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Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
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Thu, 12 Jun 2003 06:01:04 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Costello wrote:

   I hear you, talk about stupid, here in California we re-elected our horrible govenor, who almost single handedly took the state from a $8 billion surpluss and changing it to a $36 billion defecit. Democrats in this state have no one to blame but themselves, they have run this state for the past ten years.



Actually, the Republicans are to blame, and on two counts. Instead of putting up Richard Riodan, who could have beat Grey, the right wingers decided he didn’t pass the far right litmus test, and put up a total loser that even the incompetent Grey could beat. Second, the deficit came about for the same reason everyone else’s investments are going south: the economy in general and the stock market in specific. Good ol’ Dubya, who hasn’t learned the simpliest thing from Slick Willy: it’s the economy, stupid!

Totally agree with you Bruce, Riordan didn’t excite a single conservative, but he would have run a much better campaign. Simon ran against one of the weakest candidates ever, and he was horrible. I don’t think he is personally stupid, just a stupid campaigner.

The true source of any deficit is out of control spending, if the economy turns and tax revenues are not as high as anticipated, simply cut your spending to match the shortfall. Problem in the federal government is that 9/11 and the two ensuing wars came with high price tags. California government spending has increased by more than both the population and the local economic growth. Someone just needs to take that check writing pen out of Davis’s hand.

Scott C.



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  Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
 
(...) Actually, the Republicans are to blame, and on two counts. Instead of putting up Richard Riodan, who could have beat Grey, the right wingers decided he didn't pass the far right litmus test, and put up a total loser that even the incompetent (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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