Election Results = Why I Live in CA

[stopbush]

Yep, losing the House sucks. It's ironic that the people who will be hurt most by what the Rs will try to get through legislatively are also the people who voted most heavily for the Rs.

But yesterday was a great day for Ds in CA. Jerry Brown elected, Boxer reelected, Whitman and Fiorina sent packing, many D wins down ticket as well, Propositions passed that will end the gridlock of the 2/3 majority vote threshold in Sacramento, Prop 23 defeated (the one paid for by Tx oil companies and intended to destroy CA's global warming laws. Prop 19 was probably the least-important Prop on yesterday's ballot). On my local level, we recalled 3 anti-public school School Board members and replaced them with pro-public education people.

CA's elections yesterday were a Democratic dream. So sorry the rest of the country voted for stupidity and worse.

[FirstLight]

1. this is my only consolation...

I am seriously bummed about the washington crap and what horrific things it could mean to Obama AND the Country...

but thankful I live here and hoping that having Jerry for governor will ease the blow somewhat...and i KNOW boxer will continue to kick ass!

Locally we had a good city council race, and hopefully that can mean some economic help for our struggling city too...maybe jobs will begin to show up?

And while i am grateful that my local and regional races are going to be helpful...the ability to really hurt the country on a much larger scale rests in the hands of the Rethuglican House, and that's never a good thing

[2Design]

2. your attorney general is RED - the next governor - don't think that won't matter look at VA

[stopbush]

7. Our newly elected AG is a D, Kamala Harris.

[Ignis]

3. And those victories didn't come at the cost of a rush to the middle.

:kick:

[K8-EEE]

4. So proud of my state and hope we can be a lighthouse

To those states overtaken by the dark side.

[lunatica]

5. Between the election results and the Giants' parade in SF

California is partying today!

[femrap]

6. I certainly do miss

living in N. CA. I'm in Ohio where the Republicans swept all the state positions...Ohio is filled with some of the stupidest people in the country. Dumb as dirt. So stupid they don't know how stupid they are. Maybe KY's people are just a tad more stupid than Ohio's.

I'm sick.

Do you know anything about Monsanto wanting pot to be legal....and funding a 'yes' vote on it????

[stopbush]

8. I was born & raised in OH, and was just back there in Sept for my mom's funeral.

What you say about OH is quite true.

[femrap]

10. I'm so sorry for your loss....

I'm glad you don't have to live here. I'll get out one of these days.

[stopbush]

11. Thanks. My family is from Ashtabula, Ground Zero for the rust belt.

Half of the stores are now boarded up and covered with graffiti. There are no furniture stores left in town, yet everyone seems to have a broken down couch on their front porch.

I picked up a coffee at the local McDs when I was there - everybody in the place of every stripe of age was saying "ain't," and using double negatives. Somebody asked the young clerk at McDs if their breakfast came with coffee. "No, it don't" came the reply.

When I was kid there you were considered a hillbilly if you talked that way. Now, even the seniors have succumbed to the LCD when it comes to talking like an uneducated cretin.

[femrap]

13. Imagine if you had asked anyone

a question about current events or geography. TPTB wanted to ruin the public educational system and it seems they have succeeded.

I caught the tail end of a good education in Ohio...Ohio was known for its great college educational system. I graduated HS in '71 and from OU in '75 and again in '77 and headed straight for N. CA. Now I'm back and it's hard to even recognize the state.

It's very sad to witness.

[Megahurtz]

9. Monsanto and Pot

Monsanto would just love to monopolize the Pot Industry by forcing everyone to use their Genetically Modified shit.

Grow your own! Grow your own! Spread your Heirloom Seeds everywhere! :)

[MadHound]

12. Politics is not the be all and end all of why people live where they do

Personally I can't stand California, too many people, too crowded, too expensive. That's why I live in the Midwest.

But remember, California isn't perfect politically either. Proposition 8 is just the last in a long line of idiotic politics put out there by California, people like Nixon and Reagan, and let's not forget the destruction that Prop. 13 caused.

No state is politically pure, not even close to it. And choosing a state for its politics is probably pretty low for most folks.