Why the Governator's term is gonna be a HUGE SUCCESS

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This is my prediction - he'll be touted as a hero within a few months of actually taking office. Why is this? Is it because I think he's a talented politician with a lot of good ideas and all you DUers seriously underestimate this great leader of a human being? No. No way in hell. He's an incompetent boobus, as we all know. Fun movies, but an idiot.

Here is why his term will be a great success:

Because the Shrub cabal, now that they have a repuke lackey shitter in Californicatia, will start funneling federal money and other help into Californicatia. It will be advertised thusly: "We, of the Shrub administration, wanted like hell to help out our borthers and sisters in Californicatia, but Gray Davis was not a team player, and stymied us in our every attempt. Gov. Gropenator, on the other hand, came right to us, asked for help, and was respectful, so we are giving you, Californicatia, everything you desire. We will work with the utilities to finally get your energy costs reduced to a reasonable level; we will work to reduce your unemployment; we will work to yada yada yada."

And it's all bullshit - it's all shit they should have done two years ago, but have been waiting and biding their time, using the people of California as their pawns, in the bid to swing most of it's citizens into liking the repuke evil cabal pig party come the 2004 election.

You watch - this is my prediction, and I say it is so. Give it two to three months, maybe even much sooner, after the Gropenator takes office, and you will see shitloads of federal help being thrown at the state.

Evil fucking bastards.

I hope I'm wrong.

[Cha]

1. I'd like to know where they are going to get that Money...?

What with Iraq and all! :grr:

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2. Oh, they'll find a way - if they think it will guarantee

California's votes in 2004, they'll spend the money. And the only winners will be the repukes and the energy industry people. The people of california, anmd the US, will end up more screwed than we are now.

Remember, this is the fiscal responsibility party. :-)

[toddzilla]

3. i thought of this tonight

listening to NPR, it seems as if now it's ok to help out california..

what a joke..i'm moving to france.

[xray s]

4. I am not so sure

That Fed money would be appropriated and spent by the Democratic state legislature. On Democratic programs.

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5. Yes, but the credit will go to the republicans for getting the money

meaning, they'll assume it's becuase of the governor (and they'd be right, it is) but they'd be wrong because it won't be becuase of any great statemenship on the part of the gropenator, but that the Shrub adminstration was willing to sacrifice the people of CA while waiting for a repuke gov. so that a dem. wouldn't get any credit for money coming in.

So, yes, quite likely the money would go to democrat programs, but a repuke - Arnie - will get the credit for getting the money.

[xray s]

7. I am thinking Bush won't risk the backlash in the red states

1. The base in the Repug party doesn't like Arnie and his pro-choice, pro-gay rights positions or his interesting personal life.

2. If Bush sends buckets of money to California that ends up supporting Democratic programs, he may see a revolt on the Right. The Red states are hurting too.

3. Thanks to Bush's tax cuts, he doesn't have much money to try to help any state. (Exception; defense spending. But that doesn't help the state budget, just the defense industry and people who work for them.)

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10. Let's hope you're right -

good food for thought, and possibly my scenario won't happen. But we've seen this asshole (Shrub) pull so much idiotic shit from his ass, I no longer expect logic to apply to anything he, or his cabal of an administration, does.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

11. California IS the defense industry!

[Prodemsouth]

12. Big Mistake in thinking the Repug base is like the "base" of the Dems

Many on the left or progressives make the mistake of thinking the right wing/religious right is purist- like the Greens or far left, they think they are inverted versions of their left wing counterparts- WRONG! (Pat Robertson endorsed Arnold, Hatch is from that gang too-he wants to change the Constitution so Arnie can get in the white House.) They are willing to give Arnold a pass - having Arnie in Gov office may not get all of what they want they can see that they are in a different state than say SC, where they can all the shots.
If Arnold tosses a bone or two their way they will be happy -unlike the left the far right wing is smart enough to know that the bone or two tossed their way is better than no bone at all. Trust me on this I was a right winger.

Repug's assessed what went wrong in 2002 in CA-(Davis was not to popular then either) they found out Simon was too conservative for most voters in CA, so they knew the only way to win offer somebody who is not viewed as hating the queers and pro choice, etc- and they will get the Governors office, walla. Large states or states that have Dem leg.-often will turn to Repug Governors to put brakes on a very activist Dem legs. The Repugs saw an opportunity to do the job early and took it with assistance from Dems and much of the left- that is what happened.

[meti57b]

6. if bush were to give money to CA, there are quite a few other states that

would want money too. You can't really give to one without giving to all.

[Cha]

8. Oh ...that that were true! What about Florida? Are they getting

some under the table money to help out ol' enron challenged jeb?

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9. ?!

You think Shrub cares? I don't think he does. he hasn't shown yet that he cares. And he has the out that he's already been criticized for not handling the CA problem, so if anyone bithces, he can say "Hey - you criticized me before for not helping California. Well, now, with the help of a republican governor, we're helping. So stop complaining."

(of course, he wouldn't be that literate, but you get the idea)

[populistmom]

13. Of course. It's partof the plan to take California in 04.

What they can't do with the touchtone voting screens will be supplemented by mass media build up of what a great job puppet gropester boy is doing as Governator (as suddenly California gets all this extra federal dough).
They're sleazy, weazley cheaters. They can't win on intelligence or logic or compassion, so they have to cheat and lie and mislead.