• Arnold Schwarzenegger,  California,  Election 2006,  Politics

    Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: Democrat Win “Healthy”

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    California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is flanked by the Mexican, U.S. and California flags as he addresses the media at the presidential palace, Los Pinos, in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006.
    Reuters: Schwarzenegger says Democratic win is healthy

    California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, one of few Republicans to shine at the mid-term elections, said on Thursday the Democratic victories were healthy for U.S. politics.

    “I think it is good that there are new ideas and new blood because Washington was stuck. They could not move forward, not much was accomplished; I think it was terrible,” he told reporters on a trip to Mexico.

    Former bodybuilder and star of the “Terminator” action movies, Schwarzenegger won reelection by a landside on Tuesday after distancing himself from President George W. Bush and adopting moderate positions on some issues.

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    California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, second from right, and his wife Maria Shriver, right, exit the presidential palace, Los Pinos, with Mexican President Vicente Fox, second from left, and his wife Marta Sahagun, left, in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006. The California governor is in Mexico for a two-day trade visit.

    Easy for the Terminator to say.

    Let’s hope he stays GOP enough to terminate Senator Barbara Boxer in four years.


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  • Arnold Schwarzenegger,  California,  California Republican Party,  Election 2006,  Politics

    California Election 2006 Watch: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Wins Re-election

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    California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger kisses his wife Maria Shriver after his re-election, in Beverly Hills. November 7, 2006.

    Reuters: Schwarzenegger gains landslide California win

    California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won re-election by a landslide after distancing himself from fellow Republican President George W. Bush and taking a moderate stance, results on Wednesday showed.

    The former Hollywood star first elected three years ago in an unprecedented recall vote beat his Democratic opponent, State Treasurer Phil Angelides, by 17 points with 99.6 percent of Tuesday’s vote counted.

    “What a fantastic evening; I love doing sequels,” Schwarzenegger told supporters in Beverly Hills. “But this without any doubt is my favorite sequel.”

    The star of the “Terminator” films scrapped a confrontational style that served him well as a champion bodybuilder and in movies but led to a complete defeat in a special initiative election last year.

    A humbled Schwarzenegger, 59, turned on his charm, no longer taunted Democratic legislators as “girlie men” and backed a series of bipartisan laws, including reducing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.

    Arnold made “NICE” and was rewarded by his re-election.

    Will it continue?

    Perhaps

    But, now the Governator actually has to GOVERN…..

    Stay tuned…….

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  • Arnold Schwarzenegger,  California,  California Republican Party,  Election 2006,  Politics

    California Election 2006 Watch: Flap’s Endorsements – REDUX

    PLEASE VOTE TODAY

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    Xinhua: California election turnout expected to be modest

    Overall, turnout is expected to be modest with roughly 8.7 million – or 55 percent – of California’s 15.8 million registered voters likely to cast ballots by the time polls close at 8 p.m., according to California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson.

    That would put turnout above the 51 percent of four years ago, when Governor Gray Davis won reelection, but below the 60 percent of October 2003, when voters recalled Davis and replaced him with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

    McPherson projected that 44 percent of the votes cast in the Tuesday election will be by absentee ballot. By Friday afternoon, the ballots of at least 1.8 million voters had already reached county election offices.

    Ok, here are the goods – Flap’s Endorsements for California’s Gubernatorial General Election:

    Governor: Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)

    Lt. Governor: Tom McClintock (R)

    Secretary of State: Bruce McPherson (R)

    Controller: Tony Strickland (R)

    Treasurer: Claude Parrish (R)

    Attorney General: Chuck Poochigian (R)

    Insurance Commissioner: Steve Poizner (R)

    State Board of Equalization, 2nd District: Bill Leonard (R)

    United States Senate: Richard “Dick” Mountjoy (R)

    United States Representative, 24th District: Elton Gallegly (R)

    California State Assembly, 37th District: Audra Strickland (R)

    California Supreme Court Associate Justice Joyce L. Kennard – YES

    California Supreme Court Associate Justice Carol Corrigan – YES

    California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District:

    ROGER W. BOREN – Appointed by Gov. Deukmejian – YES
    VICTORIA CHAVEZ – Appointed by Gov. Schwarzenegger – YES
    PATTI S. KITCHING – Appointed by Gov Wilson – YES
    RICHARD DENNIS ALDRICH – Appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson – YES
    NORMAN L. EPSTEIN – Appointed by Gov Deukmejian – YES
    THOMAS L. WILLHITE, JR – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger – YES
    STEVEN C. SUZUKAWA –Appointed by Gov. Schwarzenegger – YES
    SANDY R. KRIEGLER – Appointed by Gov. Schwarzenegger – YES
    FRED WOODS – Appointed by Gov. Deukmejian – YES

