Wednesday, September 28th 2005
Total Recall
The Governator may wind up leaving the way he came in: through a recall. A local doctor is about to initiate the recall process, as per NBC11:
It was a recall election that swept Arnold Schwarzenegger into office.
Now, a Berkeley doctor is using the same tactic to try and sweep him out.
Dr. Kenneth Matsumura announced he’s serving notice to the governor Friday.
Schwarzenegger will have 14 days to reply.
The doctor says he’ll then start collecting the million or so signatures needed to force an election.
He cites the governor’s efforts to cut nurse-to-patient ratios and his borrowing of money from the education budget as reasons for his recall drive.
If the doc wants a million signatures, he can probably find them in the Bay Area alone. The question is whether the rest of the state wants to go through another recall election. I read somewhere that since the recall process was created, every California governor has had recall attempts made against him; multiple times even. Only in Gray Davis’ case did a recall election actually happen, let alone be successful. Is this more wishful thinking on the part of disgruntled left-wingers, or will it be the real thing?
Another recall is not what this state needs.
Comment by ktp — 9/30/2005 @ 2:27 am
The voters aren’t likely to approve a recall for the same term where they recalled Davis. Besides, a recall couldn’t occur until spring at the earliest, which means it would be over the last six months of the four year term. Also a number of people in 2003 threatened they would try to recall any governor elected, as revenge for Davis being recalled.
Comment by Michael — 9/30/2005 @ 8:48 am
dere wont be anoter recall. dis guy is juss a chump lolz. pluss da ppl who would give him moneys spent da last recall arguing agianst having recalls.
in short dis is going nowhere.
“smashT”
Comment by smashT — 9/30/2005 @ 2:13 pm
“me smashT, me DysLeXXik with less KoMMand of sentence structure ‘den Elmo from Sesame streeT.”
If this the quality of who’s promoting Schwarzenegger, a recall might actually work. I support it mainly because I’ll get to hear BCR members basically do the equivalent of whining “No do-overs!”
Comment by jonp — 10/1/2005 @ 6:46 pm
jonp…. not only do u hug my nutz on da calstuff blog u come here and hug dem some more. sux to be u bro.
but i love da hypocrisy of u left retards. during da recall in 03 u dumbT asses argued against it on philosophical gwounds… now daT da dere is a different gov. u wants it. fukin hypocrits m@n. smashT
kno waT? bring dis recall on… its gonna be smashT. no1 supports it and even if it gets on da ballot it will be smashT by da voters.
jonp i hope u r rdy m@n to be smashT dis fall:
special election: Ahnold smashT da special interests and dey ho’s like jonp
06 Election: Reps smashT dems… Ahnold smashT’s angelides and his b1tches like jonp
08 Election: Hilary gets smashT… jonp cwy’s cuz he gets smashT again
have fun being part of a losah movement.
“fanboi jonp smashT”
Comment by smashT — 10/2/2005 @ 1:21 am
hhaha I can’t believe that even smashT is a freaking tool. I don’t know if you noticed the disaster that the recent administration and the republicans in congress caused, but Hilary will have a tail wind when running in 08. I hope she wins, we need balanced budgets (something Tom Delay won’t be able to deliver from jail).
“smashT smasht”
Comment by HB — 10/2/2005 @ 11:44 am
Kerry had a tail wind, too. So did Gore, now that I think about it. It didn’t do them a whole lot of good.
Comment by Beetle — 10/2/2005 @ 12:32 pm
Approvals are at their lowest levels and Bush’s policy proposals are dead in the water. Once we nuke Iran it will be all over for the Republican Party. Of course there is a currency collapse looming, but that’s only for China to unleash.
And if Kerry did have a tail wind he basically went against it by being a fellow traveler about the war, his nonsensical Vietnam circus and the gutless refusal to call Bush out a liar.
Gore I remember won the popular vote and the Electoral College was determined otherwise.
Comment by HB — 10/2/2005 @ 2:07 pm
haha anoter f@n… dis shiT is gweat.
dis fool HB is drinkin all da koolaid his democrap fwends have been drinkin for da last 11 years. keep spinnin keep on twying to win blog warz. it dont matter cuz u get smashT anyway in real elections. lets recap…
94: reps smashT dems
96: split election
98: reps smashT dems
2000: reps smashT dems
2002: reps smashT dems
2003: ahnold smashT crazy f00ls
2004: reps smashT dems
@ny1 notice a twend here? hilary has got no chance s0n.
