This is simply the most egregious case of a tendency that GOP elected officials often display. They surround themselves with operatives of the far left, ignoring good solid Republican office-seekers with excellent credentials... like me.
Why imagine that muscle-head would be any different than the GOP lawmakers sent to DC, who staff their offices with a revolving-door cast of DC characters who are uniformly gay, Democrat, and hell-bent on sabotaging their Democrat friends back into office as soon as humanly possible? E.G. With cheap tricks like processing a Presidential Award for Tookie.
Dick Cheney and the Scooter also come to mind. Surprise, surprise when leaks to their leftist allies in the MSM undermine crucial policy.
Do these finks actually think Ted Kennedy, or any other top Democrat, has any Republican sympathizers on his staff? If Ahnolt thinks he was elected so a queer abortion advocate with a history of agitprop for far-left causes could run his office, those steroids did more harm to his swelled head than anyone may have previously imagined.
Newsflash! These Democrat appointees have more power on a day-to-day basis than the stupid Republicans who appoint them. Why just hand it to them?
Is California even governable anymore?
See any calls to change the Constitution lately?
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/13300037.htm
"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 Clinton, who consulted with the Schwarzenegger administration on how to restructure the governor's office. "That can really make the difference for this governor as he goes into this next year."
"Schwarznegger Appoints Far-Left Radical Democrat Lesbian Abortion Advocate"....
What did he leave out here? Sheeesh. So much for the posibility of presidential aspirations, put a fork in him.
The Governor of Californistan better not grant clemency to Tookie Williams or he will receive no republican votes next year.
As much as I dislike the appointment, using the correct title would have been nice.
When the guy said, "We're not moving anywhere", he should have stopped right there and he would have at least been telling the truth.
But is she a smoker?
I'm sure all you California conservatives are glad you voted for Ahnold rather than Tom, because the former "could win."
It's time to have another recall.......
"I'm getting more e-mails off of this [the Kennedy appointment] than I do for Viagra,"
LOL, that's a funny line.
Angry?!?
Arnold's lost his mind. His political career is over.
Am I the only one who finds it strange that a person on the right would complain about someone not being right enough to the LA Times?
The point is well taken, but why should someone on the right lend credibility to the LA Times by granting an interview in the first place? When they call, just say no!
The right really needs to quit lending credibility to the left by granting them interviews. The left is only going to spin what you have to say, or use it to their own ends.
I don't agree with Schwawrzenegger's appointment, but why give the LA Times fodder that will be used to trash Scwarzenegger before the election next year?
We should be spending our efforts trying to force a primary, not whining to the LA Times of all places.
What's there to wonder about? Schwarzenegger isn't a conservative. Wow, who would have thunk it?
If the top California Republicans could pull their heads out long enough to make some of these observations, it's really too bad they couldn't keep their heads out long enough to do something about it, namely force a primary election on the right for next spring.
Schwartzenegger continues to make the ultimate political mistake of claiming to be a "fiscal" conservative while pushing far left "social" values.
To me, conservatism IS traditional social values and in general they are:
love of Judeo-Christian families, opposition to libs who push homo agenda's, opposition to gay marriage, pro Life, support of a strong military, opposition to illegal immigration, opposition to "multi culturalism" (which in reality is anti American traditions), self reliance, etc.
Schwartznegger aint no more a Republican than my aunt Millie's hemeroid.
(My former congressdude, Rep. Greenwood (Bucks, Pa.) used to claim he was a "social liberal but fiscal conservative" but could never point to one thing concrete he did to claim the mantel of a Republican. (He even overturned his vote of the Clinton impeachment in the US House)
Go away, Arnold.