Posted on 12/01/2005 10:00:01 AM PST by radar101
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may fashion himself as an ideological centrist, but he continues to govern as an extremist. The selection of true-blue Democrat Susan Kennedy as his new chief of staff is the latest example
Kennedy, for decades, has been a liberal activist and a political strategist — for abortion rights, the state Democratic party, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Gov. Gray Davis, who appointed her to the California Public Utilities Commission.
State Treasurer Phil Angelides, who's running hard against Schwarzenegger for governor, gave Kennedy her first big political job when he was chairman of the state party. She was an early supporter of his gubernatorial candidacy.
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Ahnold is done.
He's gonna really impress the hell outta everybody next week when he commutes Tookies sentence.
Anyone think there won't be riots if he gets the juice? They've put Ahnold in a corner, and we've seen his spine of late.
If he commutes that POS Tookie's death sentence, I predict, omn the advice of Uncle Ted, he will become a Dhimmirat, and become the darling of Hollywood's millionaire Marxists.
NARAL leads the fight against Judge Alito, and now we find a Republican governor rewarding one of its senior activists with a plum job on his staff.
All we need now is Arnold granting clemency to fellow bodybuilder Tookie Williams and the governator's betrayal of his base will be complete.
Did anyone really think Mr. Maria Kennedy Shriver was going to govern California as a conservative?
Something stinks to high heaven here.
next step for ahnald to try to appease the radical left in CA is granting clemency to tookie williams
OneTerminator.
Nah, he just needs someone who is used to being screamed at. Gray Davis was an awful boss. The appointment may well indicate that Arnold Schwarzenegger is too.
I luv it. A RINO is a RINO is a RINO. Tha's why I voted for McClintock. Now all of the AHnold fans got just exactly what a RINO stands for. It used to be laughing with him. Now it's laughing at him.
Susan Kennedy:
1972: At age 12, was inspired by actress Jane Fonda's support of American Indian and free-speech causes and opposition to the Vietnam War.
1977: Lived in Lancaster, Pa., within the evacuation zone of Three Mile Island. Developed a distrust of the establishment
1979: Enrolls and subsequently drops out of Millersville State College in Pennsylvania "because she was partying too much."
1980: Moved cross country to join Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden's "Campaign for Economic Democracy," a breeding ground for political training in campaigning, fundraising and field organizing, leading to a series of jobs and becoming one of the state Democratic Party's top field organizers.
198x-1991: Executive director of the California Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
1991-1994: Executive director of the California Democratic Party, selected by then party chairman, Phil Angelides
1992: Helped lead one of the biggest get-out-the-vote campaigns which put Feinstein in the Senate and helped put Bill Clinton in the presidency.
1993: Political director for Kathleen Brown seeking office of California Governor.
1995 to 1998: Worked as communications director to Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
1995: Begins program of recovery from alcohol addiction
1998: Director of the California Democratic Party's Coordinated Campaign, a grass-roots campaign effort for 1998 election.
1998: Appointed Cabinet secretary by Governor Gray Davis. She was credited with managing the Democratic governor's initiatives on child support enforcement, energy conservation and health care, among other issues. Reportedly, she promoted Gray Davis' energy plans in 2001, and issuance of $12 billion in bonds to purchase more power, warning legislators of "Armageddon." She also acted as chief negotiator in budget discussions with legislators in 2001, angering many that the Governor did not participate more. (We all know how those energy and budget matters turned out).
1999: "Married" in a Maui commitment ceremony to lesbian partner Vicki Marti, a psychotherapist. Democratic lobbyist and party operative Darius Anderson, her best friend, served as her "best man"
2001: Had an active role in approving a $96-million contract with Oracle Corp. to provide software that state managers did not want or need, an issue raised by state Sen. Tom McClintock during confirmation hearings for her 2003 PUC appointment.
2003: Appointed to a six-year term on the Public Utilities Commission by Gray Davis, with an annual salary of $114,191. Meanwhile, Gray Davis also appoints her domestic partner, Vicki Marti, to the California Medical Assistance Commission whose function it is to set hospital Medical rates--a plum job paying an annual salary of $99,000 and requiring only 2 meetings per month.
2005: Reaches her senior year in college after 13 years of part time study.
(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.")
That reference reminds me of a typical screenplay chronicling the coming of age of an emerging homosexual.
Of course, the present gubernatorial administration is adrift. It started life as part of the Republican Party paying faint homage to the traditional values of its family but gradually realized that at it's heart it was liberal and really was a member of the other team.
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