I actually thought Ah-nold could be good....but I was wrong....Maria has him by the "package"...don't think he has it....his first concern is "the children". It's the PARENT who takes care of the child who should be concerned.
well, California....Hasta le Vista, baby.
In the 70's things were pretty much that bad across the whole country, and people were talking about America in decline, and the US and Soviet systems growing toward each other to produce a workable socialism, with fewer freedoms but more economic equity. Note that I still haven't mentioned any of the problems Rush cites going into the '80 election.
During Carter's term (1977), our UN ambassador, Andrew Young, made speeches in churches praising the Soviet system. In just one speech in Manhattan he called the Cold War a tragedy (because the U.S. had wasted so much money fighting a non-threat), the Soviets a "so-called clear-and-present danger," proposed that a vast right-wing conspiracy was using a "massive education campaign" to keep Americans scared of the cute and fuzzy Soviets and even found a way to blame Soviet suppression of basic rights on the shorter Russian growing season. We went from that to "Tear down this wall" in less than ten years, and the actual fall of the wall in 12. When Carter was in office, my Dad struggled to work two jobs--firefighter and auto mechanic--and any pick-up jobs he could do in his own garage, all to pay a crushing two digit mortgage on a two bedroom house. I'm pretty sure he voted for Reagan (I don't remember any kind words for Carter being expressed by anyone in 1980, even though I lived in the liberal bastion of the Portland, Maine suburbs) and he started his own shop in the early 80s. Heck, try this one on for size: We went from being too scared to deal with Iran properly to getting the hostages back in one day.
California's not too far gone, but Arnold is not going to help things any. Arnold is a nice guy, but he's a total RINO. And let's not forget that Howard Dean has been describing himself as a "fiscal conservative."
We might not be able to beat Arnold, but if we don't try, we definitely won't beat him.