    Ventura County Community College District, Area 2: Cheryl Heitmann

    Conejo Valley Unified School District: Michael “Mike” Dunn

    City of Thousand Oaks City Council: Andrew “Andy” fox, Dennis C. Gillette, Elaine C. McKearn

    Conejo Recreation and Park District: Joe Gibson, Susan Lauer Holt, Michael D. “Mike” Berger

    California Propositions:

    Proposition 1A = YES
    Proposition 1B = NO
    Proposition 1C = NO
    Proposition 1D = NO
    Proposition 1E = NO
    Proposition 83 = YES
    Proposition 84 = NO
    Proposition 85 = YES
    Proposition 86 = NO
    Proposition 87 = NO
    Proposition 88 = NO
    Proposition 89 = NO
    Proposition 90 = YES

    Polls will be open from 7 AM until 8 PM today.

    Please vote.

    Flap knows you will be glad you did!

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  • Arnold Schwarzenegger,  California,  California Republican Party,  Election 2006,  Politics

    California Election 2006 Watch: Flap’s Endorsements

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    Xinhua: California election turnout expected to be modest

    Overall, turnout is expected to be modest with roughly 8.7 million – or 55 percent – of California’s 15.8 million registered voters likely to cast ballots by the time polls close at 8 p.m., according to California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson.

    That would put turnout above the 51 percent of four years ago, when Governor Gray Davis won reelection, but below the 60 percent of October 2003, when voters recalled Davis and replaced him with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

    McPherson projected that 44 percent of the votes cast in the Tuesday election will be by absentee ballot. By Friday afternoon, the ballots of at least 1.8 million voters had already reached county election offices.

    Ok, here are the goods – Flap’s Endorsements for California’s Gubernatorial General Election:

    Governor: Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)

    Lt. Governor: Tom McClintock (R)

    Secretary of State: Bruce McPherson (R)

    Controller: Tony Strickland (R)

    Treasurer: Claude Parrish (R)

    Attorney General: Chuck Poochigian (R)

    Insurance Commissioner: Steve Poizner (R)

    State Board of Equalization, 2nd District: Bill Leonard (R)

    United States Senate: Richard “Dick” Mountjoy (R)

    United States Representative, 24th District: Elton Gallegly (R)

    California State Assembly, 37th District: Audra Strickland (R)

    California Supreme Court Associate Justice Joyce L. Kennard – YES

    California Supreme Court Associate Justice Carol Corrigan – YES

    California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District:

    ROGER W. BOREN – Appointed by Gov. Deukmejian – YES
    VICTORIA CHAVEZ – Appointed by Gov. Schwarzenegger – YES
    PATTI S. KITCHING – Appointed by Gov Wilson – YES
    RICHARD DENNIS ALDRICH – Appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson – YES
    NORMAN L. EPSTEIN – Appointed by Gov Deukmejian – YES
    THOMAS L. WILLHITE, JR – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger – YES
    STEVEN C. SUZUKAWA –Appointed by Gov. Schwarzenegger – YES
    SANDY R. KRIEGLER – Appointed by Gov. Schwarzenegger – YES
    FRED WOODS – Appointed by Gov. Deukmejian – YES

    Ventura County Community College District, Area 2: Cheryl Heitmann

    Conejo Valley Unified School District: Michael “Mike” Dunn

    City of Thousand Oaks City Council: Andrew “Andy” fox, Dennis C. Gillette, Elaine C. McKearn

    Conejo Recreation and Park District: Joe Gibson, Susan Lauer Holt, Michael D. “Mike” Berger

    California Propositions:

    Proposition 1A = YES
    Proposition 1B = NO
    Proposition 1C = NO
    Proposition 1D = NO
    Proposition 1E = NO
    Proposition 83 = YES
    Proposition 84 = NO
    Proposition 85 = YES
    Proposition 86 = NO
    Proposition 87 = NO
    Proposition 88 = NO
    Proposition 89 = NO
    Proposition 90 = YES

    Polls will be open from 7 AM until 8 PM tomorrow.

    Please vote.

