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California: Arnold

October 27, 2009 - 03:03 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

Health care 'reform' and the vast unintended consequences: Even Arnold is worried

By chris reed

The great majority of health "reform" supporters appear to reflexively reject criticisms of the proposals now working their way through Congress, depicting them as driven by partisanship, greed or stupidity. This Olbermann-Maddow approach is grossly dishonest and is likely to...

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October 23, 2009 - 07:27 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

10 years ago this month, TIME regurgitated Gray Davis' spin. Now TIME regurgitates Arnold's spin. Groan.

By chris reed

Ten years ago last week, TIME magazine drew instant ridicule in California when it published a preposterous article -- by Steve Lopez, of all people -- that painted a picture of a Gray Davis that no one here recognized: Gray...

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October 22, 2009 - 03:04 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

Assembly GOP leader guilty of same betrayal he rips Arnold for -- Blakeslee voted for $11.2 billion bribe to CTA

By chris reed

Assembly GOP leader Sam Blakeslee has been in the news over the leak of an internal memo in which he denounced the governor's decision to sign many bills the GOP opposed: Most of us have read in today's papers accounts...

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October 16, 2009 - 01:09 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

Arnold to Chargers fans: Drop dead

By chris reed

The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports the gov is going to sign the bill giving bizarre, unique, unprecedented environmental exemptions clearing the way for a massive stadium in the middle of a crowded area in the nation's most populous county,...

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October 9, 2009 - 12:54 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

California's version of Joe Wilson: Will it help him pull in huge donations, too?

By chris reed

San Francisco Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano's heckling of Arnold after Arnold made a surprise appearance at a Dem fund-raiser in San Francisco -- "You lie!" and "Kiss my gay [bleep]!" -- are sure to make him a cult hero with...

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October 8, 2009 - 01:14 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

Arnold fought for right to suspend AB 32 if economy was distressed. Now, with state unemployment at 70-year high, he mocks the idea. Insert profanity here.

By chris reed

In August 2006, in negotiations over AB 32, Arnold told then-Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and other Dems that he could not sign the landmark anti-global warming bill unless it had language that allowed the governor to suspend the measure in...

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October 6, 2009 - 01:43 pm
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Arnold's desperate plea to media: Remember, I did health 'reform' before Obama!

By chris reed

I'm rarely provoked to laughter by Arnold's press releases, but this one did the trick: GAAS:587:09 For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on National Push for Health Care Reform Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the...

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September 30, 2009 - 07:56 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

Why did Arnold bother to suppress dire economic study? California media would have suppressed it for him

By chris reed

The thing I don't get is why Arnold even bothered trying to suppress the study by two Sacramento State professors that concluded onerous regulations of small businesses had taken an enormous toll on California's economy. Another study by the same...

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September 28, 2009 - 05:19 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

Praise Arnold's ouerve? There are some places even a veteran diplomat won't go.

By chris reed

Sir Nigel Sheinwald, the British ambassador to the United States, was just in to meet the U-T editorial board and had many interesting things to say about the G-20 summit, climate change, the "special relationship" and more. Toward the end...

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September 15, 2009 - 02:07 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

It was true of Arnold's health 'reform.' Now it's true of Obama's health 'reform.'

By chris reed

In December 2006, I took part in a conference call in which then-Senate President Don Perata's staff laid out his version of health "reform," which was very similar to the legislation Arnold ended up championing. I listened in disbelief as...

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