Memo to Florida
Congratulations! You’re no longer the laughingstock of the country. Those wacky Californians just elected a sexual predator movie star as governor – in a landslide! The heat is off, for now. Enjoy it. Just don’t go and do something like elect a shiny metal toaster as your governor, and you should be able to coast into the elections next year without people snickering when your name is brought up.
This reminds me of when I first moved to Muskegon, Michigan. It was right around the time of the infamous Money Magazine article Michael Moore talks about in “Roger and Me,” where Flint was ranked 300th out of 300 American cities. What didn’t get as much press as Flint’s ranking was Muskegon’s, at 299. Being a new resident and a smartass, I suggested to my colleagues in the newsroom that Muskegon’s new slogan should be, “Muskegon: At Least We’re Better Than Flint.”
That didn’t go over well.
Some of us in the Sunshine State appreciate being let off the hook by California. Others are already plotting how best to wrestle back the title in question.
Didn’t California do this actor/governor thing before? Could this be considered a sequel or just a similar-to?
Ok, I really wonder about this.
California recalled Gray Davis. They can do the same thing to Arnold, right? They could, in theory, put a revolving door on their governor’s mansion.
Do you think Arnold and Maria will move into the Governor’s Mansion? Wouldn’t it be, well, sort of a step down in housing?
I so much enjoy your your take on things. I read your “about page” the other day wehre I first noticed you once lived in Muskegon. There’s a gripping in my chest everytime I see the name of that town. It was the unhappiest 5 years of my life. They were the most humorless bunch of people I ever came across. I left right before the whole federal case with televangilist and religious theme park carny Jim Baker broke out. I mention this only as an era in time. Even though he had long been gone, Muskegon adoringly claimed him as their own. He may have been born and raised there (I tried to forget).
Sherri: Yes, they could mount a recall effort against Arnold, after a grace period (three or six months, something like that). But I think that would be counter-productive. They should just continue to hammer him on the sexual behavior issue, maybe get some women to sue, and make sure everyone knows his every move politically and how it affects them.
Marie: At the Muskegon Chronicle where I worked, we had a copy of Jim Bakker’s high school yearbook. (Glad you’re enjoying the site.)
So, are you upset about his being a sexual predator, a movie star, a Republican, or the winner of a recall election?
i find it most (amusing? scary? horrifying? hilarious?) that arnold, an actor who wouldn’t be cast in 98% of hollywood dramas because no one would take him seriously, is now running the state with the most electoral votes.
i’m beginning to think politicians are attempting to be so ridiculous that no one can make fun of them or ridicule them because they’re so obviously ludicrous they can’t be made to appear worse.
I’d vote for a toaster,if big enough for bagels.
Jim Baker is from MI?
That’s a factoid I really didn’t need to know.
I heard this elsewhere, but West Palm Beach is still the laughing stock, because California successfully used the recall ballot with 130 un-alphabetized choices on it, and we screwed up the 2 page butterfly ballot.