    Flap knows you will be glad you did!

    californiaseal7gv


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  • Election 2006,  Joe Lieberman

    Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Final JOEMENTUM

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    Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., left, marches in the Connecticut Veterans Day Parade with U.S. Rep. Nancy Johnson, right, and radio personality Brad Davis, center, in Hartford, Conn., Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006.

    Quinnipiac University: November 6, 2006 – Lieberman Has 12-Point Lead In Connecticut, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds

    Incumbent Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman holds a 50 – 38 percent likely voter lead over Democratic candidate Ned Lamont, with 8 percent for Republican Alan Schlesinger, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Five percent are undecided.

    This compares to a 49 – 37 percent Sen. Lieberman lead over Lamont, with 8 percent for Schlesinger in a November 1 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh- pe-ack) University.

    In this latest survey, Lieberman leads Lamont 79 – 3 percent among likely Republican voters, with 16 percent for Schlesinger, and 52 – 35 – 7 percent among independent voters, while likely Democratic voters back Lamont 66 – 27 percent.

    “For Connecticut voters, Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s experience and record outweighed challenger Ned Lamont’s position on the war in Iraq,” said Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D.

    “It appears that Ned Lamont peaked in August and that Alan Schlesinger was never able to convince his fellow Republicans that he deserved their support.”

    The Fat Lady has SUNG in this race.

    The NUTROOTS have lost yet another race and Ned Lamont has WASTED millions of his own funds.

    Will Lieberman switch to the GOP?

    Perhaps……..or switch to the Bush Administration and a GOP Governor will appoint a GOP Senator.

    Stay tuned………

    Hugh Hewitt highlights Lamont’s desperation – calling Joe Lieberman INSANE.

    Please………..

    Previous:

    Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Landrieu stumps for Lieberman

    Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Latest Quinnipiac University Poll Lieberman Leads 52-35

    Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: First Debate – Lieberman Accuses Lamont of “Finger-Pointing”

    Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: No Man’s Land?

    Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Lieberman Defends Civil Rights Record

    Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Richie Rich and the Two Anti-Semites


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  • Election 2006,  Election 2006,  Politics

    Senator George Allen Watch: James Webb’s Weird World

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    Matt Drudge has the following press release from the George Allen campaign:

    ALLEN’S REVENGE: EXPOSES UNDERAGE SEX SCENES IN OPPONENT’S NOVELS

    Thu Oct 26 2006 20:05:37 ET

    Sen. George Allen, R-VA, unleashed a press release late Thursday that exposed his rival’s fiction writing, which includes graphic underage sex scenes.

    The press release, as provided by the Allen Campaign:

    WEBB’S WEIRD WORLD

    The Author’s Disturbing Writings Show a Continued Pattern of Demeaning Women

    · Some of Webb’s writings are very disturbing for a candidate hoping to represent the families of Virginians in the U.S. Senate.

    · Many excellent books about the United States military and wartime service accomplish their purposes, and even win awards, without systematically demeaning women, and without dehumanizing women, men and even children.

    · Webb’s novels disturbingly and consistently – indeed, almost uniformly – portray women as servile, subordinate, inept, incompetent, promiscuous, perverted, or some combination of these. In novel after novel, Webb assigns his female characters base, negative characteristics. In thousands of pages of fiction penned by Webb, there are few if any strong, admirable women or positive female role models.

    Why does Jim Webb refuse to portray women in a respectful, positive light, whether in his non-fiction concerning their role in the military, or in his provocative novels? How can women trust him to represent their views in the Senate when chauvinistic attitudes and sexually exploitive references run throughout his fiction and non-fiction writings?

    · Most Virginians and Americans would find passages such as those below shocking, especially coming from the pen of someone who seeks the privilege of serving in the United States Senate, one of the highest offices in the land:

    – Lost Soldiers: “A shirtless man walked toward them along a mud pathway. His muscles were young and hard, but his face was devastated with wrinkles. His eyes were so red that they appeared to be burned by fire. A naked boy ran happily toward him from a little plot of dirt. The man grabbed his young son in his arms, turned him upside down, and put the boy’s penis in his mouth.”

    Bantam Books, NY, 1st Edition, 2001, (hard cover), page 333. Quote is from para. 10,.Chap. 34.
    – Something to Die For: “Fogarty . . . watch[ed] a naked young stripper do the splits over a banana. She stood back up, her face smiling proudly and her round breasts glistening from a spotlight in the dim bar, and left the banana on the bar, cut in four equal sections by the muscles of her vagina.”

