Eric C. Bauman, the chair of the
Los Angeles Democratic Party has written a great
humorous and informative essay on the history of the fight against the governator. The girley men have arrived and have him on the run; the real fight has just begun.
From
The Hubris and The Humvee meet the Girly-men
It had to happen eventually. Here was California's action-hero governator busy trying to save our state from the special interests and politicians, trying to overturn all those annoying laws that protect workers and consumers at the expense of business, trying to redraw the political lines to his advantage, since he couldn't win in a fair fight (election). And then those pesky girly-men and losers began chasing him around the country, mocking and criticizing him, pointing out his broken promises and his hypocrisy and causing his approval ratings to drop. What's an action-hero governator to do?
Realizing he was losing the game, he put out the emergency signal to all the other super-action-heroes. First, he called Superman. Who better to rescue California from those pests and politicians than the man who is faster than a speeding bullet, stronger than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?
But superman didn't call back...because he and Lois were too busy coordinating the PTA fundraiser at their kids' school to raise money to make up for the education budget cuts the governator had made last year.
He called Batman next. The governator was surprised when a man with a strange accent answered the phone. Where was Alfred, the governator inquired? The man replied that Alfred had walked out when Batman told him he was no longer entitled to a lunch break under the governator's new rules. The governator then asked him if he could find Batman, but Batman and Robin were on a secret date and had their cell phones turned off. The man said he knew the secret location but since he had lost his drivers license when SB 1160 was revoked, he could not drive there to get to him.
Finally, with nurses and teachers and firefighters and cops chasing him around California, the governator sought out the one person who could figure this out. The one strategist smart enough and dirty enough to know how to beat those girly-men special interests... Karl Rove.
Read the rest here.