Neither of these were hard core conservatives
What wasn't hard core conservative about Simon? Oh I forgot, his fundamental belief in the 2nd Amendment, his belief in pro-life, and his hands off business attitude. I forgot that those are the building blocks of liberalism. Maybe the reason bigchoad doesn't think Simon was a hard core conservative is because his campaign sucked and he blew what should have been the easiest election in history. But was Simon completely at fault? How soon people forget the primary election where the very competant campaigner Grey Davis put all of his energy into defeating Riordan, a moderate republican. Who did the Democrats want in the race against Grey? Ah, it was Bill Simon. Why Bill Simon? Because he was way too conservative for California. The same way too conservative for California candidate taht bigchoad says is not a "hard core conservative".
Bigchoad look at reality, this is not a conservative state. It won't be until a bunch of liberal die or move out. We tried electing a "hard core conservative" in the last election. In addition to his horrible campaign, he was still not electible in this liberal state. Now you expect McClintock to suddenly bridge the gap? You think there are enough conservative voters in this state now to split the vote and still come out on top of the liberals who outvoted us by 200,000 votes in the last election?
This fuzzy math boggles my mind. I made the mistake of believing in the people of California last election. I was severely disappointed. No matter how much it made sense to get rid of Grey Davis, there were 200,000 stupid liberals out there that didn't agree. Do you think these liberals suddenly changed their minds and are now passing up the liberal alternate Bustermante, the moderate alternate Schwarzenegger, and voting for the "hard core conservative" McClintock? Am I the only one who sees this theory that Bigchoad and many others are supporting as being completely void of any foundation in the realities of California politics? MCCLINTOCK DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE! Just like Simon didn't stand a chance. They are good people in a horrible state. Davis wanted Riordan out in the last primary just likes he wants Schwarzenegger out in this election. How does he do that? He splits the Republicans by appealling the most likely contender as "too liberal" and not a "true republican". Of course the good conservatives of this state agree and they vote their "principles". And what happens? The same thing all over again. A "hard core conservative" loses because this state is liberal!!! Wake up people. Look where we live. We are not in a good conservative state!!! We are in enemy territory. Learn from our mistakes in the past.
The only chance we have to get any ground in this state is to get moderates to vote for a republican candidate. If you truly believe these crucial moderates and liberal converts are suddenly going to go far right and skip Bustamante and Schwarzenegger and vote for someone that shares nearly none of their social views, you are sorely misled and/or deluded. Schwarzenegger has the moderate appeal to get the conservative vote and the crucial middle of the road vote. McClintock does not. I don't see how it can get much clearer.
As far as Schwarzenegger's policies go, he is advocating the repeal of the car tax and he is not running on a platform for new taxes against the rich and alcohol and tobacco (Bustamante is). Who is more likely to decide that Californian gun owners ought to start paying a 5 cent bullet tax to pay for gun shot victim's hospital bills? A man who says that we need less govedrnment and wants to repeal the car tax or the man who wants to raise taxes and continue to spend that money on illegal aliens? To say there is no difference between Schwarzenegger and Bustamante is completely insane and devoid of any factual basis. We have a chance with Arnold. True he is not the ideal "hard core conservative", but we have seen Grey Davis' voting record in the last month. We know what Bustermante wants to do. When Arnold says he wants to cut out big government, why wouldn't you want to go with that? Why would you say you support going for the guy that has no chance because you don't see a difference in those three candidates? There is no factual support for such a claim. Schwarzenegger is the best choice if you are tired of politics as usual in California. McClintock is the "ideal" choice, but he has no chance of winning here. If enough of us accept this fact and vote for Schwarzenegger today (it is now 1209, October 7), we have a good chance of telling the politicians that we will not accept the status quo.
Californians, if you haven't voted already, make the right decision today. Vote with reality. Schwarzenegger is better than Cruz or Grey. Don't fool yourself to think otherwise. Look at the past, a "hard core conservative" candidate has not taken this state in the last several years, not in the last election, and he will not take it this election. A moderate conservative can. Arnold Schwarzenegger is that moderate conservative. Don't throw away your vote on October 7th.
