Subject: | Re: Grayout Is Out
| Date: | 08 Oct 2003 17:59:46 GMT
| From: | "Ask A Different ???????" <nohere@now_where.com>
| Newsgroups: | alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.california,ca.general,ca.politics,talk.politics.misc
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"Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:p1Ygb.10474$Vh5.1692@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
> "Ask A Different ???????" <nohere@now_where.com> wrote in message
> news:bm173h$lcm@dispatch.concentric.net...
> >
> > "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:ZFRgb.10414$Hx2.9885@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
> > > The people are fools, and Arnold will feel their wrath soon enough.
> >
> > you still don't get it. do yourself a favor. start spending time with
real
> > people, not the dems and the liberals you apparently hang with.
>
> At a family dinner this weekend, all the adults but me were voting for
> Arnold. None were "dems" or liberals.
I guess you weren't listening, were you. Bet you spent all your time talking
or tuning out.
>
> >
> > the people are fools? they elected Grayout in 2002 so I guess yor right.
I
> > guess they finally came to their senses.
> >
> > as for the demolibs and their threats to run another recall, after these
> > results, even the idiots who run the democratic party should be able to
> > figure out that the people will not support any such effort.
> >
> > as for you - perhaps you should take a lesson from Davis, and accept
> change
> > with grace.
> >
> > >
> > > Unless, of course, he comes up with some newer snappier one-liners.
> > >
> > > The people just want a show.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Michael Ejercito" <mejercit@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:6930a3c6.0310080019.5eec4da3@posting.google.com...
> > > > Voters in California have chosen to recall Governor Grayout Davis
> > > > Tusday, choosing to replace him with Arnold Schwarzenegger, a
> > > > businessman and actor residing in Los Angeles.
> > > > This election is the conclusion of a saga that began in 2002.
> > > > Governor Davis won re-election with forty-seven percent of the vote,
> > > > five points ahead of gubernatorial nominee Bill Simon. It was
revealed
> > > > that the state's budget deficit was higher than the governor
admitted
> > > > during the campaign, about thirty-eiught billion dollars. It was
> > > > revealed that revenues were up twenty-five percent , while spending
> > > > increased forty percent.
> > > > Ted Costa started the ball rolling by circulating recall
petitions.
> > > > California Republican leaders were initially skeptical of this idea.
> > > > After all, there were recall petititons against Governors Reagan,
> > > > Brown, Deukmejian, and Wilson. Then Rep. Darrell Issa donatwed money
> > > > to the cause, and announcwed he would run as a replacement
candidate.
> > > > Governor Dacis responded to the recall petition. Then enough
> > > > signatures were collected to call forth a special election.
Lieutenant
> > > > Governor Cruz Bustamante called for an October 7th election, to give
> > > > candidates and counties the maximum amount of time to prepare.
> > > > Still, the recall was not a sure thing. There was still plenty of
> > > > time between July and October for the governor to rehabiliate his
> > > > image with the voters.
> > > > Republican candidates included Arnold Schwarzenegger, Senator Tom
> > > > McClintock, Bill Simon, and Peter Ueberroth. Rep. Issa decided to to
> > > > file the candidacy papers. Democratic candidates included Lieutenant
> > > > Governor Bustamante and Audie Bock. Insurance Commisioner John
> > > > Garamendi decided not to run.
> > > > Governor Davis issued an executive order to triple the vehicle
> > > > license fee, which pissed off a lot of voters. Then he signed a bill
> > > > which would repeal a provision in state law requiring a birth
> > > > certificate or a green card to obtain driver's licenses. The
purposeof
> > > > the bill was to allow illegal aliens to obtain driver's licenses.
> > > > About seventy percent of California voters opposed this. It did not
> > > > help matters that the California Legislature pursued a radical
social
> > > > agenda out of step with most Democrats, let alone most Californians.
> > > > And Governor Davis signed these bills. It was truly a recipe for
> > > > disaster.
> > > > Simon and Ueberroth shut down their campaigns. Senator McClintock
> > > > vowed to stay on. Schwarzenegger came under fire for refusing to
> > > > participate in debates. Republicans were divided among the
businessman
> > > > and the senator as a result. Schwarzenegger agreed to do one debate,
> > > > where the initial questions were known in advance. His performance
was
> > > > received rather well, espcially his witty reply to Arianna
Huffington,
> > > > a columnist. His performance in the debate led the Republican
> > > > establishment to close ranks behind Schwarzenegger.
> > > > Of course, Lieutenant Governor Bustamante had his own share of
> > > > troubles. He took too long explaining his connections with MECHas, a
> > > > radical student group suspected of spewing racist rhetoric. There
was
> > > > this court case against him when he had to return money donated to
him
> > > > by Indian gaming tribes. Of couirse,nhis ideas were no good; he
> > > > proposed eleven billion dollars in new taxes and price controls on
> > > > gasoline, as well as advocating the Legislature's radical agenda.
> > > > In the finaly days, the Los Angeles Times reported that women
> > > > accused Schwarzenegger of groping them, accusations for twhich the
> > > > statute of limitations had passed. Readers were furious at the times
> > > > for bringing up these old accusations which did not result in civil
> > > > action.
> > > > On Tuesday, October 7, 2003, the voters voted. a littlebefore
> > > > 10:00, Governor Grayout Davis delivered his concession speech.
> > > > This election is a demonstration that sovereignty is retained by
> > > > the people, and that elected leaders are accountable to the people.
> > > > Governor-elect Schwarzenegger must now make preparations to take
> > > > office. He must hire a team of expert advisors. HJe must also work
> > > > with the Legislature, and if they do not work with him, he must take
> > > > his case to the people of California.
> > > > The people of California have won, for their asserted their
> > > > sovereignty. Governor-elect Schwarzenegger and his successors would
do
> > > > well to remember that.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Michael
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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