The Debate for California's Soul; Speech by Tom McClintock

Sen. Tom McClintock | June 4, 2005 | Sen. Tom McClintock

[calif_reaganite]

This speech was delivered on June 4, 2005 at the California Club for Growth Conference in LA. It was extremely well-received.

[ncountylee]

AWSOME !

[ken21]

>We have to de-fund the Left.<

good idea.

[goldstategop]

Tom is urging conservatives to get behind the Governor because even if you think his proposals don't go as far as we would like, keep in mind the Democrats still view them as a deadly threat. And they are. De-funding the Left, giving the Governor the power to make mid-year spending adjustments and changing the way legislators are elected makes a difference. They may not seem like much but big things are built on small beginnings. As Tom says, the rest is commentary. We want a free society, our opposition must be cut down to size. That's why the Democrats oppose Arnold's initiatives not because they do too much or because as some conservatives think they do too little but the Democrats oppose them because they set the right tone for what follows. Namely, that the heyday of Big Government here is over. Do we still need it? By all means let's have that debate.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[decal]

"If that sounds too pat, let me ask you for a show of hands. How many of you have friends or neighbors who have left California in the last several years for the middle of the Nevada or Arizona deserts?

Now let me ask you this question: could any conceivable act of God make this beautiful state a less desirable place for people to live and work and raise their families than the middle of the Nevada Nuclear Test Range?

Only government could do that. And it has..."

BINGO

[Nuc1]

Great thoughts from a truly great man

[CounterCounterCulture]

He's got my vote.

[ran15]

McClintock 'gets it'.

I'm glad hes hammering on the public unions banding together and funding the Democrat party with many millions of dollars. For that reason alone any Republican in any position of poltiical power should limit the number of government employees wherever possible.

They are the main cancer on our republic right now imo.

[calcowgirl]

McClintock Ping

Let me know via freepmail if you want on or off this list.

[inquest]

Today, as political power has been centralized in Sacramento, the state budget has become a grab-bag for local pork projects, literally robbing Piedmont to pay Pasadena. We can restore local government independence by separating the revenues of state and local governments – and let local governments make their own decisions with their own money once again.

HOO YEAH!

[hedgetrimmer]

BUMP!

[BIRDS]

Yep, you are so right about that!

This is an excellent speech by McClintock.

[calcowgirl]

If any of you folks want on the 'McClintock Ping List,' freepmail me.

[kstewskis]

Now let me ask you this question: could any conceivable act of God make this beautiful state a less desirable place for people to live and work and raise their families than the middle of the Nevada Nuclear Test Range?

I guarantee you, it wasn't an act of God which drove millions of ex-Callifornians out of the state.

Earthquakes? Fires? Mudslides? Who cares about those?

He's right in the fact it was pure (evil) liberal government, and then some.

[tubebender]

This pretty much the speech I heard Tom give to the Tax Payers League here in Eureka last month...

[concentric circles]

Sustained applause! Thunderous ovation!

[Eastbound]

'08 material? Great compendium of solutions. Makes me want to move back to CA and get busy.

[Rabid Dog]

Thanks for the ping!

[Black Tooth]

Why does this man not run for President?

[forester]

It is when a crisis approaches, that the true strength of a Democracy emerges – and it is an awesome thing. One by one, individual citizens sense the approach of a common danger and they rise to the occasion. One by one, people begin putting aside their daily cares and daily pleasures and begin to engage in their classic role as citizens – not because they want to, but because they have to – because the situation has become intolerable and can no longer be ignored.

And that process begins in groups like this, groups that gather not around politicians and not around parties, but around principles – solid principles – and the most solid principle of all – Freedom.

Excellent points. Follows up his speach a few weeks back about how the mood is beginning to shift.

The liberals days are numbered - so are the rino's.... people are getting fed up with the corruption. The baby boomers idealism is not shared by many of us in generation X. Frankly, we are pretty fed up with their crap. State employees retiring with 80-90% salary is way over the line.

Just as the United Airline and steel industry folks got their pensions slashed, there will come a day when I and my children will vote to lower these pensions. Not as revenge, but as a necessity. It may not be tomorrow, but it most assuredly will happen.