointed by Davis to the California Public Utilities Commission in 2003, Kennedy had made her name as a political operative as the head of the California branch of the National Abortion Rights Action League. A longtime gay rights activist, Kennedy married her partner, Vicki Marti, in a 1999 ceremony in Hawaii attended by many California political insiders.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: arnoldisfinished; backstabbinggopout; calappointment; dumbconservatives; gaymarriage; gayrights; homosexualagenda; joinarnold; lesbian; litmustest; needsoursupport; pervert; susankennedy; wilsonhacksfailed
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A longtime gay rights activist, Kennedy married her partner, Vicki Marti, in a 1999 ceremony in Hawaii attended by many California political insiders.
1 posted on 11/30/2005 10:46:33 AM PST by churchillbuff
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To: churchillbuff
Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.
2 posted on 11/30/2005 10:48:32 AM PST by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: NormsRevenge; GOP-cowgirl; goldstategop; RichInOC; kellynla

ping


3 posted on 11/30/2005 10:48:57 AM PST by churchillbuff
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To: churchillbuff
CA and the US for that matter, is turning even more left super fast.

folks, we are in trouble. I fear real conservatives will never be elected again...

4 posted on 11/30/2005 10:50:46 AM PST by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: churchillbuff

Good bye Arnold.. Good bye California GOP.


5 posted on 11/30/2005 10:51:15 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (Polls = Proof that when the MSM want your opinion it will give it to you.)
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To: churchillbuff
I'll bet she gave wonderful advice to Davis, that's why he was so successful.
6 posted on 11/30/2005 10:51:22 AM PST by MBB1984
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To: inquest

I hope they put out the red carpet for her ... unless she prefers blondes.


8 posted on 11/30/2005 10:54:04 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: churchillbuff

Arnold, Arnold, Arnold.


9 posted on 11/30/2005 10:56:09 AM PST by Antoninus (Hillary smiles every time a Freeper trashes Rick Santorum)
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To: churchillbuff; EdReform; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; stage left; Yakboy; ...

Homosexual Agenda Ping.

Don't have time to ping much today, but had to get this one out. So Schwarz hired a lesbian activist as his right hand man, so to speak.

Words fail me. I never expected much from him, but I didn't expect this.

Freepmail me and DirtyHarryY2K if you want on/off this pinglist.


10 posted on 11/30/2005 10:56:23 AM PST by little jeremiah
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To: churchillbuff

Why would lesbians worry about abortion?


11 posted on 11/30/2005 10:56:31 AM PST by utahagen
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic
CA and the US for that matter, is turning even more left super fast.

Just the political class, not the people. The problem is not that the people have become leftist, but that they've become so easily manipulated. The more things slide to the left, the more tightly conservatives cling to the GOP as their only savior, which of course just makes the problem even worse.

12 posted on 11/30/2005 10:58:37 AM PST by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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well, let me play devil's advocate here - many "scorched earth" conservatives did not show up to back Arnold's ballot initiatives. he owes them nothing at this point. So he makes this move, and don't be surprised if he grants clemency to Tookie to make a play for african american votes. the same people who don't like these measures, have already shown they will not vote to support Arnold - he's got very little to lose.

the lesson to be learned here goes to alot of freepers who routinely post they will not vote for McCain over Hillary (for example). Politically, either you are part of something, or you are in the wilderness.


13 posted on 11/30/2005 11:01:27 AM PST by oceanview
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To: churchillbuff
This sums it up quite nicely..


14 posted on 11/30/2005 11:06:07 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: oceanview

I see the pro-Arnold 'blame-it-on-the-conservatives' posters have already begun to show up.

This is the most pathetic attempt to shift blame I've ever seen.

There was a voting universe of ONE in the selection of this radical leftist to run the Executive branch in the great State of California: Arnold Schwarzeneggar's.

The buck stops with the Governor and no one else, no matter how hard his defenders try to spin this unmitigated disaster.


15 posted on 11/30/2005 11:07:50 AM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: utahagen
Why would lesbians worry about abortion?

I'm guessing it's because even they know, deep down, that they're not "born that way".

16 posted on 11/30/2005 11:12:46 AM PST by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: inquest; ElkGroveDan; conservativecorner; mrs tiggywinkle; SittinYonder; Cicero; CyberAnt; ...

A longtime gay rights activist, Kennedy married her partner, Vicki Marti, in a 1999 ceremony in Hawaii attended by many California political insiders.


17 posted on 11/30/2005 11:20:37 AM PST by churchillbuff
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Vicki Marti gets paid $99,000 a year to sit on the California Medical Assistance Commission


18 posted on 11/30/2005 11:23:24 AM PST by BurbankKarl (NRA EPL)
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To: churchillbuff
If things are really that bad he should have just resigned.
I'm curious, ya think Maria mighta been complicit in this to get her husband back?
19 posted on 11/30/2005 11:23:30 AM PST by drypowder
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Vicki Marti gets paid $99,000 a year to sit on the California Medical Assistance Commission"""

How often does that commission meet? Once a month? At luxury hotels?

20 posted on 11/30/2005 11:25:19 AM PST by churchillbuff
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