David vs Goliath
David and Goliath was a Bible tale of an underdog defeating an unbeatable adversary. Today in California Larry Elder will face a truly uphill battle against all the power of the great CA democratic machine in what has become ground zero for the democratic party. The polls will open in California in a few hours. More than 8 million ballots have been returned and accepted.
How bad is it?
Not only have the CA Teacher's Union and CA public sector unions donated heavily to Newsom, but last month Californians got a $600 check that went out on August 27th and another batch will be hitting bank accounts on September 17th. Some call it buying votes. Some say it's a democrat specialty. In the past few weeks a string of national democratic celebrities have visited the state in order to endorse governor Newsom, the uber progressive governor who was a leading advocate for LGBT rights, same-sex marriage, immigrant rights, universal health care, gun control, a minimum wage and the legalization of Cannabis. The state has suffered through a housing and homelessness crises, rising crime rates, wildfires and high taxes and middle class flight, yet it was covid, above all else that defined the tenure of Gavin Newsom. First, with Californians locked down, he was caught maskless with political allies at the French Laundry in Napa. A mistake that helped the recall gain momentum. Second, he pulled his kids from a summer camp after a picture circulated of his 10-year-old son indoors without a mask. Then he sold his home for a cool $5.9 million.
While Ender has focused on the disaster that California has become and the serious issues now facing it, Newsom has made the election a national contest. What Newsom is asking Californians to do is ignore their local problems and focus on what it would mean to the national democratic party if California suddenly had a Republican governor. It's an argument that could only appeal to progressives. It is to them he speaks when he says things like: “I say he’s even more extreme than Trump.” By the end of August, Newsom had reeled in huge donations from unions, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. According to recent polls Newsom seems like a safe bet to hold onto the governorship of America’s biggest Democratic stronghold.
Today's voting will tell the tale.
Larry Elder needs a high turnout and then maybe he might be able to do what David once did...with only a sling.
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Here's the thing about that David and Goliath story, David was never the underdog. Goliath was the victim of superior technology.
You are fast!
Ha. Basically he had the equivalent of a gun.
I know the feeling (AKA "a friendly weapon")
The odds are about 18-1 in Newsom's favor.
“Sometimes God puts a Goliath in your life, for you to find the David within you.”
Sometimes God hands you Hybris and chuckles as you sail her into Nemesis. He's such a prankster.
Larry Elder is a far right crackpot. California is not a far right state.
California is a fucked up far left state that deserves a failure like Newsom.
A more apt comparison would be with Don Quixote...
California has billions in the bank and is still booming.
Sure, they have problems and Newsom is addressing them way better than some rightwingnut who is supported by only a small percentage of the voters.
If you are in California, you can still go and Vote NO!
In California they wait until election-day votes come in and are totaled. Once the number is posted they know how many votes they need to win. Then comes all those mail-in-ballots that grind down the day of election vote to virtually nothing.
And what is wrong with millions of Californian voters using their mail-in ballot option? Are their votes supposed to count less than the votes cast in person on election day? I got my ballot weeks ago and mailed it back the following day, much like millions of other Californians. Perhaps those who have a bone to pick with California should try proving any widespread election fraud before implying that California elections aren't free and fair. Otherwise one just shows themselves as butthurt weak sniveling liars.
Nothing as long as we exactly how many mail-in-ballots have been cast before we roll out the totals on the day-of-election votes. As a matter of fact all mail-in-votes cast prior today should be counted first and the totals made public before today's votes have been counted.
Perhaps those who have a bone to pick with California should try proving any widespread election fraud before implying that California elections aren't free and fair.
The CA secretary of state did it for all of us already:
Your link to such a bullshit conjecture story is noted. No where within does it prove any election fraud in California. Even the claim that CA has 10 million undocumented immigrants is full of holes and not supported by facts. In the MIT-Yale study they have no actual factual numbers, they simply come up with a wide range of possibilities, as they said "the number of undocumented immigrants could be as low as 16.5 million, or as high as 29.1 million". So taking that and just assuming CA has 10 million undocumented immigrants is total horse shit fantasy.