    William Morrow and Company, Inc., NY 1991, 1st Ed. (hardcover), p. 36.
    Avon Books, New York, 1992 (Mass-Market paperback edition), p. 35
    Quote is from para. 29, Chap. 2 “The South China Sea,”, Section 2

    – A Country Such as This: “[He] could see Jawbone and Ashley Asthmatic [two guards at a Vietnamese prison camp] napping together in the grass. They faced inward, their arms entwined. It looked like they were masturbating each other. It didn’t surprise him. … It was common to see men holding hands, embracing, playing with each other. Some of them [the guards] had wanted him. He could tell in those evanescent moments between his bao cao bow, the obligatory deference when a guard entered his cell, and the first word or blow that followed it… Quick, grinding voices, turgid with repressed passion. An exploratory reaching of the hand near his groin…”

    Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1983 (hardcover); page 396.
    Bluejacket Books, 2001 (Trade paperback edition), page 396
    Page numbers are the same in the Naval Institute Press (paperback) edition, 1983. Quote is from fifth para, Part 5 “A Country Such As This,” Chap. 24, Section 1
    – A Sense of Honor: “Nurse Goodbody, dark and voluptuous (Lenahan had forgotten her actual name, it was something long and Italian), was a bedtime friend to many of the doctors in Bethesda. She had hinted to Lenahan that she simply could not contain herself. Doctors tending to patients, she explained, aroused her. Morphine Mary (again Lenahan could not remember her exact name) was a thin, nervous drill sergeant type, a disciplinarian who did not allow her patients even to complain. Lenahan was convinced that Morphine Mary did not even sleep with her husband. She wasn’t bad looking, he mused again, staring at her thin frame. If she’d just get laid every now and then she’d mellow out and stop being such a damn witch.” (p. 164) (Lenahan brings Goodbody home with him and has sex, pp. 188-190)

    Prentice-Hall, New York, 1981 (hardcover)
    Bantam, New York, 1982 (Mass-Market paperback edition), p. 164 Trade paperback edition, Bluejacket Books, 1995, p. 164
    Quote is from fourth para in Part 3, “Chapter 4:1600”

    – Something to Die For: “[Fogarty] has been thinking of the firm, springy skin and the sweet smells of a young Filipina woman named Maria in whose bed he had spent three nights almost twenty years ago. . . . She was a deliciously bad young woman. . . . On the second night, he had brought her a box of Godiva chocolates . . . . he had awakened to find her in the bathroom, sitting on the toilet with her knees underneath her chin, eating chocolates and counting her rosary beads as she prayed.”

    William Morrow and Company, Inc., NY 1991, 1st Ed. (hardcover), p. 32. Avon Books New York, 1992 (Mass-Market paperback edition), p. 30
    Quote is from third para in Chapter 2 “South China Sea,”, Part 2

    – Something to Die For: “We’re on our way to becoming the world’s recreational center, a nation [USA] not to be taken seriously. Where are we still the undisputed leader? Music. Movies. Fast food. Drugs. . . . the billboards fifty years from now as you come over the bridge and stop at the tollbooths outside Manhattan: A smiling beautiful naked woman, and the sign saying AMERICAN ASS IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT.”

    em>William Morrow and Company, Inc., NY 1991, 1st Ed. (hardcover), p. 199.
    Avon Books New York, 1992 (Mass-Market paperback edition), p. 237 Quote is from para. 38, Chap. 13, Part 1, (five paras before Part 2).

    – Fields of Fire: Snake (the protagonist) sees his mother on the bed: “She looked as if she were carefully attempting to re-create a picture from some long-forgotten men’s magazine . . . . She was naked underneath the robe . . . . and the robe fell loosely away, revealing her. Snake shrugged resignedly.” Prentice-Hall, New York, 1978 (Hardcover, 1st edition), p. 8
    Bantam Books “mass market [paperback] edition” published in Sept. 2001. p. 9. Quote is from paragraphs 18-23, Part 1 “The Best We Have”, Section 1 (NOTE: Part 1 is after the Prologue)

    – Fields of Fire: “He saw the invitation with every bouncing breast and curved hip. . . . He was thirteen. . . . She was fifteen . . . . In a few moments she drew him to her and he murmured in his quiet voice, ‘I am still small.’ ‘You are large enough,’ she answered. And he found he was.”

