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Every proposition on the CA statewide ballot failed yesterday. Every. single. one. All those little red Ns. So satisfying. I could look at them all day.
So much for the Governator and his proclamations about the will of the people. The people have spoken, and they said no.
(More lines.)
So much for the Governator and his proclamations about the will of the people. The people have spoken, and they said no.
(More lines.)
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Funny, you don't hear nearly as much about that these days. ;)
I don't remember the last time I was so please by the outcome of an election. There are a few exceptions, but the Republicans are sporting bloody noses all over the place. If only there was some other party to capitalize on their failure...
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*grumbles*
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That's an excellent icon. I also keep meaning to compliment you on the godless liberal one, unless I already have.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/11/09/evolution.showdown.ap/index.html
Hopefully Texas and Kansas voters will take the hint.
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That said- I voted for a Republican! eek!
but the best man for the job, which is realy the point in the end.
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Bad liberal! No biscuit! ;) Although given the BBC mistake, I wonder if he actually counts.
So you like Bloomberg then?
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He's definitely not a Republican, but given the ridiculousness to Democratic politics in NY, it was the only way he could get on the ballot, so that's what he did.
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Interesting. I didn't know that. I had just assumed he was that rare beast: a moderate Republican, like Guliani.
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No, I think he was a registered Democrat until the day he decided to run for office. The problem in NY is that there are far too many Democrats who have been in city office forever, so there is no way for someone new to make any sort of inroads as a democrat, thus...
Of course his financial background does also give him a lot of credibility as a republican.
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I just remember reading all the quotes from people around recall time who were like, "I'm a Democrat, but I want Arnold because he's gonna clean up this state, man! He's the Terminator!" And I was like, oh you silly people. Don't you know he's going to be just like all the others?
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The sad thing is that, for a little while, he actually wasn't. I was really angry about the recall, particularly at the Schwarzenegger Democrats. But for the first, oh, maybe six months, he really looked like he was going to be something different. I even got cautiously optimistic.
Then he started running for re-election (which, by the way, he originally said he wasn't going to do), which meant turning hard right to appeal to the Republican base. And in our legislature, we have Democrats who aren't afraid to strike back. (Congress could learn a thing to two from these guys.) Now his political capital is worthless. I think his approval ratings are a little better than W's, but not much. He is ripe for toppling. If only the Dems had someone exciting to run against him.
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Maybe they are. Of course it's easy for them to be confident in such a blue state. I often have the emotional) feeling that if only the national Dems would be brave and tell it like it was, everybody would rally to them - sort of the "Howard Dean approach". But logically I fear it's just not true, unless you get someone really charismatic.
He is ripe for toppling. If only the Dems had someone exciting to run against him.
Warren Beatty? ;)
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I think that people are so upset with Bush and so hungry for real leadership that this might well work. Even if we didn't get someone super charismatic to lead the way. The problem is finding some Democrats with the guts to do it. They've gotten so used to cringing. But no one ever responded to the "please don't hurt us" school of leadership.
No more actors.
:)
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When it works, it is a beautiful thing indeed. :)
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Still pissed about the wasted money, though.
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