when i moved out here 23 years ago, a latino man had just been lynched
i see an awful lot of flags on pickup trucks out here
yes, prop 54 was defeated - that is a consolation
--- R <rhisiart at charter.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doug Henwood
> To: lbo-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:10 PM
> Subject: [lbo-talk] crazy?
>
>
> So all you non-Americans - do you & your neighbors think we've gone
>
> completely crazy having elected Arnie governor of our biggest
> state,
> one that likes to think of itself as on the cutting edge of
> civilization?
>
> Doug
>
> can one who's born and raised in california comment?
>
> what was the choice? mediocre special interest political party
> hacks vs. an austrian crypto nazi? unless you prefer a stipper or
> porn king. after all, we all know larry flynt is a successful
> businessman, just like arnold isn't. even arianna backed out on us.
>
> the democrats never learn. there wouldn't have been a traditional
> democrat in the race if it weren't for bustamante, who was stuck by
> his party in the absurd position of saying vote "no" on recall but
> vote for me. all the party hacks, from clinton to lieberman to diane
> feinstein to you-name-it were campaigning for davis and against
> recall. a complete waste of time and a total bore. if davis would
> have bowed out in favor of bustamante the minute the recall qualified
> for the ballot, today would have been a different story. but this
> wasn't an election conducted in the interests of the people; it was a
> celebration of vanity, arrogance and ignorance of the politicians.
> business as usual.
>
> today, the democrats practically handed california to shrub in the
> coming, 2004, presidential election. think about it all of you
> desperate enough to be saying "anyone but bush in 2004." if you're
> not good, you may get arnold. you may get arnold anyway.
>
>
> there is one bright note. proposition 54 was defeated.
>
> for those who don't know what prop 54 is, it's a move spearheaded
> by ward connerly, a multi millionaire beneficiary of affirmative
> action who thinks he's white. ward decided it would be best for the
> white people of california not to have to keep statistics on minority
> races which are useful in health care planning, education and all
> those other things ward regards as frivolous now that he's made it
> and you haven't. as the most powerful tom in california, ward put
> all his energies behind this ballot measure, which thankfully was
> defeated.
>
> R
>
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