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Re: Newsbits: CA Recall and IMF-Argentina Negotiations
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:10:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote:
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California Recall: The Coup Inside a Circus
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0813-08.htm
edit: I can’t quite dismiss this story as complete madness. There’s so much
going on right now in terms of information consolidation that it’s hard to
see the purposes of democracy winning out against the “Bush-ite, Murdoch,
Clearwater, Right-Wing” media juggernaut. After all, a bloody coup is
unnecessary when the people will just rollover for you, watching the
right-wing take over on television! And speaking of rollover...
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That’s pretty funny--I was snickering as soon as I hit the “rightwing (sic)
forces controlling the Republican Party want TOTAL victory” part. Substitute
left wing and Democrat and that statement’s true too. Geez, what a revelation!
I’m sure CommonDreams.org would be opposed to a total left-wing domination for
the foreseeable future? (And I largely enjoy mocking conspiracy theories too.)
Realistically, the recall is kind of a dumb idea for Republicans. They stand to
inherit a big budget mess and when it’s not cleaned up right away the mantra
will be that Republican fiscal policy doesn’t work. They also go from a 2006
election where a poor Democrat candidate who was elected largely on the strength
of his own incumbency (coupled with poor Republican campaigning in ‘02) won’t be
able to run again. A strong Republican campaign would have a reasonable chance
of winning.
Putting politics before people, it would be in the Republicans’ best interest
for California to utterly collapse. Then it’s easy to say, “Liberalism doesn’t
work. Just look at California!”
OTOH, regardless of what machinery set in motion, recall is a legally-approved
action in the CA constitution. The recall also will succeed or fail based on
exercise of democracy, not judicial fiat or legislative shenanigans. Plus if
any state deserves strange political goings-on, it’s probably California too.
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