Thursday, September 08, 2005
OMG Gay!
I'm sure you've heard the news. Arnie said "screw you" to the legislature and "deferred to the will of the people." Actually, that could describe a whole lot of what Arnie has done. In this case, the topic is gay marriage.
"For a man who claims rather grandiosely to be 'following the will of the people' when he doesn't even allow the people to express his will to them as he does with every other bill is a deep disappointment to me," said state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica.
Hmm... Humm... Hrmm... I'm lost on the antecedents here. I assume 'he' is Arnie, and 'them' is the people. Therefore, this reads:
"For a man who claims rather grandiosely to be 'following the will of the people' when Arnie doesn't even allow the people to express Arnie's will to the people as Arnie does with every other bill is a deep disappointment to me," said state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica.
Well, that doesn't help much. The people aren't expressing Arnie's will to themselves? I suppose it might be a misstatement, and should in fact read:
"For a man who claims rather grandiosely to be 'following the will of the people' when Arnie doesn't even allow the people to express the people's will to Arnie as Arnie does with every other bill is a deep disappointment to me," said state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica.
That makes more sense, I guess, though she seems to be claiming that the bill passed by the legislature better represents the will of the people than an initiative passed in an election.
Anyway, moving on,
Gerard Heather, a professor of political science at San Francisco State, said it would have been a difficult political move for the Governor to sign the bill. He said the speed of the veto announcement sends a clear message to his supporters.
"All the polls indicate the majority of Californians are opposed to it," Heather said. Whatever political base he has remaining — the hard right — will be pleased by a veto. His base expects it."
The hard right apparently included 60% of voters just a few years ago.
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