In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
This one is for Chris, my neighbor and visitor to the site. Enjoy!
For some time now I've been posing questions about California, the answers to which I've never been able to fully grasp, and this is another one: How come Arnold, a candidate with zero governing experience, is now governor of a state that represents one-third of the US economy and faces a $38 billion budget deficit that Arnold addressed only with sound bites canned from his movies?
A) People like Arnold
B) Californians are jealous of Minnesota and want to one-better Jesse "The Body" Ventura to reclaim the title of "World's Craziest State"
C) Californians are so fed up with politicians that they voted for an actor to play one
D) Californians blame all their troubles on the last guy who was governor, so they recalled him and elected Arnold, just to teach him and the rest of us a lesson
E) Californians believe Arnold is the right man for the job
F) Californians believe Arnold
G) Arnold gets what he wants, no matter what
H) Arnold is married to a Kennedy, which makes him heir to the throne
I) Californians are just as easily fooled, lied to, and manipulated by the rich and powerful as everybody else in America
J) Californians admire a guy who admires Hitler and isn't afraid to say so
K) California is saying a collective "Fuck You!" to America
L) Californians believe they control their own fate, so they put a blind man in the crow's nest
M) California believes that one man -- Arnold -- can turn the ship around, even though it's already gone over the deep end
N) California loves the idea of throwing a lit match into a room full of dynamite
O) People who are drowning will grab anything that comes along
P) Californians elected Arnold so they can recall him two months from now
Q) Arnold is butch, and we're living in butch times
R) Anyone who appears on enough magazine covers smoking a big black cigar can be governor
S) Californians, traditionally liberal, have vindicated Clinton by perversely electing as governor a Republican who serially molests women
T) Californians like a guy who says the wrong thing on "Oprah"
U) Californians like a guy who says the wrong thing on the national stage (and isn't afraid to say so)
V) Californians see their new governor as poetic justice
W) Californians like the idea that anybody can be governor, no matter how ill-suited or unfit for the job
X) The biggest narcissist always wins
Y) Some of the above
Z) All of the above
Option X: None of the reasons given here
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