Posted on 08/24/2003 1:47:41 PM PDT by Eric Hogue 1380 KTKZ
Now that Bill Simon has left the building, State Senator Tom McClintock currenlty has the 'only growing campaign'. I'm reading the LA Times article on Simon's departure this morning and I find this nugget of political muscle.
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Tom has promised to take the implementation of the Arizona workers compensation to a vote of the people if the legislature fails to implement it. Ballot initiatives traditionally get a lot of conservative votes in California so this will work .
This is not an ordinary situation, it's going to take some one who has a completely different skill set then normal.
Well on that we can both agree. We fail to agree on whom to support though, so I guess we’ve reached an impasse. Lets see how Tom and Arnold shape up in the days ahead. Personally I’m hoping Tom will be the conservative conscience of Arnold and move him in the right direction but we’ll see.
Agreed. Personally, I'm hoping they work together to pull California out of this mess.
The dividend refund is a great incentive. Most employers split the dividends with their employees giving them a "Safety Bonus" each year. It really does cut down on claims.
He isn't the only one who noticed Perot peeking through.
I did?
McGavin999
In Calif. the Governor has the line idem veto... This is one reason Gray is far more to blame for the budget... line by line he could have struck any program or part of a program.... the gov here has far more than most could have controlled the problems
Looks like Arnold was lying about his alleged support for Proposition 187.
Schwarzenegger Tries to Add Some Substance to Celebrity
Mr. Schwarzenegger said that he would also ask the federal government to help defray the costs of illegal immigration and that he did not support Proposition 54, which would prohibit the state from collecting racial data. That initiative will appear on the same ballot as the recall on Oct. 7.
Have conservative Republicans lost their minds!!!?
I gennerally don't reply to people who are too lazy to read what's I've posted, but for you, I'll make an exception.
I agree almost 100% with McClintock's positions. If a month from now, he is ahead of Arnold, I will declare that Arnold should drop out. If a month from now, McClintock is in single digits, and Arnold leads or is neck and neck with BustyBreasts, then will you say that Tom should drop out for the good of all?
Not 100? Just kidding. Well you should read more of what the guy says, he's as rock ribbed a conservative as ANY in American politics since Reagan, no BS.
If a month from now, he is ahead of Arnold, I will declare that Arnold should drop out
No doubt, and not out of the question either.
If a month from now, McClintock is in single digits, and Arnold leads or is neck and neck with BustyBreasts, then will you say that Tom should drop out for the good of all?
No, and here's why, before they '02 elections, all the polls where saying it wasn't a matter of whether the GOP was going to lose the Senate and possibly the House, but HOW MUCH they would lose. This isn't the first time polls have been liberally skewed. Come to think of it-they always are. Statistically, they always do a poor job of accounting for "flyover country". I mean the House races of 94 are another perfect example of substance over buzz. All of CA polls seem to be taken from urban areas, I think that makes them HEAVILY skewed to the Left. If Tom is in the upper teens by the election, and (R)nold and "N-Word" are where they are as well, Tom wins the election. Hands down, no ifs ands or buts. I will make you an ironclad handshake of a promise on Aug 24.
The reason so many want him to drop out is that if he gets up in a debate, he'll slaughter ANYONE against him, plus the Demos don't like that Tom will draw the conservatives in the red counties, bitter at the GOP, out to the polls. Like Tom said, if nothing else, having more GOP candidate only assures that more Republicans will be voting "yes" on the recall, it doesn't hurt (R)nold if he still has more total votes in the least bit.
But like I said, if the polls show its close-Tom McClintock wins the Governorship
Boy, you're really gonna enjoy cruz.
Go yell "boo" at somebody who takes this seriously. That guy pledged to increase taxes on the poor, wake up, when the people start listening to policy 2 weeks outside the election, he's going NOWHERE!
Besides, I'll like him better than this guy representing my own party;
That's an ironic statement. Read the rest of what I posted on the thread concerning this common misconception.
The reality is that I want (R)nold Buffet in the race, he's going to get alot of star struck morons who don't typically vote to vote "yes" on #1.
Now the same logic that you are using to say the vote will not turn out APPLIES to AS. People who are truely conservative, will never, ever,ever,ever vote for a guy who's proabortion, pro gay adoption, pro gun control, an suspected of being resentful of Prop 13 in the red counties outside of SF/LA. Not gonna happen! Those folks are the reason all the Props are on the books, not my town, and not SF. They are the driving force behind politics, and your failure to address them will cost us this election if we do this "rallying" BS.
You're the one being rude. You call Tom McClintock names, like "spoiler" and "the Perot in the race". Both are untruths.
That, unlike you, is precisely what I am doing. Since I think about the issues, not whether or not someone has the letter 'R' in their name, its alot easier for me.
Also not being a whiny, defeatist, nattering nabob of negatives also allows me to do so.
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