The other vulnerable governor
Not only is New York's Governor in trouble, but the left coast's radical leader is facing a recall election on September 14th. The ballot will ask voters two questions: Do they want to recall Newsom, yes or no? If more than 50% of voters agree, then, who should replace him?
Only two U.S. governors have been removed from office in a recall election – one in North Dakota in 1921 and Gray Davis' ouster in California in 2003.
I'm guessing that the leading candidate who could win the Governor's seat is a Libertarian radio host named Larry Elder. Until he got into the race it looked like another leftist governor would simply be re-elected in anoter questionable CA election. It also required Elder to go to court to fight for his place on the ballot. Now it looks like a contest. Last Wednesday USA released a poll that showed Mr. Newsom losing the recall vote, 51% to 40%.
Mr Elder's assessment of America in 2021 is hard to argue with:
“My father came to Los Angeles in 1945, right after the war. And he was able to work two full-time jobs as a janitor, cleaning toilets. He had a stay-at-home wife, my mother,” he says. “My father was able to save his nickels and dimes to buy a house in South Central that right now remains in the family, and according to Zillow, it’s worth $600,000.” "In those days it was easier for low- and middle-income families to climb the economic ladder. “Somebody nowadays with an eighth-grade, a dropout education like my father could not duplicate the route from poverty to the middle class if he worked three or four jobs because the price of homes has gotten so outrageous—because of the stranglehold that the environmental extremists have on development contractors who otherwise would build more homes in California.”
I think most Americans can relate to that.
Mr. Elder graduated from inner-city Crenshaw High School in 1970, then earned a bachelor's degree from Brown University and a law degree at the University of Michigan. He has name recognition as a radio host. He is the host of “The Larry Elder Show,” which covers mostly politics focused mainly on California.
Does he have a chance of winning in California?
This is what gives me optimism:
“There was recently a study that showed two-thirds of black parents do not want to send their kids back to the Los Angeles School District, and one of the reasons they cite is ‘systemic racism, what they mean is this: the worst teachers end up in the urban schools. They don’t end up on the West Side, they don’t end up in the Valley; the worst teachers end up in the urban schools. And black and brown parents are aware of this, and they want something done about it.”
Maybe the minority vote can overcome the migrant's "thank you vote?"
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In a year or so, we should be minus a few more democrat governors.
Why do the voters forget so easily?
I have some cousins in Calikakistan. Great people but politically dumber than a box of rocks. The devil could be running as a Democrat and they would vote for him. When asked about it they simple say they are Democrats so they vote Democrat. No other reason, no discussion of positions or past problems. We are Democrats, that is it.
It's amazing how otherwise very smart people can be so ignorant.
And on the other hand you have democrats who have become independents because the party has gone so far left.
Of couse the party depends on those bloc votes. Their policies are so offensive to the rational mind.
I also personally know union members right here in Michigan who will vote for whoever their union tells them to. No thought, no investigation of positions just total blind faith in what union management tells them.
Very Orwellian .....
My experience has been somewhat different. I know union workers in the construction game who have unions endorsing democrats, yet they are almost 100% Republican voters.
BTW Walter Reuther, the man who built the UAW was involved with the mob when it came to winning strikes etc, just like Hoffa and the Teamsters. So why did only Hoffa get prosecuted?
Answer: The UAW endorsed Kennedy. The Teamsters endorsed Nixon. Even then there was a double standard of justice.
Larry Elder is full of shit. How does it follow that what happened to his father bears effect on generations after his departure? That is, his father is not benefiting from any of it!
I am going to vote: NO (Recall). We don't want some conservatives who hide in Donald Trump's pack of lies in-charge in California!
VOTE NO on California Recall in September!
I see. You don't like him why?
Don't you want better education for black students?
Because I like people who do not cowtow to Donald Trump world of lies. I can't post this CNN: Smerconish video (live) here but watch it for yourself! 53 seconds long.
And watch "tough against democrats" Larry Elder get tongue-tied and mealy-mouth when Trump is mentioned. And then come back:
In other words, you don't care about black kids getting a better education? You are voting for the "white guy" possibly because he is going to sock it to white people?
Let me nip this in the bud. If you want to talk about black student education comprehensively post an article on it. This time, we are discussing Larry Elder versus Gavin Newsome. I have never liked Larry Elder's abruptness personally on television. And @2.1.1 I like him even less after I watched the Smerconish 50 second segment where he can't even properly wrap his arms around Donald Trump even when a republican like Smerconish is doing the asking.
Elders had a "gotcha" moment at the hands of a fellow republican!
More reason to despise Larry Elder.
There it is in all it's. . . so-called, "glory" — Elder kowtowing to help Trump. Now then in a Smerconish video "tough on democrats," Larry E. gets mealy-mouth, tongue-tied, and guffawing when asked about being called a get read for it: "Trump supporter."
Why not? He speaks fluent Trump! That's all you need to know, eh?
Elder was far from "tongue-tied and mealy-mouth". He had to clearly state a second time that he has voted for every Republican since Bush 41, because Mr. Smerconish obviously didn't want to understand the first time.
If you like your Trump in Black. . . here's Larry Elder.
He was not asked a second time about "every other republican since Bush 41" the question was specifically did he vote for Donald Trump in 2020? Since he failed to explicitly mention Trump! Mealy-mouthed Elder deferred and never clearly made the connection to the answer.
"GOTCHA!"
It would be nice is CNN would "shop" the clip around whether than holding proprietary use of it.
It was very easy to find on DDG and YouTube:
Cheers, and have a great week!
As you know I have posted the link to the CNN video, Jasper. I am just 'fond' of embedding video (itself) in my comments. (Smile.)
I would like to have your link to the Youtube version of this video clip, please. I can't locate the short clip OR long clip for that matter.
As long as you are supporting Abbot and Deathsantis, spare us your crap about our governor. [deleted]
Shall we give New York and California over to Trump America? Hell no I say! We can barely survive the lies told and election interference in Texas and Florida which are self-contained by land mass!
Racking up even more wrongo election calls I see...