My favorite response to the Whalen piece came from Weekly Standard reader Calcowgirl, who simply pointed to Schwarzenegger's deeds as proof he wasn't one of them. She (I assumed Calcowgirl is a female) keeps a list of the governor's offenses from 2006:
Signed AB 1835, Minimum Wage Increase
Signed AB 2911, California Discount Prescription Drug Program
Signed AB 32, Greenhouse Gases
Signed SB 1368, Electricity: emissions of greenhouse gases. (Out of state purchases)
Signed SB 1, Million Solar Roofs
Signed SB 201, Sustainable Oceans Act
Signed SB 107, Renewable energy
Signed AB 2560, Public School Health Center Support Program.
Signed SB 437, Health care coverage (expected to cover 94,000 additional children)
Signed SB 1534, Public benefits (for illegal aliens)
Signed AB 680, English language learners.
Signed AB 2600, Vehicles: HOV lanes
Signed AB 1613, Vehicles: wireless telephones (Nanny State)\
Signed SB 1827, Taxation: domestic partners (homosexual agenda)
Signed AB 2251, Reproductive Health Care Svcs – Confidentiality of Personal Info
Signed AB 2583, Dispensing prescription drugs and devices; refusal to dispense
Signed SB 1441, Discrimination: state programs and activities: sexual orientation (homosexual agenda)
Signed SB 1654, Voting: absentee ballot (homosexual agenda)
Signed AB 1160, Crime - Gay Panic Defense - Gwen Araujo Justice for Victims Act (homosexual agenda)
Signed AB 1207, Code of Fair Campaign Practices (homosexual agenda)
Thank you FO for uncovering the widespread aclaim our very own "calcowgirl" so deservedly is receiving for her excellent and outstanding service to California's actual conservatism at it's core!!!
Fascinating indeed, that this so maligned Governor from his own party corners, along side with the Democrat smearing machine on full blast, was reelected Governator by a significant margin, no thanks to the Republican Party back stabbers if you ask me!.