    Prentice-Hall, New York, 1978 (Hardcover, 1st edition), pp. 211-212
    Bantam Books “mass market [paperback] ed.” published in Sept. 2001, pp. 280-81. Quote is from paragraphs 8-20, Part 2 “The End of the Pipeline,” Chapter 24

    – A Sense of Honor: “… that is, if you knew who your sister was, Brustein, and if she’d been born with anything between her legs except an asshole, I’d be happy to bring some class to your low-rent name by knocking the bitch up.” (p. 223)

    Prentice-Hall, New York, 1981 (hardcover)
    Bantam, New York, 1982 (Mass-Market paperback edition), p. 223
    Trade paperback edition, Bluejacket Books, 1995, p. 223 Quote is from 17th para in Part 4, “Chapter 7:1930”

    – A Sense of Honor: “You wouldn’t have believed it, Swede. She just dropped her britches and lifted up her skirt and pissed like a man. Didn’t lose a drop, either. Not a drop.” (p. 183)

    Prentice-Hall, New York, 1981 (hardcover)
    Bantam, New York, 1982 (Mass-Market paperback edition), p. 183
    Trade paperback edition, Bluejacket Books, 1995, p. 183
    Quote is from 23rd para in Part 3, “Chapter 8: 2300”

    James Webb’s Macaca Moment……..?

    Stay tuned………

    Senator George Allen Watch: The N-Word FLAP – A Democrat Dirty Trick SET UP

    Senator George Allen Watch: The N-Word FLAP

    James Webb Watch: Nancy Reagan Demands Webb PULL Fraudulent Campaign Ad Featuring Ronald Reagan

    Senator George Allen Watch: Webb NOW leads Allen in Latest Poll

    Senator George Allen Watch: Allen Apologizes for Offensive Remarks – FLAP Part II

    Senator George Allen Watch: Allen Apologizes for Offensive Remarks – FLAP


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  • Democrats,  Election 2006,  GOP,  Politics

    United States House 2006 Election Watch: SEA OF BLUE

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    Election Projection 2006 has GOP BARELY HOLDING control of the House.

    Hugh Hewitt is cautiously optimistic. Captain Ed is in a stage of acceptance. Dafydd is fighting.

    Real Clear Politics shows more dismal projections for the GOP in the latest polls.

    John Hinderacker at Powerline says the poll data is GRIM. Robert Novak CONCURS.

    William Rusher calls it a DEBACLE.

    Three weeks to go and while the Fat Lady has NOT sung, she is warming up.

    Today’s question: Does the GOP deserve to hold majority control of the House?

    Update:

    Glenn Reynolds answers the question with an explanation.


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  • Arnold Schwarzenegger,  California,  Election 2006,  Politics

    California Election 2006 Watch: Phil Angelides Demands Equal Time on the Jay Leno Show

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    Arnold Schwarzenegger during his appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” in October 2003. The Democratic challenger to Schwarzenegger is angry that Leno has invited the Republican incumbent on his show weeks before the gubernatorial election but so far has snubbed him.

    Reuters: Angelides demands equal time on Leno

    The Democratic challenger to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is angry that TV host Jay Leno has invited the Republican incumbent on his show weeks before the gubernatorial election but so far has snubbed him.

    Schwarzenegger, seeking a second term, was set to go on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” for an interview on Wednesday, marking his fifth appearance as a guest since he used that late-night program to announce his bid for public office in 2003.

    Leno has so far declined to extend an invitation to Democrat Phil Angelides. A spokesman for Angelides, the state’s Treasurer, said that move violates federal rules that generally require broadcast outlets to give opposing candidates equal time.

    Phil, it won’t help your GEEK candidacy in any case. The last time Flap checked you were down by over 17 percentage points.

    Remember what DiFi said about smirking.

    Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., left, embraces California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides during Angelides’ campaign speech Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006, in San Francisco.

    At least the Nurses are trying to help you, Phil.

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    California Election 2006 Watch: The Schwarzenegger – Angelides Debate


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  • Arnold Schwarzenegger,  California,  Election 2006,  Politics

    California Election 2006 Watch: The Schwarzenegger – Angelides Debate

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    California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) and opponent Phil Angelides meet for a photo opportunity before the Governors Debate 2006 at Sacramento State University October 7, 2006.

    AP: Schwarzenegger, Angelides Spar Over Economy

    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic state Treasurer Phil Angelides sparred over the direction of the state’s economy Saturday in their first and only debate of the gubernatorial campaign.

