Please explain what is accomplished by voting for Arinold Schwartzekennedy, when that will result in the election of a leftist Riordan hand-puppet to finish the destruction of California.
The Republicans in TN and IL tried your strategy five years ago and accomplished ABSOLUTELY NOTHING with their RINO governors. I remember "moderate" Republicans pleading with me to elect George Ryan because "we CANNOT let the Democrats win during Clinton's impeachment -- we have to send a message by voting STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN". Well, their little corrupt RINO won without my help and proceeding to raise taxes, promote abortion, cuddle with Castro, almost completely ban guns (stopped only by the Senate Republicans balking), and freed all the murderers on death row. The liberal media beat up on Bush in Illinois for not being as "compassionate" as George was to the murderers, and George said nothing but offered some token 'endorsement' to Bush-- even though he couldn't think of ANYTHING they agreed on other than building a third airport in the Chicago area. Then Ryan went around saying the GOP deserved to lose when the "hard right" in the legislature wouldn't endorse his socialist agenda. He actually was silent during redistricting and made sure more 'RATs were elected to keep his "vision" for Illinois intact. The state GOP won't recover for another 40 years thanks to electing a scumbag RINO who "could win".
And isn't it funny how the ARINOLD backers keep screaming McClintock (lost statewide by less than 1%) "can't win", but G.W. Bush (lost statewide by 12%+ will magically be a "shoo-in" as long as ARINOLD is Governor?
Major Right on BUMP...
Not a good comparison because that was not a recall election. The recall was a bad idea by a conservative Republican. If the recall goes through and McClintock did win (which would never happen)McClintock could get nothing done because the state is in the complete control of Democrats. The assembly would resist and sabotage a Republican's every move. The Republican Party would be blamed for everything that stayed a mess, plus we would be punished like we were after the impeachment because we are "mean spiritted."
The recall was a bad idea, but now that it is on the ballot, Arnold is the smart vote. Arnold will be able to work with both sides of the aisle. Everyone will want to be on Arnold's good side and get those invitations to the dinners and parties at the Governor's Mansion. If he succeeds, California will be financially sound and a model for lifting laws and fees which drive out business. We can all celebrate how a fiscally conservative Republican saved the day.
If Arnold fails we can all point out the things the Arnold bashers are saying,"He really wasn't one of us." Or, "Don't blame me, I voted for McClintock."