"I am disgusted that a Republican candidate for governor who wants to wear the crown of Ronald Reagan and considers himself a disciple of Milton Friedman would support government intrusion into private lives by categorizing human beings on the basis of skin color and other physical traits. No true disciple of Friedman supports this kind of activity."
Other endorsers of Prop54.
Shelby Steele
George Will
Thomas Sowell
Walter Williams
Tom McClintock...
Why don't you include Ward Connelly's ideas about allowing gay marriage for a better insight into his political philosophy? Ward Connelly is certainly intelligent to the highest degree, but whether he is able to consistently promote or create good law with unintentional side effects is another question.
Any who is for Prop 54 and does not read Thomas E. Wood's extensive and compelling critique "Why Supporters of Prop. 209 Must Oppose the Racial Privacy Initiative" is doing themselves a disservice. Mr. Wood is the co-author of Prop 209 (CA's Civil Right Initiative) and uses actual and ongoing legal cases with accompanying statistical data to show why Prop 54 will be detrimental to those people who are negatively affected by affirmative action.
By contrast, reading the pro 54 articles from endorsers like the editors at National Review and George Will reveals ivory tower myopia where people are named "X Y. Z" and come from the South Pole. As Mr. Wood's points out for example, the race of an applicant is routinely blacked out, but names like "Ho Chi Minh" and "Kwase Mfume" along with other information makes the race of someone highly evident.
Just imagine taking Ward Connelly's color blind goal to a case of reductio ad absurdum: future employment or school interviews will be conducted with the interviewee placed in a black box with a computer interface that translates all interaction in a neutral manner!
The very fact that a lifetimer pol like Tom MadClintock, who supposedly lives and breathes legislation, supports the measure without cautioning about the significant side effects, should give everyone in California great pause.
Perhaps not a surprise, considering Tom MadClintock could not manage his way thru the CA Voter Guide form.