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Bush eyes the 'Big Enchilada'

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--- Quote from: tommyilromano on November 14, 2004, 12:24:59 AM ---I don't know the situation in Cali 1st hand... Shit, I don't really know the situation in the US since I have been stationed in Turkey for a while but I just thought it was an interesting article especially since the article isn't coming from Fox News or any right wing news source. It came from the fucking Guardian and it was written by a democratic strategist so thats why I posted the article. I think it carries more weight because of this fact and I also think the democrats are in trouble. The reality is the Democrats have been losing seats for a while now and all I hear from anyone is its just a trend or its because its a war time President. People can say what they want but the democrats are in real trouble and if they lose more seats in 06 they will be on life support. I am not a Republican or a Democrat. I lean to the right but Socially and economically there are a number of issues I agree with the democrats on.

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I was wondering why that article sounded like a rally cry. See, Democrats know that Cali is not a lock. Right now, if you look at the map, the areas that voted heavily Democrat are heavily populated Latino areas. But areas like were I live, which is also majority Latino, well they were split and the whites were majority Bush, so our area was a light pink instead of the usual blue we sported last election, or the usual crimson red we sported during the Reagon years. This is because Bush is very popular with Latino voters. Now in the costal areas you also have more liberals, and ex-hippies. But don't let that fool you, the big joke is that many hippies came to California, got rich and turned Republican. California is not a lock to stay Democrat. After all, we have had decades of Republican rule, governor wise and voting for people like Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. We we called Reagan Country for 20 years. Our new found left wing slant came with the Republicans blaming illegal immigrants for our troubles, which pissed off the Latinos here who at onetime didn't even vote. We had majority Latinos in many areas, and no one in those areas came out to vote. In 1996, they voted alright, and kicked out all the Republicans but one. In 1998 they elected Grey Davis, a nice man, but really in the mold of Jimmy Carter. He marched with Caser Chavez for farmers rights, he did all kinds of peace oriented things, and his first few years of governor where great as California experienced a bomb to the dotcom industry. But once that market started falling, so did Cali and when Enron people got busted, most our energy comes from Enron, so we had black outs, and a man who's approval rating went from 68% fell to record lows, and then he was kicked out of office by the Terminator, many Democrats got worried. After all, in California, we have a majority of Democrats in both houses, and all of our elected officals are Democrats. Many half empty Democrats felt this is the end of the line, they thought that the Terminators popularity would lead to the Dems getting kicked out in favor of Arnold friendly Republicans. Well, it hasn't happened yet, I doubt it will. In fact, voters voted against some Arnold bills, like taxing Native Americans casinos. I asked around, and people just felt we have taken too much from Native to tax them... lol. So the people of California have an independent mind, which scares the party in charge. That means a certain party can't control the peoples' mind, but that's California. We are liberals, not strong liberals, but liberals. Many are angry Bush won, including some people that voted for him... lol. I'm for reals. And other than Bush, more Latinos here don't see another Republican they can support. They hate Cheney, Gulieni isn't exactly popular here with his militaristic police ideals, and McCain might do something damage here but I doubt he'll get nominated. People here love Obama as they trip out on a black man for president... lol... and they love the Terminator, they just don't have to agree with him. So we'll see what happens.

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