Arnold Out of Office

So none of Arnold's things got voted in in that fake election that wasted millions of our dollars. It still gets to me that Arnold's response to why he's having this special election that will cost so many millions of dollars, rather than wait a few more months till the primaries, was, "To not vote is a waste of democracy."

Great. That explains everything. I see now. But that's how it is a Republican rallies. It's just a slogan fest. They say things to the effect of "Knibb High Football Rules!!!"

Anyway, I'm going to register to vote for the first time ever, to get this ass-clown out of office.

I was listening to NPR this morning and they had a guy on there talking about the election and how Arnold's ratings are at an all-time low. But "he has a year to turn all that around, so we'll see how he does."

I know it's been said before, but it just bugs me when a politician is viewed in the same way as a sports team or athlete. Like, "Their past few games, they've been in a slump, but we'll see how they do today. If they win the next two games, they still have a chance to make it to the playoffs."

I can't see a politician like that. If they fuck me over, I'm going to remember that. I'm going to remember that he promised this and that and never pulled through. I'm going to remember how he lied about same-sex marriage. I'm going to remember him vetoing the bill to raise the minimum wage get it to the point where people can actually make a living in expensive-as-hell-to-live Los Angeles. I'm going to remember him using his immigrant history to win over the immigrants here and a year later, fucking them over.

It doesn't matter what he does from now till the election. I can't just eat up his new campaign and say, "Hey, maybe I had this guy wrong?" Or just take in his new promises and my mind erases the last years. Total amnesia. "Hey, who's this new guy running for office?"