Once "California!" conjured up visions of beauty, gold, excellence, and endless possibilities. Today it conjures up images of bankruptcy, drug junkies, and human urine and waste on the sidewalks of San Francisco.
And the worst thing of all is that it was all predictable and preventable.
Schwarznegger tried. He failed. He proved that he was not the man for the job. He might have been if he had been smart enough to ignore his wife's brainless advice.
For those of us who've been here that entire time its hard to take.