The obvious right wing conjecture is easy to see especially when they make comments like “new voters” code for ineligible voters" which is total bullshit, or " more than one million “undocumented” immigrants received driver’s licenses from the state Department of Motor Vehicles, which automatically registered them to vote under the “Motor Voter” program." which of course is more total bullshit, there is no evidence that the undocumented immigrants were enrolled in the "Motor Voter" program. In fact, you have to apply for the undocumented drivers license program by telling the DMV you are not eligible to vote and those drivers licenses were not enrolled in the voter program. Just more fucking lies from useless conservative dipshits with wild imaginations. Like this statement without a lick of evidence to support it "With more than 10 million illegals in the state, the ballpark figure of one million illegal voters is probably low." From one unproven assumption to the next without even bothering to prove even 1 fraudulent ballot.
So try again Vic, but next time try using actual facts instead of right wing propaganda conjecture and lies.
I don't have to try again. California allows illegal aliens to vote. Period.
Does California allow noncitizens to vote?
Only registered voters are allowed to vote in California's primary or general elections. Registration is restricted to U.S. citizens who are California residents and who are at least 18 years old on Election Day.
State or federal prisoners, felony parolees and those found mentally incompetent to vote by a court are not permitted to register, according to Paula Valle Castanon, a representative for Padilla .
"Federal law requires that voters attest, under penalty of perjury, that they meet eligibility requirements — including citizenship. This is the case no matter the source of registration — paper, DMV, or online," Valle said in an email.
Fact check: Non-citizens cannot vote in California elections (usatoday.com)
The CA DMV provides voter registration to new applicants. There is a box on the form to be checked if you are a citizen. NOBODY verifies if those who checked the box are citizens. Thus, those who check the box are REISTERED to vote.
That is how it's done in CA!
This man says it is being done - just that way!
Yes, I do.
Another compelling argument!
prove it. turn off rwnj radio and get a hobby. live longer.
I think I'm needed right here, but thanks for the advice.
We'll get you a badge and a hat.
How about a cat that I can use as a prop?
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No you might get scratched.
It's the Cal DMV's responsibility to determine residence requirements. Essentially, no SSN,
you get an AB 60 drivers license,
so you have ID and can also get auto insurance.
An AB 60 drivers license does not entitle one to vote in state or federal elections or complete a voter registration form.
It all happens at the DMV before you get that license.
Massachusetts is also an NVRA participant but they mail you a post card after the fact to let you know,
"Oh, btw we registered you to vote, when you passed your drivers test..."
20 states plus D.C. use NVRA
Funny how they all say citizenship is a requirement....
btw, I was a resident of California for 4 years so I have dealt with the bureaucracy, the emissions testing and the DPS
There's no way many non residents can pull off the BS that Steve Miller spews. Typical RW hypothesis.
Dead eyes...
That must be why they asked to see my passport ... @!@
Total bullshit unless you can actually prove it, which you haven't. Your pure opinion response basically proves my comment correct. You've got nothing but right wing partisan conjecture and when called out on it you basically responded with "Nuhuh!".
They do, for American citizens. For undocumented immigrants they have a completely different application and those applicants are not given ant opt in option for voting. I suppose someone with a room temp IQ might think that CA was just handing out regular drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants, but why should we care what some dipshit moron believes?
Under AB 60 (Chapter 524: Statutes of 2013), DMV issues a DL to applicants who are unable to provide proof of legal presence in the U.S., but can:
The California Motor Voter program applies to Californians who are 18 or older and meet the following criteria:
I'm sure some brain damaged conservative morons will even reject these facts and retreat to some poorly spun right wing propaganda gobbledy gook verbal diarrhea in a desperate attempt to save face, but without them being able to actually link any relevant facts, can anyone consider them anything more than a sad and lonely joke?
The AB 60 form is used to provide drivers licenses to non citizens. When AB 60 is entered into the system by the DMV , the voter registration capability disappears.
Go back to the drawing board Vic.
"once you complete your DMV transaction online, by mail, or in person, your voter information is transmitted securely and electronically to the California Secretary of State. Once your eligibility to vote is determined, you will be registered to vote."
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has admitted that state officials "don't know" how many non-citizens voted in the June primary elections after a blunder at the DMV allowed 1,500 foreign citizens to be registered to vote in the United States.
According to a report by the Associated Press, of the 1,500 people who were improperly registered to vote by the Department of Motor Vehicles this year, officials don't know how many actually voted.
On Tuesday, Neon Nettle reported that the California DMV admitted this week to an "error" that allowed 1,500 non-citizens to register to vote in U.S. elections during 2018 between April and September.
The bombshell followed years of assurances from the blue state government that the department has safeguards put in place to prevent people from being improperly registered to vote.
Just stop.
Lol!