“”Once we nuke Iran it will be all over for the Republican Party.”
lay of daT crak at ppl’s park bro. ur goin insane. =(
“insane fan smashT”
Comment by smashT — 10/2/2005 @ 2:16 pm
2000-2005 Reps smashT USA
How about taking a break from your RNC altar and looking at things objectively. Where are the balanced budgets we finally achieved in the 90’s. Tools like you like to give credit to congress for that. Well it’s the same party in power, with the executive branch now, as well. What happened? Do people vote regardless of achievement or ideology and for name only? Can Bush tell everyone in the US to “f**k off” and still retain 90% approval among republicans?
And what’s so great about Arnold anyway? 37% aint bad, I guess
PS. I’m a registered republican. (At least until I submit the forms to reregister.)
Comment by HB — 10/2/2005 @ 2:43 pm
“PS. I’m a registered republican. (At least until I submit the forms to reregister.)”
have fun joinin a losah party. smashT
“Can Bush tell everyone in the US to “f**k off” and still retain 90% approval among republicans?”
diz kid is pisT
“2000-2005 Reps smashT USA”
cwy some more justin T
“And what’s so great about Arnold anyway? 37% aint bad, I guess”
wen da ballots are counted all his cwybaby opponents like u will be demolishT. keep quotin polls s0n while i quote da actual results of elections. crushT
im not s@yin dap reps r perfect.. far from it @ctually. but da dems + der extweme left fwends suk horse cawk. so fuck dose b1tches.
PS “stay smashT kid”
Comment by smashT — 10/2/2005 @ 3:55 pm
Wow. I hear Baghdad Bob is accepting interns, you should definitely apply.
Eh, the polls are only accurate when they favor your point of view, huh? Do you even have stances on issues, or are you just a personality whore who analyses everything as Republican=Good, Democrat=Bad?
Comment by HB — 10/2/2005 @ 4:21 pm
BTW, good luck with abolishing the ASUC. I hear CalDems are gonna be helping with that.(”horse cawk” suckers according to smashT) Maybe you guys in BCR can get Karl Rove to give a speech about it or something. Why is it that the people at the forefront of abolishing a dominantly progressive student organization such as the ASUC are diehard Bush people?
Comment by HB — 10/2/2005 @ 4:22 pm
haha dis kid iz so pisT. 2 posts back to back with bold formatting and shiT.
relax bro its juss an intraweb forum.
“Do you even have stances on issues, or are you just a personality whore who analyses everything as Republican=Good, Democrat=Bad?”
my stance is: smashT dose who disagree wiT me. i disagree wiT da reps on a good number of issues but its funner makin pisT kida like u cwy on dis blog.
“Why is it that the people at the forefront of abolishing a dominantly progressive student organization such as the ASUC are diehard Bush people?”
i am not a diehard bush person. keep assuming shiT retard.
and da ASUC movement is a serpate issue from waT we are dicussing here. juss like most retards i smashT… u keep changing da issues in every post cuz uve been smashT too hard on da old issues.
keep spinning… keep changing da subject. it dont matter cuz u get smashT anyway.
“demolishT x3″
Comment by smashT — 10/2/2005 @ 5:02 pm
Yeah whenever you get pwned you back off. First you build up republicans as ‘hot shit’ and than you start claiming how you actually dislike them. I don’t buy this ‘I criticize everyone I disagree with’, that is total bullshit. You have not broguht any legitimate point about republicans that you disagree with, only made fun of Jonp for disliking them.
sit down son
Comment by HB — 10/2/2005 @ 6:06 pm
pwnd by who? by da punkT kid who changes da topic everytime he posts cuz he gets smashT 2 hard? ya right…
go read my posts retard.. where do i say or imply daT reps are “hot shit”… lol keep making shit up s0n. fukin smashT
now i dislike them? where did i say daT? i said i had some disagweements wiT dem… i guess in ur fantasy world disagreement = dislike? 2nd time in da same post u completely make shiT up.
ya ur right about one ting… i make fun of pisT kids like u who twy to talk shiT to me den cwy afterwards wen dey get smashT.
ima give u some fwee advice kid… if u wanna smashT at forumz like i do:
1) dont make shiT up and put tings in qoutes daT people did not say
2) dont change da subject everytime u post cuz u got smashT
3) dont twy to rumble wiT da master in his own arena
“nexT”
Comment by smashT — 10/2/2005 @ 6:30 pm
You’re overdoing your little clown talk. If u r goi 2 typ lyke dis than at least make coherent sentences. I swear some people.
