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| 2003-10-15 |
| Tip to WND: By Commissar Maralyn Lois Polak No sooner do I return from spending Recall Week in California, alleged land of fruits and nuts, when all Hail breaks loose. By which I mean – besides Rush the Uber-Moralist revealing he’s a prescription-pill junkie – evangelist Pat Robertson, that great American, yes, none other than that Mr. Holier-Than-Thee-Religious-Broadcaster-Himself, urges nuking the State Department yet again for those who weren’t paying attention the first time he uttered it last June! Will wonders never cease! I mean, what’s with those boys? California’s bad enough. There was enough sickening television "news" coverage of Der GropenFuhrer striking smug and smarmy victory poses before the camera to last five sequels, er, lifetimes. Funny, I kept waiting for his skin to peel off, revealing the cold, shiny steel beneath. This is the same woman who VEHEMENTLY defended the Fornicator-in-Chief! Hasn’t happened yet, though we can hope, can’t we? And his horrifically codependent Stepford-Kennedy wife glued to his side — who not only smiles like him now but also contends Arnold’s love of women is ratified by his bringing her coffee each morning. A cheap shot at the mans family? Yuck. Color me pushy and controlling, but I couldn’t bother to Win one for the Un-Zipper! Such unbearable sadness I experienced watching the recall on television, seeing Gray Davis, and the pathetic cadre of wusses and wimps known as the Democrats, lose so ... easily. They didn’t — and don’t — have the slightest clue how to counter Republican dirty tricks, let alone run an effective hardball campaign, or deal with Himbo Politics, er, the Politics of Image. At least she found a true description of the Democrats. And that slick, opportunistic zero, Bustamante, should be ashamed of his lack of loyalty. Opportunistic Zero? I Hope the Hispanic community doesn’t hear read that. The answer for the Democrats isn’t for Davis to attack Arnold’s accent, coming across like an arrogant elitist and turning the electorate even more against him, but to focus on larger and more dangerous political realities revealing a truly national threat: -The state of California has been hijacked by the Republicans just as America has. Throw Arnold out of office before he gets entrenched there. He’s as qualified for governor as your big toe.Compared to Arnold, Gray Davis is a class act — a gentleman down to the last sentence of his needlessly generous, calm concession speech, when a fire-and-brimstone valedictory would have been the ticket. And I predict we probably have not heard the last about those hundreds of thousands of "missing" votes. They need a MILLION 'missing votes’ to change the election. During my week buzzing in and around San Francisco, I didn’t meet one person who admitted voting for Schwarzenegger. Not even on the plane. Of course, I wasn’t visiting that redneck paradise, Orange County. SF County voted 80% against the recall, no surprise there. But has al-Qaida finally contaminated America’s water? Was over-the-top Pat Robertson actually channeling Ramtha? Whatever. Not only does his irresponsible "nuke" rhetoric leave me breathless, er, speechless, it reminds me of a truly tasteless joke that begins "There’s a little Terrorist in all of us ..." I promise I shan’t titillate you with the rest. And didn’t Trotsky suggest, "Terrorism is Liberalism with a gun"? Finally a point of mutual agreement! Clearly, the world — your world and mine — has turned quite upside down. The California recall election, Rush, Pat — all Signs of the Rapture. Hurry up and find a large toadstool to hide under, Bunky, because the End Times they are nigh! Doom, Death, Destruction, Homelessness, Welfare, Hunger, and littering. All of these will be on the rise now that Arnold is in office. Waah, waah, waah! This has become the Dems playbook for when they lose an election: Whine, cry foul, accuse, defame, litigate, and then sulk. I wish them well as the sail into the oblivion! |
| Posted by:Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) |
| #9 Swartznegger won election---Women and Minorities hit hardest. Film at 11. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-10-15 7:22:08 PM |
| #8 "You're all stupid! Stupid, stupid, STUPID!" -- Plan 9 from Outer Space |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-10-15 1:55:09 PM |
| #7 Another liberal shouting down to the people rather than considering that they might actually see things a bit more clearly than she does. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-10-15 1:38:16 PM |
| #6 "Gray Davis is a class act – a gentleman down to the last sentence of his needlessly generous, calm concession speech...." Words cannot describe what a wretched apparatchik of a "man" Grey Davis is: defending him is unconscionable, partisan, and pretty much after the fact as his own party didn't exactly pull out the stops to save him. One polite speech by Red Davis hardly makes up for a lifetime of mud slinging and character assassination - the man is the worst of the worst What this hack fails to mention is that the recall went through by a sizable majority in an election with a record turn out. There is no denying it: the people of California, liberal and conservative alike, hated Davis with a passion rare for this flaky state. Oh, and Maralyn, if you had visited any bar, coffee house, or restaurant in San Francisco's financial district - you know, the place that makes the rest of the city possible - it would have taken you about .001 seconds to find somebody who voted in favor the recall. Stop by my companies office on Market Street. Take it from me: not only do I work there but I happen to be a member of The Peoples Advocate, and was also one of the first 1000 people to sign the petition back when it began. And, last but certainly not least, I collected signatures for it.... in Berkeley. It wasn't very hard, either, because even the tinfoil hat crowd hated him. Urban liberals hated him, rural conservatives hated him, soccer moms hated him, Greens hated him, NRA members hated him, immigrants hated him, small business people hated him.... but, most of all, car owners hated him - which is most of the "red neck" population of this state. Maralyn, if you couldn't find anyone on your flight who voted for Arnie you were traveling in a crop-duster. And your pilot lied to you. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2003-10-15 1:35:35 PM |
| #5 "Actually, Ms. Polak would be a good candidate to cover the ongoing conference of the Organization of Islamic States. They certainly aren't the wussies and wimps that seem to annoy her so much." Be careful what you wish for. |
| Posted by: Atrus 2003-10-15 1:02:31 PM |
| #4 Maralyn Lois Polak is still angry that FDR died, and can no longer continue to screw up the country. She must drink Drano every morning - she's always angry about something. For me, the best way to deal with her is to ignore her - she's seldom right, always opinionated to the far, FAR, left, and has about as much common sense as a garden slug. I have much more important things to do with my time - like watching grass grow. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-10-15 12:56:51 PM |
| #3 Actually, Ms. Polak would be a good candidate to cover the ongoing conference of the Organization of Islamic States. They certainly aren't the wussies and wimps that seem to annoy her so much. |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-10-15 12:51:21 PM |
| #2 No, confine her verbal lunacies to a single room with padding on the walls, floor, and ceiling. And give her a special outfit, too. |
| Posted by: Atrus 2003-10-15 12:33:46 PM |
| #1 Maralyn Lois Polak is a Philadelphia-based journalist, essayist, novelist, editor and radio personality. A good reason for her to STAY in Philly and confine her oral farting to PA politics, something she would presumably know more about. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-15 12:30:46 PM |