ANALOGY WARNING: I have been told by those closest to me that when I try to wind up a lengthy analogy, sometimes I miss the mark. That said, I am going to try to equate the Governor’s behavior with California Democrats to a football game. Wish me luck:
When we rehuddle, we ask the QB why he did that? His response? He says, "I’ve decided that we need to change our priorities as a team. No longer should our goal be to score points and win the came. Rather, our goal should be working together to make the game entertaining for those watching on television. The spectators like to see touchdowns! And after a long time trying the hard way to score touchdowns by going through our opponents to get to their goal line, it dawned on me that if I help them, it would simply be much easier for help them score on our own goal line. I know we will lose the game, but the spectators will be happy, and I will certainly be named the MVP of the game!"
The last few days, the Governor has been in Washington, D.C., and as a large part of that trip, he has been touting ‘bipartisan’ (or as he likes to say, ‘post-partisan’) accomplishments back home. That said, I would hope that everyone understands that what we have here in California, is what I refer to in a rather tongue-in-cheek way, Arnold’s "Bi-Partisan Party of One" — which is to say that he is the ONLY Republican who is participating in this lurch to the left — and it seems to be rather disingenuous to call it anything other than what it is — an influential Republican Chief Executive who is literally capitulating on major policy items that have been pushed for many years by the liberal Democrats who control California.
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February 28th, 2007 at 12:00 am
I think you might have done better with a boxing analogy — he’s taking a fall, every time he turns around; and has quit throwing punches simply because he was booed in ’05.
February 28th, 2007 at 12:00 am
What the governor forgets is that it wasn’t just his ballot measures that went down to defeat in 2005. The two ballot measures the democrats put on were defeated by even bigger margins!
People were just not in the mood to have an election in 2005. This of course, would not be the first time election results are misread.
February 28th, 2007 at 12:00 am
The CRP has been “triangulated” by the gov. Arnies epiphany came after the special election and the CRP Board was told to go out and tell the rank and file Reps that this stinky mess smell good. They did it for the most part.
February 28th, 2007 at 12:00 am
I think the football analogy works fine……
We can thank those that “drafted” our football player to play on our team even when we knew his heart was always with the opposing team. Now we have a long season ahead of us with our quarterback scoring for the other team.
I think he calls it bipartisanship.