Arnold The RINO
By Dwight Baker (08/20/03)
Kobe Bryant must be Arnold’s biggest fan nowadays. The race for Governor fiasco in California has taken a lot of heat off Mr. Bryant. I haven’t seen the media fall all over themselves covering a single story since…..well…..Laci Peterson.
What’s even more mind-boggling to me is how the Republican Party seems to be OK with Arnold’s candidacy for the most part. I guess it’s great he identifies himself as a Republican and his obvious name recognition will probably win the election for him since most Californians want anybody BUT Grey Davis as governor. But this is one of those times I have to wonder what my chosen political party is thinking. If the GOP is the home of conservative ideology, then Arnold must be what we call a RINO………Republican In Name Only.
Conservatives, by and large, are against abortion, against homosexual marriage, against higher taxes, etc. You know the list. Arnold is none of the above. But big names in my party seem to be okay with all that. Why? Because he can win. He can deliver badly needed electoral votes in the next Presidential election. California can continue to go to hell in a hand-basket but as long as the Governor has that “R” next to his name, that’s okay, right?
I don’t agree. Conservatives have to stand for something. It can’t be just about going for the W, the big win. We have to be more principled than that. Some believe that with Warren Buffett in his camp, Arnold will raise property taxes to increase the state’s “revenue”. That’s a logical conclusion since Buffett is a known liberal Democrat and has publicly stated he thinks higher property taxes are necessary.
So Arnold’s got a liberal Democrat whispering in one ear, and his wife Maria Kennedy…OOPS…I mean Shriver whispering in the other. But he claims to be a Republican so all is well right?
Hillary bashing Bush for power outage
Just when you think Democrats can’t get any more childish, Hillary comes to the rescue. Almost the second the lights went out in New York last week, Hillary was desperate to find a working microphone in order to blame Bush for the whole mess. The last time New York had a blackout like that was 1977 during the Carter administration. There have been four presidents since then including George W. Bush. But somehow it’s all his fault. Yeah right.
But this is what liberals do best, blame the other guy. What did Mrs. Clinton’s husband do about our nation’s energy problems but make us more dependant on foreign oil and deregulating the power companies? The point is it’s still too soon to point blame at anybody for anything. So far, I’m hearing it was a lightning strike in Ohio that may have set the whole thing off.
When her constituents were sitting the dark sweating and afraid, since nobody knew for sure if it was another terrorist attack, Hillary should have been on whatever airwaves were available assuring New Yorkers. Instead, she resorts to the only tactic her party knows.
ACLU: Anti-Christian Liberals Union
I know, I know, I got the ACLU’s name wrong above, but only in its official sense. Actually, given its history as well as recent events, I think it’s pretty accurate as written above. Anytime God is mentioned in public, the ACLU is there. Wherever the Ten Commandments are posted, the ACLU is there. (see Judge Roy Moore in Alabama.) Plaques with scripture written on them in the middle of the Grand Canyon. Yep, they’re there, too. You can have gay organizations in your high school, but not bible study. A Muslim woman in Florida can refuse to have her picture on her driver’s license on religious grounds and the ACLU will defend her, but say a prayer before a high school graduation? Of course not.
The ACLU will defend anyone and everyone……………….so long as they’re not a Christian.
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