| knt |
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on 13-Sep-03 07:23 AM
When Clinton was the president, he was so hounded by the Republicans as regard to his infedility and what not, while Arnold is off the hook, solely because he is a "conservative"-- conservative in quotes because he has more in common with democrats than he does with liberals. He is actually a liberal when it comes to social issues, but a conservative when it comes to economic issues, so the term "liberal republican" would describe him aptly. If anybody really could be the vanguard in pushing conservative agendas, McClintock comes to mind. Arnold is doing so well only because of his celebrity status, and his strategy to evade public debates is yet another proof that he does not really have plans to tackle problems faced by Californians in general. How is he going to provide, for example, the stimulus necessary to jumpstart the economy? Or how about the problem of illegal immigrants. Sure, it's easy to say you're going to work with the Mexican government, but is this really a plan? He was disinvited from a party thrown by a latin american community in California because of his anti-immigration stance. So, I am wondering if he really has the chance to compete with Bustamante.
Copy-paste this link for more on Arnold's lewd remarks.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/arnoldoui1.html
Now Bustamante, on the other hand is being attacked due to his past involvements with Mecha, which, purportedly according to Fox News, is a racist organization that still believes California was forcefully taken from Mexico. The truth, however is that Mecha aids Hispanic students to get through college. The slogan being repeated by Fox is far from the truth.
Also, let's face it. The Republican party has made so many unconstitutional accusations to undermine the democratic party. Even the Clinton impeachment fracas was unconstitutional. They really had no case against him, because the constitution says it impeccably and lucidly that this can only be done in times of crisis, like when the president commits treason. Recalling Gray Davis is yet another one of these vicious attacks by the Republican party.
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Now about the presidential candidates from the democratic party for the next election. If anybody watched the debate held by Black Caucus a few days ago, Rev. Al Sharpton clearly won the prize. Sadly, there was no candidate with any plans as to how he/she would approach the problems faced by America today. So, in my mind, we still got some time remaining. Let's just hope Wesley Clark jumps in. He, in fact, has many similarities with our former President Bill Clinton.
1. He is a Southerner, born in Arkansas, if I am correct.
2. He is a Rhodes scholar.
Intelligent, a good speaker and a man of visions--exactly the type of candidate we need.
I, in fact would love to see a Wesley Clark/ Hillary Clinton Alliance. As Bill Clinton said it, these are the two stars in the democratic party. If anybody can round up this election in favor of the democratic party, it would be these two. With Bush's popularity rating incessantly going on a free fall, Hillary Rodham Clinton might make her grand entrance. And we all know, nobody else can campaign and raise funds like she can.
Howard Dean is pandering to supporters from far far left, in my humble opinion but this will change in the future.
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