the beauty of no

[owlmoose]

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.




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Comments

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so glad the Ahnold honeymoon is officially over. If only there had never been one in the first place!

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?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Don't you know he's going to be just like all the others?

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.

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

And in our legislature, we have Democrats who aren't afraid to strike back. (Congress could learn a thing to two from these guys.)

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? ;)

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

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

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.

Warren Beatty?

No more actors.

:)