[Avoiding_Sulla]

Your post shows good reflective thought. But there is more than just what you identified as social issues at stake here.

For instance, Carry_okie has shown that AS, with his selection of cousin RFK Jr's as Csar for the enviromentality of an AS administration, cannot honestly be viewed as a fiscal conservative because his enviro-failout would further destroy the economic climate in California.

I don't readily have the link to it. I'm sure CO will be happy to direct you to it, and perhaps he will provide you with just a few of the essential ingredients of Arnold's enviro plan which reveal why conservatives need to remain skeptical of AS.

[Carry_Okie]

Schwarzenegger's plan includes regulation of redidential indoor air quality, "to protect the children." It includes a mandate for all governments in the State to replace their entire motorized equipment fleets. It includes use of TMDLs and fines that will socialize water rights to support developers and effectively steal land from agricultural owners. It will burn the Sierra Nevada mountains to a crisp and turn them into a vast and ineradicable weed patch.

Oh but RFKs buddies will make big bucks on the continuing electrical shortage Arnold will maintain by regulatory means, so it's a great plan for them.

[hchutch]

Seriously, though, my beef is not so much on the specifics, but a general trend I see emerging. There is a distinct "my way or the highway" type energing, and they seem determined to call anyone who does not ask "how high?" on the way up when they say "jump" a "RINO" or worse.

I don't like that - if they can't deal with disagreement without name-calling, then I don't think they deserve my support.