CA: Both sides mull a future without Davis

Bakersfield Californian ^ | 7/12/03 | Robert Price

[NormsRevenge]

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[NormsRevenge]

We have NO future with Davi$ ...So what would be so bad about life without Davi$? hhmmmmmm?

[Teacher317]

Stunning and telling that he won re-election so recently.

Also, a sad state of affairs when so recent an election can be overturned. If it succeeds, the Lefties will use this tactic when it is not warranted.

[Support Free Republic]

See that good looking dude on the left? He's got FAR BETTER THINGS to do than conduct Freepathons! Come on, let's get this thing over with.

[Bob]

Stunning and telling that he won re-election so recently.

Not when you consider that he lied about the deficit until just after the election.

Also, a sad state of affairs when so recent an election can be overturned. If it succeeds, the Lefties will use this tactic when it is not warranted.

Thirty or so previous recall attempts have failed to make it to the ballot. This is more widespread than the domocRATs would have you believe.

[gcruse]

I think you're right. In addition, whoever the governor is, they are going to have to cut spending and reduce services mightily to get the budget under control, then keep spending limited for years. There is no way Davis' replacement will be anything other than hated by Californians addicted to the nanny state, that is to say, most of them. Let Davis stay in office and take the heat, or let him resign and the democrat lieutenant governor take the heat. Republicans have little to gain by taking on the beast before it reaches critical mass.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Also, a sad state of affairs when so recent an election can be overturned.

How so? It is perfectly lawful and civil. Leftists already use the courts to overturn elections by appointed judges, why should they bother with a vote?

[SierraWasp]

"Resign. Quit. Clear out your desk. But leave the lights on for the new guy, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante."

I can just hear Carly Simon singin... "Well it's too late baby, it's too late, though we really did try to make it." Ha Ha Ha Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

The law is clear... It's been "FILED!" The door is slammed shut even if he does resign!!!

By maternal pervaricator! You weren't even a good staffer for Gov. Moonbean!!! Enjoy your golden shower from the golden state!!!

[rellimpank]

--exactly. Let the Demotraitors stew in their own mess til the slate can be wiped clean both in the executive and the legislative branches--

[TwoStep]

Without voter fraud, Dean Gardner WINS!

[SierraWasp]

Well... I'm sorry to disagree with you and I'm not trying to be disagreeable, but... your opinion may be abject nonsense! There is just as great, if not a far greater opportunity for CA to be saved by a new Repub Governor almost as directly and quickly as Iraq's regime change was accomplished.

Maybe you have difficulty thinking positively, but it would be so good of you to set an example for other FReepers and Lurkers by at least giving it the old college try. Try it, you'll like it!!! It can work and it will!!!

Please don't exhibit the very attitude that perpetually causes conservative Repubs to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. More of this political crap is based on the mere force of faith and belief than objective observers wish to "believe." A huge amount is based on theatrics and momentum as well. It must start with a persistent and determined "belief" much akin to religious ferver!!! (I'm sorry to say)(this is also why Dems fear religious conservatives so much)

[old school]

You non-Californians just don't get it! This isn't about some broader republican political strategy! This petition wouldn't have even qualified for the ballot, had it not been for cross-spectrum disaffection with this *sshole, megalomaniac, governor! Whether a republican succeeds him or not, California can't lose anything it never had!

[gcruse]

Maybe if you could discuss the issue rather than attacking me, your post wouldn't seem so churlish.

[Carry_Okie]

Let Davis stay in office and take the heat, or let him resign and the democrat lieutenant governor take the heat. Republicans have little to gain by taking on the beast before it reaches critical mass.

More support for a ridiculous and destructive political theory. The measures Davis will sign, as opposed to a veto by a Republican governor, will chase Republicans out of this state. By the time the Slave Party is done, the situation will be so bad here there won't be enough of a conservative constituency to take over when it all crashes.

You are forgetting the mess Ronald Reagan inherited from Pat Brown.

I'll bet you're one of those helpful folks who tell conservatives to leave this State too. Shilling for Texas are you?

[elbucko]

Also, a sad state of affairs when so recent an election can be overturned. If it succeeds, the Lefties will use this tactic when it is not warranted.

The Republican (especially the CRP), fear of the left wing mouse is what got us to this unbearable spot in the first place.

[chiller]

Agreed. There has been such an abysmal lack of common sense, and intelligent government, combined with a surplus of corrupt government that the ship of state could be visibly righted quickly. Lets the Pubs demonstrate that, and the '04 elections could sweep away the rest of the Dems in Sacramento.

For God's Sakes, Davis still proposes increased spending. Not everyone in California has lost their senses, have they?

[elbucko]

Well... I'm sorry to disagree with you and I'm not trying to be disagreeable, but... your opinion may be abject nonsense!

I am not as generous as you. I am not sorry I disagree with "gcruse", I am being disagreeable and his/her opinion is abject nonsense. The recall will not only shake Sacramento, but the CA Dems and Repubs. Change may be painful, but not as painful as the status quo.

[chiller]

Non-sense. Dems might want to recall a Republican governor, but couldn't manage it. Davis' incompetence rises way above partisanship.

[elbucko]

Whether a republican succeeds him or not, California can't lose anything it never had!

Amen, Brother! Amen.