Well, we're looking at the cover,
We're spending all our time
Just staring at the magazine.
Well, look who's on the cover
Wasting all our time,
Some pseudo-fascist hero machine.
Well, that's no space for a human being.
That man is not a hero or saint.
When somewhere in deepest America
Grown men weep at the sound of his name.
So it goes and it goes...
--Figures On A Beach, "Accidentally 4th. St. (gloria)"
By weeks end, [Schwarzenegger] was dogged by questions about why he planned to veto a historic gay marriage bill and bills to raise the minimum wage and grant driver's licenses to illegal residents. And his unpopular "year of reform" special election, projected to cost taxpayers over $50 million, is now just weeks away.
Schwarzenegger enters the race amid record low job-approval ratings and an uphill campaign to pass several ballot initiatives. The measures are aimed at curbing the power of Democrat-leaning public employee unions and the Democrat-controlled Legislature.
Few would have predicted any of this two years ago, when Schwarzenegger launched his improbable quest to replace Gov. Gray Davis in the state's historic recall election.
His fiscal conservatism was balanced with support for abortion rights, gay rights, gun control and environmental protection. And unlike Davis, who was vilified for his prodigious fund-raising habits, the wealthy Schwarzenegger said he would be impervious to special interest campaign contributions.
He was rewarded with sky-high job approval ratings across the political spectrum, not to mention a nascent campaign to amend the U.S. Constitution to allow foreign-born citizens to run for president.
But somewhere along the way a more partisan Schwarzenegger emerged. He called Democratic lawmakers "girlie men" and campaigned for President Bush.
- Beth Fouhy, Associated Press
1 comment:
I knew there were going to be problems with the Governator, because his staff of advisors was essentially the same one that Pete Wilson had when he was governor. But then, I'd liked Gray Davis and opposed the recall on general principles, i.e. there was no legal justification for it. But what did I know, right?
People in California were upset about the car tax, and they thought it would be fun to have Arnold as governor. And if that wasn't enough, Arnold did a good job of painting Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamente as a puppet of those evil money-grubbing Native American tribes. So now we are where we are.
Fortunately, Arnold appears to be heading for an embarrassment of epic proportions in the special election, which could very well end his political career. It can't come soon enough for me.
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