Posted on 08/12/2003 12:38:42 AM PDT by DoctorZIn
What guys like Davis and Clinton don't seem to realize is that elective office is not some form of divine birthright. The people hired you, and if it has been deemed that you have screwed up, the people can fire you. I don't recall anyone getting bent out of shape about "undoing an election" over Nixon in 1974.
First Terminate the Unions
Townhall.com ^ | August 12, 2003 | Rich Lowry
Posted on 08/12/2003 6:28 AM PDT by LisaAnne
If you weren't thrilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger's surprise announcement of his gubernatorial candidacy last week, you either have no heart or work as a lobbyist for a California public-employees union. His jumping into the race was an adrenaline shot for a recall effort that, if successful, will be the most bracing act of political hygiene since Theodore Roosevelt took on the meatpackers.
If you were to distill all that is worst about American politics into one man, he would have perfectly combed hair and he would answer to "Gray." A cautious political hack whose only strength is selling out to unions and trial lawyers, Gov. Gray Davis is Bill Clinton without the conscience, Al Gore without the charm...
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