[lbo-talk] crazy? No, actually.

[andie nachgeborenen]

Boddi's right. The Gopsters took 61.9% of the vote, if
you count McClintock. Now, I don't believe for a 
minute that Calif is being Southernized. A lot of
Arnie's supporters are people who thought it would be
cool to have the Terminator for Gov, or who were just
disgusted with Davis. But the fact of the matter is
that this is a wake up cry that the Dems are (as
usual) not going to hear. What they will hear is, We
Have Not Been Right Wing Enough! We Have Not Yet Begun
To Sell Out! Just you wait. jks

--- boddhisatva <boddhisatva at netzero.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     Dear C.s,
> 
>   This is the 32nd recall attempt since 1936 and it
> produced this result:
> 
> 
> On Question 1 (choice, # votes, percentage):
> 
> 
>   Yes         4,358,033             55.2
>   No 3,540,573 44.8
> 
> 
> 
> On Question 2:
> 
>   Arnold Schwarzenegger          Rep   3,694,436  
> 48.5
>   Cruz M. Bustamante              Dem   2,421,319  
> 31.8
>   Tom McClintock                     Rep   1,014,895
>   13.4
>   Peter Miguel Camejo             Grn     211,595   
> 2.8
>   Arianna Huffington                 Ind      42,442
>    0.6
>   Peter V. Ueberroth                Rep      21,999 
>   0.3
> 
> Compare this to the 2002 results for governor:
> 
> * Gray Davis                 Dem   3,469,025   47.4
>   Bill Simon                 Rep   3,105,477   42.4
>   Reinhold S. Gulke          AmI     125,338    1.7
>   Peter Miguel Camejo        Grn     381,700    5.3
>   Gary David Copeland        Lib     158,161    2.1
>   Iris Adam                  Nat      86,432    1.1
> 
>   So the truth is that, far from being a "right-wing
> coup", the recall
> was simply a stunning victory for Republicans, who
> split over 4.7
> million votes to Davis' 3.5 million in the last
> election.  It is also,
> I think, a total repudiation of DLC Democrat
> politics.
> 
>    Look, I don't like it any more than you do, but
> in words of the WTO
> protester: "This is what democracy looks like."  The
> recall process is
> not "idiocy".  It's a rational, legal process and a
> living civics lesson.
> Either elections generates decent voter turnout or
> recalls will.  The
> Democrats have NOBODY to blame but themselves (and
> Pete Wilson and the
> energy companies, but predominantly themselves.)
> 
>    When the energy prices spiked and the blackouts
> came, Davis could have
> declared a state of emergency and even claimed
> eminent domain over the
> power company assets, but he's not that kind of
> Democrat.  So, he wrote
> them a big, fat check.  When the recall initiative
> passed, Terry McAuliffe
> and Clinton could have thrown their weight behind
> Bustamante, but they
> didn't and he had to go begging to the native casino
> operators.  Again I
> ask how anybody can bear the shame of being a
> registered Democrat these
> days.
> 
>    peace,
>      boddi
> 
> 
> 

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