Phil Angelides Redux

Okay, so his campaign ads are on the air again. Big deal, yes and no. Yes, because this indicates that he’s got some more money so now he is trying to woo Democraps and the undecided voters to be on his side.

That’s all well and good for him, but he’s still a danger to Californians. By that, I mean that he will still raise your taxes “He is the only one who will fully fund education…” Yeah, by raising TAXES!

His current ad has talking heads that show a “police officer,” a “firefighter,” and shows “educators” who are for him because he will “do what’s right.” Translation: He is kowtowing to the unions so that they will back him. He even goes out of his way to tell us that Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein are backing him up. Of course! The two biggest Democraps outside of the Kennedy family would back him because they feel he’s the best choice for the job of governor.

I could hardly agree.

Just hearing their names being touted like that sounds like so much desperation. But, since he has their backing and Steve Westly doesn’t indicates that Westly will have a little bit of a challenge ahead of him before the June 6 elections.

But, if anybody out there has any inkling of common sense, they will see that Angelides is still running his campaign based on raising taxes on everybody instead of practicing fiscal responsibility. Gee, isn’t he our state’s treasurer? Shouldn’t he KNOW what fiscal responsibility means? Trying to get more money into the state just so that it can be squandered away by Democraps in the State Assembly by raising taxes shows little to no fiscal responsibility at all. In fact, it just highlights their tax and spend mentality.

While I would prefer neither Democrap candidate to win, I know that one must be chosen to face off against Arnold Schwarzenegger later on when voters decide who gets to be governor. They should probably choose Westly, if that’s even really a good choice at all. If the public has any common sense, they would choose Schwarzenegger because at least he is doing something in the public interest, not self-interest.

Arnold’s been trying to fix the systemic problems that currently ail our state – mainly, its spending problem. As he stated early on when he first took office after ousting Gray Davis, “The state doesn’t have a money problem, it has a spending problem.” A lot of the spending is going to pay for the union salaries that are sucking the life out of our state’s coffers.

It is here that Steve Westly, in his ads, says that he would audit state government to identify waste. Wait a minute, isn’t that what Schwarzenegger already did? And, as State Controller, shouldn’t he already be aware of that? Both he and State Treasurer Angelides? Are the two top contending Democrap candidates who are vying for the governor’s office really that stupid and clueless? They are in positions that require them to be aware of the state’s fiscal health and how our money is being spent. If they have to make empty promises and use slippery slope tactics to try and win voters, then neither of them should get the peoples’ vote, Arnold should get peoples’ votes!

Going back to Angelides: I really hope his daughters can look at themselves in the mirror after election day because I don’t see how they can support somebody who would want to raise taxes on everybody who is a property owner or a business owner. Sure, he’s their dad, but I think that dragging one’s family into the foray that is the political arena is really something that should be banned. I mean, how can they sleep at night knowing that their father is a tax and spend kind of guy?

Is their expensive college education paying off? I guess not! If they had any good sense, they’d politely decline and quietly support him from the sidelines. By putting themselves out there like that, they are making a definitive statement: We agree with our dad and feel that everybody should be taxed!

And, now that it is coming down to the wire for elections, they are getting nastier and more negative in their ads. Each candidate is slamming each other even though they are fairly similar. Either way, having a tax and spend candidate (Angelides) versus a millionaire who will try to buy his way to the governorship (Westly) just won’t bode well for Californians. What about Schwarzenegger, who has lots of money himself?

Don’t forget, dear reader, that he doesn’t really stand to gain much in the way of political capital because he’s not as entrenched as these other guys are. They have special interests and have a background of it. Westly is a businessman, so is Angelides, but he’s a developer. If anybody has interests to be beholden to, it would be those two. Schwarzenegger may have been an actor, but he’s also got the chops to do try and make things right. However, his job is hampered by the Democraps who don’t want to see that happen.

Even when Fabian Nunez and Don Perata showed up for a press conference to back Schwarzenegger on his budget compromise, they did so grudgingly. They didn’t actually care for Schwarzenegger’s plan. They’d rather see their (the Democraps) plans be in place, which means that Californians stand to lose a lot.

So, do your part and vote the way you choose to. That is your right that is afforded to you (as long as you are not a felon). But, if you don’t vote and you continue to bitch and moan about state government and this, that and the other thing, then I want you to wrap an entire roll of duct tape around your mouth. You should shut up and not piss and moan because YOU didn’t vote. You only added to the problem, you didn’t try to add anything to the democratic process of elections by adding your voice.

See you at the polls.