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Re: Newsbits: CA Recall and IMF-Argentina Negotiations
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Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:04:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Carl Nelson wrote:
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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.)
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Yes, everybody wants total domination for their particular agenda, but the
article was accurate on that account: the right-wing Republicans are doing
whatever it takes to actually achieve theirs. Personally, I think their
overreaching mania will eventually backfire, as it did in California. The
right-wing was not content to win the governership with the moderate Riordan,
they just had to put up their right-wing lap-dog who sucked so bad that he was
actually stomped by Davis.
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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!”
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Actually, the problems in California were kicked off by that Bush/Cheney
favorite, Enron, and continued with the bad economy in general (same culprits).
So really, it’s the failure of conservatism, but the Republicans are hoping to
pin it on the visible Demoncrat and say that it is a failure of liberalism (and
hoping that no one notice’s that Davis is actually right of center, and thus,
not a liberal).
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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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That one is easy to top: Florida. Any more softballs I can hit outta the
park? :-)
-->Bruce<--
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