I was reading an article on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his "girlie men" comment. Check it. Shwarzenegger's 'Girlie Men' LIne Under Fire.
What interested me is not that he said something in a failed attempt at being hilarious and endearing and ended up reinforcing the fact that he is a sexist pig, but the part that people aren't really talking about and it seems to be gaining popularity in the Republican Party.
 
" If they don't have the guts to come up here in front of you and say, 'I don't want to represent you, I want to represent those special interests, the unions, the trial lawyers ... if they don't have the guts, I call them girlie men," Schwarzenegger said to the cheering crowd at a mall food court in Ontario.
I love it that the Republicans are saying the same thing that the Democrats have been saying forever about catering to special interests. Is it such a bad thing to cater to the special interests? I guess it depends on the special interest. As Arnie states the horrible groups that the dems are giving into are unions and trial lawyers. the unions that are your policemen, your teachers, your hospital staff, your firefighters. Those democrats should be ashamed! Unions are the bastards that fight for fair wages and proper working conditions for the union members. Essentially, they fight for the right of the members not to be fired for asking for a better quality of life and for the public, thats you and me, to have civil service people like firefighters and teachers that are not overworked or understaffed.Trial lawyers are the guys who go after the major corporations like the tobacco companies or the HMO's that try to make or save a buck at our expense. Yeah, fuck them. It's better to cater to the special interests that the Republican Party caters to: the oil companies, the tobacco companies, the pharmaceutical companies. Fun party people.
The Republicans also have started to say that the democrats are trying to rewrite history. I know, I laughed too. After King Bush forced us to go to war on the notion that Iraq had WMD's. Now it is coming out through the 9/11 commission that Iran allowed several of the terrorists to pass through there, although it is not clear whether they had prior knowledge about the attacks. Does this mean we are going to go to war with Iran?
US Probes Possible Iran Links to 9/11.
Bush had this to say:
"I have long expressed my concerns about Iran. After all, it is a totalitarian society where free people are not allowed to exercise their rights as human beings."
I am having dejavu. First will come the reported link to 9/11. Then will come The Colin Powell Show live from United Nations Plaza. Then will come our president saying, fuck the UN, we have to invade preemptively. Then will come an invasion, a draft, and the deaths of thousands of people, American and Iranian. It will be great business from the Republican Party and their special interests. What I would like to know is how many terrorists that have caused a violent attack on a country have passed through our borders, have lived in our country, have had American educations or jobs. If anyone knows, please pass on that information to me.
Also the Federal Marriage Ammendment failed. Na-Na-Na-Na-Na. The Republicans also said that the Democrats are trying to fill the courts with "activist" judges. I personally prefer the kinds of judges that believe in civil rights then the kinds of judges that try to tell me what to do with my uterus, the kinds of judges that don't believe in evolution, the kinds of judges that believe women don't get pregnant from rape. (You can search my archives to read about that particular reference.)
I do believe that there are Democrats that cater to special interests and are just as bogus as there are Republican politicians. I said it. What gives me hope is that there is growing opposition within the Republican party and there is an interesting article on commondreams.org. A Penchant for Canceling Elections.

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