I am sure all those running around bashing Riordan -- a previous great mayor of LA -- as RINO, RINO, are now very happy with Villaraigosa. Also, obviously he has higher ambitions, governor of CA comes to mind as next step and use that as springboard for the presidency.
Villaraigosa got elected, because as usual, the conservatives are "too pure" to bother to vote. In the previous election they couldn't vote for the candidate supported by Riordan, so we got Hahn and then Villaraigosa. Of course, maybe this was what they really wanted.
I am sure they'll be happier with Villaraigosa, Angelides or Al Gore as CA governors, than they are with Arnold.
But, but, but, YOU SAID THAT ELECTING MODERATES WAS AN INCREMENTAL STEP TOWARD ELECTING CONSERVATIVES!!! It didn't work that way, FO, because RINOs maintain liberal policies that manufacture more Democrats.
Lessee... Christopher was the last Republican mayor of San Franpsycho, Davis follows Wilson, Villaraigosa follows Riordan and Hahn, Democrats ran San Diego into the ground after Wilson... no pattern there! By contrast, after Pat Brown there was Reagan and after Jerry Brown came the Duke. Conservatives follow liberals because the public is desperate to clean up the mess the liberals make. When the "moderates" make a mess (as their liberal policies must) people elect liberals to "fix it," except that they make it worse. See?
OTOH, it was the corruption endemic to RINOs that was the principal reason Hahn was booted. Let that be a warning to you, FO, because at the rate he's going, Arnold isn't far behind no matter what conservatives do.
BTW, you DO know that one of the reasons the Power Crisis was so expensive is that Riordan's boys at the DWP were gouging the State worse than any private company? Such an honest "moderate," (NOT).
Villaraigosa got elected, because as usual, the conservatives are "too pure" to bother to vote.
Villaraigosa got elected, because Hahn got caught red handed. To posit that conservatives were the difference belies the enormous margin by which Tony MeChA won.
In the previous election they couldn't vote for the candidate supported by Riordan, so we got Hahn and then Villaraigosa. Of course, maybe this was what they really wanted.
Is this some kind of twisted bedtime fantasy of yours?
Sheesh.
>>Villaraigosa got elected, because as usual, the conservatives are "too pure" to bother to vote. In the previous election they couldn't vote for the candidate supported by Riordan, so we got Hahn and then Villaraigosa.
Huh? Are you makin' this up on the fly?
Riordan supported Villaraigosa in 2001 and 2005.
Tell me, FO, except for a couple of like minded RNC RINOs who slither onto the California threads occasionally, is anyone really buying your line? If they are, it certainly isn't apparent.
Do try to keep in mind that FR is a conservative site for conservatives. The rest of you are merely tolerated, but not encouraged.
One is always feeling stronger when surrounded by folks of a like kind. And often I think those who are surrounded or amid a "red zone" have no understanding of those in the "purple" zones, and why THEY see things as they do.
Yes, I remember the Riordan (So. CA) flap during "total recall". He wasn't considered "pure" enough for some.
I read that Gov Schwarzennegger's polling data reveals 71% support by CA Republicans for his agenda in CA.