    In a series of sharp exchanges, Schwarzenegger and Angelides differed over higher education fees, taxes and the state of California’s middle class.

    Angelides said fees at the California State University and University of California systems have risen by thousands of dollars under Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger noted that college fees rose dramatically under his predecessor, former Democratic Gov. Gray Davis, and that he has capped them this year.

    He also attacked Angelides as wanting to raise billions in taxes if he is elected on Nov. 7.

    The debate (Flap watched the televised event) was a boring exchange of generally known facts in a strange and ineffective format. In fact, the moderator Stan Statham was hard pressed to fill the remaining time after 50 minutes of ennui.

    So, who wins?

    Arnold Schwarzenegger

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    California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, and his opponent California Treasurer Phil Angelides, right, begin their debate moderated by Stan Stathem, president of the California Broadcasters Association at Sacramento State University.

    Why?

    The Governator is the incumbent and Phil Angelides was unable to make the case why California voters should replace him.

    Schwarzenneger looked tight during the first twenty minutes of the debate/conversation. It wan’t until Arnold made the quip of the night while addressing Angelides: “You sound like Uncle Teddy at Thanksgiving Dinner.” – referring to wife Maria Schriver’s Uncle Ted Kennedy that he loosened up and started to smile. Angelides did not act like the GEEK that he looked but was not in the same league as the Hollywood action star.

    On policy matters Angelides failed to provide specifics as to how he would pay for his education and other middle class taxpayer initiatives. When challenged by the Governor as to his desire to raise taxes, the California Treasurer demurred. He did reference but not overtly his desire to increase the highest tax rate on personal income for wealthy taxpayers – like in the Reagan and Wilson years.

    The format was strange and awkward. There were no opening or closing statements – although each candidate in answering their first question filibustered and gave an opening statement in any event. The end of the debate was anti-climactic. There were 13-14 questions asked of the candidates but comprehensive answers were relegated to boring talking points obviously memorized by each candidate.

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    Mo Kashmiri of Oakland, Calif., makes his point about the number of debates between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic challenger Phil Angelides before their one and only debate at California State University in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006.

    More debates?

    Both candidates are so “canned” in their approach unless the format was like a presidential debate they shouldn’t bother – and won’t. Questions asked by journalists with time limits and the ability to follow-up should be the mandated format. California voters were cheated tonight by both candidates and their campaigns.

    Arnold holds the lead in the polls and based on tonight’s performance should cruise into re-election.

    Stay tuned…..


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  • Election 2006,  Politics

    Mark Foley Sex Scandal Watch: Three More Pages Accuse Foley

    ABC News: Three More Former Pages Accuse Foley of Online Sexual Approaches

    Three more former congressional pages have come forward to reveal what they call “sexual approaches” over the Internet from former Congressman Mark Foley.

    The pages served in the classes of 1998, 2000 and 2002. They independently approached ABC News after the Foley resignation through the Brian Ross & the Investigative Team‘s tip line on ABCNews.com. None wanted their names used because of the sensitive nature of the communications.

    “I was seventeen years old and just returned to [my home state] when Foley began to e-mail me, asking if I had ever seen my page roommates naked and how big their penises were,” said the page in the 2002 class.

    The former page also said Foley told him that if he happened to be in Washington, D.C., he could stay at Foley’s home if he “would engage in oral sex” with Foley.

    Obviously NO prank here…….

    Allah has a comprehensive linkage of updating Foley scandal events.

    With this revelation a Hastert apology is certainly not enough.

    Look at some of the polls here, here, and here. And they are likely to get worse.

    If the GOP wishes to lose 50-60 seats and the majority in the United States Senate, then leave Hastert as Speaker and Boehner as Majority Leader.

    The President as head of the Republican Party should have a nationally televised news conference Friday and accept the GOP House leadership’s resignations.

    Stay tuned…….

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    Mark Foley Sex Scandal Watch: AOL Instant Message Exchanges of Jordan Edmund Are a
    PRANK

    Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert Watch: Hastert on the Laura Ingraham Show

    Mark Foley Sex Scandal Watch: Identity of Page Who Accused Mark Foley Exposed

    Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert Watch: Congressional Aide Kirk Fordham – Alerted Hastert’s Office Three Years Ago About Mark Foley

    Michael Ramirez on the Congressman Mark Foley Sex FLAP

    Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert Watch: President Bush – DON”T RESIGN, Mr. Speaker

    Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert Watch: RESIGN, Mr. Speaker


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