Haha.
I’m calling for withdrawal of support from the California-Republican-anything.
It’s what they DESERVE.
Yeah, yeah – “then we’ll get Bustamante.” Grow a set then get back with me.
That is all, IMO.
Is this woman a shirttail relative of Maria's?????
High time. Maybe Arnold will run as a Democrat, ala Earl Warren. It would fit his politics a lot more closely.
What will our RINOs do then? Maybe they can explain all this strategery for us.
If you elect a Rino, expect to step in lots of Rino poop.
Where's Parsky and Doof?
They got some 'splainin' to do,. imo.
after he commutes Williams execution to life without, we can cut Arnold loose all together.
Do you know if Arnold explained this appointment? I realize that he is working with Bush, Fox, and Halliburton to destroy America, but this doesn`t compute
"When RINOs go wild..."
Arnold's latest colossal blunder could end up having positive repercussions. It could be just the thing to help keep the Republican caucus united against the inevitable Democrat tax-hike proposals. Whereas I had once feared that he might be able to smoothe-talk the necessary handful of Republicans (Keith Richman and that crowd) into voting with the Democrats for their tax hikes, Arnold's currency just took a nose dive.
Let the Democrats nominate him. Now THAT almost looks inevitable.
Bustamante, electable, Governator, fiscal conservative, social moderate, blow up boxes, cut Cut CUT, Milton Friedman, live within our means, Terminator... GO ARNOLD!!!
Fools.
When this guy gets done with what his masters have in mind, the California Republican Party will be an advertising agency masquerading as a political party. But then, I'm almost certain that's exactly what Mssrs. Parsky, Sundheim, Huffington, and Riordan had in mind.
Is Arnold stupid enough to believe his own excuse?
If so, how many times will he get burned before admitting the mistake?
(You knew she was a snake when you took her in.)
Too true.
The dude may be buffed but he's surely whipped by his lefty stick of a wife.
(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.")
Could we be so lucky? Wonder which RINO the will foist on us next.
Conservative Republicans were flabbergasted by the appointment, calling it a betrayal of the platform on which Mr. Schwarzenegger had won office and an abandonment of his most loyal base.Dave Gilliard, a conservative and a leader of the movement to recall Governor Davis, said he was appalled. "It's not acceptable, it's indefensible," Mr. Gilliard said. "She was part of the administration that was thrown out and that Schwarzenegger replaced. She was part of the problem. It's an admission by the governor that he doesn't know what he is doing."
Mr. Gilliard said that Mr. Schwarzenegger had abandoned Republicans and that they would probably respond in kind next year.
"He hasn't given Republicans any reason to vote for him," Mr. Gilliard said. "To a certain degree it's healthier for the party to be the loyal opposition to the Democrats than to sit on your hands and watch everything you've worked for be sold out."
"Not that we're bitter or anything," he added.
Another prominent California conservative, Jon Fleischman, said that at first he could not believe the news. "I was shocked," said Mr. Fleischman, a former executive director of the California Republican Party. "How can a steadfast Republican look at her résumé and not react with anything but apprehension, anger and distrust, not because she's a bad person but because she's ideologically committed to ideas that are counter to the Republican Party."
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Jim Brulte, who left the Legislature last year after serving as Republican leader in the State Senate, also praised Ms. Kennedy and suggested that some of his more hotheaded Republican colleagues cool down. He said that unlike the hard-right Republicans who are criticizing the governor, Mr. Schwarzenegger closely reflects the political preferences of the majority of Californians.
"Arnold is California," Mr. Brulte said. "He's fiscally conservative, socially moderate and environmentally progressive. He better reflects what most Californians feel than just about anybody else in the Capitol."
I haven't kept up with the intracacies of California's politics, but I wonder if Kennedy is anything like Dick Morris --- a political mercenary. They KNOW politics from the inside out and their loyalties can be bought by whoever gives them the most power.
Yes, the Kennedy appointment is outrageous.
The Harriet Miers appointment was outrageous.
The Bush open border while Mexico invades the USA is outrageous.
Bush's Over $1 billion to tsunami nations was outrageous.
Republican Frist failing to pull the nuclear option earlier in the year when the time was perfect and ripe was outrageous.
Oh, the very, very long list of outrageous Republican moves not listed here is, . . . oh, it is outrageous.
The Democrats know that they can not beat the Republicans in a straight up fashion to win back the White House, the Senate and the House. So, they figured out a way to beat the Republicans and it is working. What they do is put extreme pressure with outrageous claims, lies and rhetoric to make the Republicans "reach across the aisle" and "act bipartisan" and all that other crap, and the end result is that conservative supporters of the GOP (what used to be the party of conservatives) become outraged.
The RATs figure the only way to beat the Republicans is to make the Republicans act so outrageous that the conservatives become outraged! Then, the Republican base stays home on election day and the RATs win. America is a conservative nation. THe RATs CANNOT WIN with all things being equal. So, they whine and cry and say the Republicans are "right-wing" and "conservative radicals" and other insane things and the Republicans, being the "bipartisan" and the "reach across the aisle" good-hearted souls they are, do outrageous things like Arnold just did, or like Bush does on a daily basis.
The more outrageous the Republicans act, the more conservatives stay home disgusted on election day. The RATs know this. They know that if the conservatives are not pissed off, the RATs lose and the Republicans maintain the House, the Senate and the White House.
The RATs are smart; slimy, but smart. They figured out the way to victory is to piss off the Republican base and get the weak kneed Republican officials to cave-in and do stupid "bipartisan things" to piss off the core base of the Republican party. It is impossible for the RATs to win elections because there just are not enough socialists and drug addicts and felons and scumbags in the voting ranks to win general elections. However, if they can get the Republican officials to "be bipartisan" and to "reach across that slime filled aisle" and do very stupid things, then they suppress the Republican vote and win the election that way because they would never win if the core base of the Republicans are pleased with the performance of the Republican officials.
That's it, fellow members. That's the RATs' strategy, and the Republicans are acting out the script the RATs have written for them. We are outraged, Arnold pulls this outrageous stunt, and Bush does his daily outrageous leftist stunts each day, and Frist caves-in, and we are outraged . . . and the RATs win in 2006 and 2008.
From Knight Ridder:
"She's a very important key to being able to sit down with the Democrats," said Leon Panetta, the former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, who consulted with Schwarzenegger's administration on how to restructure the governor's office.And from the Sac Bee"That can really make the difference for this governor as he goes into this next year."
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"By placing a leading homosexual, pro-abortion Democrat activist in charge of his entire administration, Arnold has taken a disastrous turn to the left," Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, which opposes gay marriage, said in a statement.
"Conservative voters who supported him are waking up from their dream and stepping into reality -- and the reality stinks."
Although a number of conservative Republicans were aghast at the appointment, Schwarzenegger's move won quick approval from one past foe."Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," [Gray] Davis said of the Kennedy appointment. "It's a big plus for Arnold. It shows he understood the message from the November election."
If you sleep with a Kennedy, you get to think like one.