the governator
so, arnold got elected governor of california. good luck fixing that mess, man. most dems seemed to be magnanimous about the whole thing, as if they wanted to put the whole thing behind them and would rather spend their time working to solve the state’s problems. if that is your sole focus as a politician - working for your constituents - then you almost have to oppose the very idea of a recall. but i don’t - the people ought to have the right to unseat those who they feel are not doing right by them (is this a bad sentence?). it ought to be saved, though, for the most dire of situations - it was too easy to get the recall started in california, even though it did require a lot of effort. (i think that even if it were more difficult, davis would still have lost - he was that unpopular.)
another thing that irked me about the california story was the allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against arnold by the l.a. times. there was no talk of it throughout the campaign - everyone saw arnold coming - yet there was non-stop talk about it in the days leading up to yesterday. i’m not claiming he didn’t do it - if he did, then he has serious things to answer for - but only that it seems like dirty politics were involved. furthermore, some of the same people that criticized arnold defended bill clinton for exactly the same behavior - and clinton is known to have lied about it to our faces.
naturally, there were some dems that were crying revenge, and some even suggested immediately starting a recall drive to toss arnold out as soon as he’s inaugurated. this is something that has driven me farther and farther away from democrats - this attitude of “we don’t need policy, we just want the republicans’ heads” that now seems to be pervasive - from the state elections in california to the presidential elections. none of the democratic presidential candidates has named one policy that they support that they believe would make life better or safer for americans. they all scream, “let’s toss bush out of office.” that’s all they have. until someone does otherwise, this libertarian is going for bush. he at least makes the effort.
now if only we could recall john ashcroft.
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