Posted on 09/04/2006 10:19:40 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
"I'm one of many conservatives who voted for Arnold in the recall" ...and as such, you got what you deserved. All the real conservatives of this forum warned you that you were going to be snookered and would wind up sorely disappointed in Ted Kennedy's relative, but you voted for him any way. He's as much a Republican as Arlen Specter is.
(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )
Yep. Looks like Mountjoy is getting the Harris treatment.
That's the point. Arnold is less of a liberal and therefore should be supported in this case.
Well Dreier never had Rohrabacher's conservative credentials. Moreover, David stumped for Richard Riordan who until recently was the most liberal Republican to ever be elected in California.
Compromise? Hey pal I'm all in favor of a few concessions to the enemy Dims. After all. even Reagan compromised on some issues. But there's compromise and then there's totally bending over. I don't think CA conservatives are in favor of the latter.
Are you saying there isn't a Tacit or an Against ballot?
The CAGOP has been telling us for weeks that we should vote against Angelides and today you told use that we're probably going to vote tacitly for Angelides and we wouldn't have to leave our house to do it.
I'm so confused. Maybe I should become a blindly loyal, Republican partisans and not worry. I could mail my absentee ballot to either you or down to Burbank and you could vote for me. That would be sooo much easier.
This business of the three different ballots was so confusing.
IIRC, the ballot says "Vote for one." Apparently because he is an Independent and doesn't vote in primaries he doesn't get enough practice reading one.
Can an elector cast more than one Against vote against a single candidate?
The more I think about the possibility of casting "Against" votes, the more intriguing the possiblities appear.
In some ways, it beats NOTA.
That would be "the Simon treatment" in California.
(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )
(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )
That might be a good thing.
Like a filthy, urine-soaked alcoholic who wakes up one afternoon in a back-alley dumpster, California must first "hit bottom" before it can truly begin on the path to recovery. Let Angelides and the socialist scumbag Democrats flush California down the toilet once and for all - - the sooner the better. Only then can California begin its recovery.
The only thing the re-election of Arnold would do is slightly delay the inevitable.
You're going to push this same canard in 2010, when two liberals from both parties will run for CA Governor, and you're going to be urging conservatives to hold the ole' nose again and vote Republican.
By supporting RINOLD, all you're doing is turning the flame on the stove down slightly that's boiling the frog.
"Brilliant strategy": "Let's burn down the village" to save it.
Now you will proceed to tell us how beneficial was Carter's and Clinton's presidency and what a great thing it was to allow the Dems to take over and control the House for 40 years and what a terrific thing it is that Republicans didn't manage to win a single statewide office in CA and that the Legislature is overwhelmingly Democrat.
What terrific Republican "victories" these are.
(/sarcasm)
Exactly. This writer gets it. Is the power of the governorship worth having a governor who shares few, if any, of the principles of the grassroots of his own party.
(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )
I'm not confused. It was a joke--not posted to you, btw.
There is no "conservative" option.
There isn't even a "moderate" option. Liberal vs. Liberal = Lose/Lose
You gotta love those Friday night press releases.
The worst legislation signed will most likely be buried under the headlines of an SB 840 or SB 1162 Veto.
That is what you say. What you do is campaign for Angelide's victory.
Thank you DIW, for stating the obvious. Evidently some FR conservatives with their heads in the clouds were fantasizing otherwise.
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