YOU brought up Hillary and her defeat, called me a democrat, started bragging about how republicans sweep every election and will keep on doing so.
I guess since you never back up your arguments with anything you are not accustomed to other people bringing relevant examples to rebut your points.
You’re just a fucking loser who can’t spell.
PS. Regarding the ASUC post. Yes I called you out on bullshit, it’s mainly for the benefit of CalDems. Don’t like it, well, that’s too bad.
Comment by HB — 10/2/2005 @ 6:51 pm
“You’re overdoing your little clown talk. If u r goi 2 typ lyke dis than at least make coherent sentences. I swear some people.”
cwy some more justin T? “i swear some people.” is a sentence fragment. crushT
“YOU brought up Hillary and her defeat, called me a democrat, started bragging about how republicans sweep every election and will keep on doing so.”
waT about da twuth dont u like? smashT
“You’re just a fucking loser who can’t spell.”
sum kids juss cant handle creativity.
“PS. Regarding the ASUC post. Yes I called you out on bullshit”
glad to see u admit ur arguments are bullshiT. smashT
keep on changing da topic kid… dis shiT is funny as hell ;).
“smashT”
Comment by smashT — 10/2/2005 @ 7:23 pm
Jesus, I couldn’t even read through that with that appaling spelling. Please, since the comments are best used as a tool for intelligent debate, and for people to gain more information about the issues (ideally), please try to avoid the horrid abuse of the English language. smashT, yes, I’m a Republican; and I’m usually not a Grammar Nazi, but please….. use full sentences with conventional spelling, for all our sakes!
Comment by TigerhawkVok — 10/2/2005 @ 7:25 pm
Those tactics will work, let me assure you, on idiots.
Keep dodging, because you obviously cannot back up what you say.
Comment by HB — 10/2/2005 @ 7:32 pm
“Keep dodging, because you obviously cannot back up what you say.”
keep changing da subject.
stay smashT like all ur lefty fwends. get rdy to cwy some more in a few weeks wen Ahnold crushT’s da left in da special election.
“smashT”
Comment by smashT — 10/2/2005 @ 7:52 pm
SmashT,
You just got hella-pounded by HB!
Comment by ktp — 10/2/2005 @ 11:19 pm
Comment by smashT — 10/2/2005 @ 11:33 pm
Where to start:
1. “Approvals are at their lowest levels and Bush’s policy proposals are dead in the water.”
Bush’s numbers dropped down for a few days and the left can’t stop talking about it, even though the dip in approval has ended and Bush has recovered about five points now. And Bush’s proposals have been delayed by hurricanes, jusidicial nominations, and Congressional recesses. The left has declared Bush proposals dead on arrival before only to see them pass later, so we’ll see what happens in the next year.
2. “Gore I remember won the popular vote and the Electoral College was determined otherwise.”
Gore did not get a majority of the popular vote, something which incidentally no Democrat has achieved since Johnson. Bush won the 2000 election, like previous presidents, through receiving the most votes in enough states to have a majority of the delegates in the electoral college.
Gore completely blew the election since if he had won either Clinton’s home state, Gore’s OWN state, or the state of West Virginia; Gore would have been the president, even if Bush had received a majority of the popular vote. West Virginia incidentally had only voted Republican three previous times (1956, 1972, 1984) in large Republican landslides.
3. “98: reps smashT dems”
This is the last election that the Republicans blew. The Republican party tried to run against Clinton, while the Democrats ran alot of local campaigns. Democrats increased their seats in the House and Senate, took over the California legislature, and went from one state post in California (lieutenant governor) to all but the Insurance Commisioner.
4. “Where are the balanced budgets we finally achieved in the 90’s.”
The Democrats spent most of the 1990s fighting against balanced budgets and trying to increase spending by 8% per year. The Democrats are still fighting today to increase spending. What’s changed is that the Republicans in the Senate are now also increasing spending, and Bush isn’t doing enought to stop them.
The 1990s balanced budgets is where the Republicans in Congress and Clinton agreed to use all of the Social Security money for general budget purposes instead of worrying about future Social Security payments. This is how the “surplus” was created, the federal government changed their budget accounting method.
5. “Tom Delay won’t be able to deliver from jail.”
Interesting that alot of people jump to the conclusion that Delay is guilty when no evidence has been presented, and the last two politicians this prosecutor went after were political opponents, whom were exonerated. The Democratic startegy for 2006 seems to be the Republicans are the party of Delay, and this could easily backfire if Delay is also exonerated before the election.
Comment by Michael C. Mikulis — 10/3/2005 @ 10:58 am