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Originally Posted by kellychaos
Trivia Note: Reagan was a democrat when he was governor of California which, with party platforms evolving all the time, is irrelevant. Looking back, what passed for democrat at the turn of the 19th century you'd swear was instead republican if you based your guess solely on the party platform without seeing the label.
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Trivia Note: The reverse equation could be said of Dianne Feinstien who started as a Republican.
California isn't always prone to voting in liberal candidates that reflect the states reputation. That was my point.
When did it become a bad thing to have an open system where candidates could come out of nowhere? The people bitching about this prospect are the same people who complain about a two party system that prohibits outsider candidates from getting on the ballots and having much of a shot. Oh now it's gonna clog the system!?
Kevin - your academia brain is so clogged it's barely worth responding to you. suffice to say californians have some diverse reasons for supporting a recall. decades of corruption at the hands of both parties (that far outweighs any comparison to ny state ) has a lot more to do with it then simply supporting the republican party. california has had a 20 year fight to get term limits and accountability for it's officials. that along with voter fraud issues and a dislike for sitting in the dark has pushed a lot of tax paying residents to explore some options. within the system that existed, not one created for their whims. you can sit around jerking off to your text books crying about how recalls and impeachments are a disgrace to the system all you want.... it's nice to see the people of california empowered for a change. even if as you claim, it's only 5% of them.
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