Posted on 03/20/2006 3:27:36 PM PST by calcowgirl
See post #4. I answered your question. It makes no sense that ARnold would not have reappointed the guy for THREE YEARS if he didn't want him there. What has happened in the last month may offer nice cover under the "doesn't want to play politics" argument, but it doesn't fly if you step back and look at the history.
As for being condescending, I had no intention of doing so. I answered your questions and provided sources. So sorry you didn't like my answers.
It was his job to appoint someone when Reiner's term expired. He didn't do it in 2003. He didn't do it in 2004. He didn't do it in 2005. And now he won't even comment on it. He's not doing HIS JOB!
Cause Arnold is a girly man.
Maria Shriver’s insistence that he not get into more fights with liberals.
GIRLY MAN.
IOW, it is his usual cowardly expediency: self-aggrandizement at the expense of silently stiffing the taxpayers.
As to aggrandizement, I think it is for himself and his buddies who have forged into the preschool business (Milken, et al.)
If that's correct, I agree.
Reiner is a convenient whipping boy, drawing flak from both the right and the left over an unethical and potentially illegal promotion a potential harm, Prop 82, rather than Prop 49, a real harm during an extended period of deficit spending.
More ire from conservatives.
As to aggrandizement, I think it is for himself and his buddies who have forged into the preschool business (Milken, et al.)
This is one case where I think Arnold's interests are primarily ideological. As for Milken, from what I've been able to tell, he's ideologically driven as well (the driven cancer survivor mentality). Some of these New Majority types think of themselves as "former liberals" simply because they know "liberalism" doesn't work. Unfortunately, they still hang onto the same ideas, trying to implement them with fascism instead of pure socialism.
Major shift there. /s
Not quite. Methinks Arnold wants Reiner there because he wants Prop 82. He doesn't want any negative PR from reappointing Reiner in the interim and doesn't want to harm Reiner and Prop 82 any further by either the noise associated with reappointing him OR the "shame" associated with replacing him. So, he does nothing.
A first blush this seems a non plus since participation isn't compulsory and school choice is parental within economic limits. But, I promise you, that will change is short order, once our foot is on the slippery slope.
If you think kids these days have behavior problems now...
From the long established group of thieves circling around this preschool movement, I get the opposite impression.
I don't doubt for a moment that there are some shady characters involved in this.
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