Tuesday, June 14, 2005

 

Governater II -- Wise To The Machines

Der Governater sure hit obsolescence like a brick wall:

Schwarzenegger Jeered at Graduation Speech

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Politics followed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to his alma mater Tuesday, where he was jeered relentlessly by protesters while delivering a commencement speech.

His address to 600 graduates in blue robes and caps at Santa Monica College turned into an exercise in perseverance, as virtually his every word was accompanied by catcalls, howls and piercing whistles from the audience of several thousand people watching the graduation.

Inside the stadium, the drone from hundreds of rowdy protesters threatened to drown out the governor's voice at times. Many in the crowd erupted in boos when a police officer pulled down a banner criticizing the estimated $45 million cost of the special Nov. 8 election that Schwarzenegger scheduled Monday.

Yep, another "special election." We couldn't possibly wait until the regular election next year to pass this second round of half-baked short-term solutions, because -- well -- California's new "paper-trail" ballots kick in then, so the moneyed interests behind the Governator have got to ram through as much of the wingnut wishlist as they can, while they still can "tweak" the blackbox voting one last time . . .

posted by Michael 11:14 PM