In retrospect I admit it was stupid, but when I voted for Arnold, I hoped he would or even could do what Trump is doing for our country.
Major fail on my part!
I am suitably embarrassed.
Well, I suppose a .500 batting average ain't bad.
Bustamante and Schwarzenegger were the real choices out of that massive number of people.
Bustamante was a member of la MECha. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEChA
It was an Astlan leaning separatist and Brown supremacist group. You’ll note it addresses it’s members as Chicanx, a new gender neutral PC TO THE MAX term, in deference to Chicana or Chicano.
Bustamante had been a member in college. He was approached on it because of it’s goals during the campaign. He refused to explain anything or disavow his membership. He refused to drop out of it too.
At the time, the last thing I wanted was to allow some Brown separatist and all the junk that would come along with it, to be governor.
So yes, Schwarzenegger was a big fat belly flop, but we certainly could have done worse.
Don’t hang your head. When presented with no choice, there’s still a better choice. We could have been diving into a pool with no water.