Mitzkrieg

also, i gotta say that i take offense at the comments you made Gertie, especially this one.
personally, i researched the "name" candidates down to the green party rep, Camejo, and even a couple independants to make sure i made what i hope to be the right choice. as well as my family members, friends and lots of coworkers did the same. i will say though that i think people tend to let media and smear tactics sway their decisions.

i mean, come on though... do you really think that the more than 1.5 million people that signed the petition to recall are nothing but sheep? that's just silly. by the time the votes are in, Arnold will easily have 3 million votes for him. also, in the past 8 gubenatorial elections in california, a recall HAS been attempted. they just never amounted to anything because not enough people were unhappy. something like a 26% approval rating for Davis? NICE! shit, only 350,000 signatures are needed to start a recall, and we got 1.5 million plus! and only one recall has succeeded besides this one in the last 80 years! sheep indeed!

i believe Arnold will actually do a good job. Arnold knows more than people think. saying that he doesn't know shit is kinda ignorant in my opinion, and shows that you haven't really researched into much at all. he earned a university business degree and went into the real estate market buying property before his movie career ever went anywhere. he's the national chairman of the national youth center inner city games which first started in L.A.. he backed prop 49, big time....... i could go on.

and as for the people that bring up the US economy after 9/11 causing california's deficit, blah blah blah..... we have a 38 billion dollar deficit, MORE than 5 of the next highest states deficits ADDED TOGETHER! the next highest deficit is owned by New York with 11.5 billion and they had to deal with rebuilding after 9/11!

no, there's no doubt the Davis administration had a lot to do with cali's deficit.
i'll tell you one thing we didn't know.... he lied about the size of the deficit. before he was reelected, he reported the deficit to be close to 20 billion. after the election, he said "oops, tack on another 18 billion to that"

so then you got mismanagement of funds like the 35% increase in spending after Davis took office. after the internet boom took a dive and tax revenue's dropped, the spending kept happening. then there's the electricity crisis which he handled so badly..... blah blah blah.... then we've got SB60 signed in, a triple in car tax (i'm spending $600 for registration this year instead of the $240 i could be paying) that's just a little excessive, don't ya think?

nah, the people are just unhappy and they have a right to be. to me, this is sending a message to all those politicians out there that we're not gonna take no more crap! a huge reason i voted for Arnold is his stance on cutting the bullshit government special interest spending and opening up the books for an audit (something Davis was not willing to do) putting a cap on budget spending. what do we all do when we go broke? keep ourselves from spending on shit that we don't have the money for! let's see, what else.... indian tribes paying their fair share of the taxes from the gaming revenue, getting rid of SB60, getting rid of the triple on car tax (make it something reasonable) and setting up an open government ammendment so the sneaky politicians can't get their midnight crap through the door without the public knowing. and these are just some of the reason's i voted yes on the recall, and for Arnold. you should read his agenda.

you know what though, ultimately there are reason's for both sides and everyone's going to have their opinion. but bashing the new governor before he's even had a chance is silly ignorance. give him some time. if he fails, i'll whole heartedly admit i voted for the wrong guy.