The California media seem mostly content for now to carry on their star treatment of Gov. Schwarzenegger. To the detriment of the voters and the quality of government.
One very disturbing event this week should not go unnoticed. Schwarzenegger was last Sunday's (02/22/04) guest on NBC News' Meet the Press, interviewed by Tim Russert. Bob Somerby of the Daily Howler calls Russert "the bulldog who died," because his alleged bulldog style of aggressive interviewing seems to be reserved only for Democrats these days.
I'm going to quote at some length what Schwarzenegger had to say about the gay marriages taking place in San Francisco (my emphasis):
MR. RUSSERT: Let me show you what is happening in the second-largest city in California. These are thousands of Californians lined up in San Francisco being married against the law... by city officials. How can you as governor tolerate the breaking of the law?
GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER: Well, I don't. As you know, I'm very much against that. I believe very strongly in domestic partnership rights. I was all for-all throughout my campaign, I spoke out for it, but at the same time, we have also a law that says that we do not accept, you know, same-sex marriages which was passed by the people, Proposition 22, and so that is the law. So we cannot have, all of a sudden now, mayors go and hand out licenses for various different things. If it is--you know, in San Francisco, it's the license for marriage of same sex. Maybe the next thing is another city that hands out licenses for assault weapons. And someone else hands out licenses for selling drugs. I mean, we can't do that. We have to stay within the law. There's a state law that says specific things, and if you want to challenge those laws, then you can go to the court and you can either challenge it there and let this neutral party, someone that can interpret the law, if there's a dispute of it, make the decision. And I think this is all a legal matter now, and I directed Attorney General Bill Lockyer and said, you know, that he should now take care of this problem.
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Talk about revealing ignorance: "If it is--you know, in San Francisco, it's the license for marriage of same sex. Maybe the next thing is another city that hands out licenses for assault weapons. And someone else hands out licenses for selling drugs". WHAAA? Where's the connection?!
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