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(Curtis CCR) wrote in message . com...
I have been refraining from participating in the numerous politcal
threads, but this ****es me off. This state has been run by democrats
for four years, and it is this lack of self control and self serving
politics that are the cause of it.

I should clarify here that the democrats have been running the
California legislature (both houses) for MORE than fours years. In
the last term of statewide officers, there was only one republican,
Secratary of State, Bill Jones. All other officers were democrats.

ALL statewide elected office are currently held by democrats. They
cannot blame anyone else for this financial fiasco. We went from a $9
billion surplus in 1998 to a $38 billion deficit today. It cannot be
argued that former governor Pete Wilson left Davis with an impending
recession. The economy did not start sliding until Davis was well
into his first term (and Clinton was still in the White House). And
spending continued to grow.

And you don't need to be a far-right-winger to blame this on the
democrats. These are not your average democrats running the state.
It has often been said that the lawmakers in Sacramento are much more
liberal than the voters that sent them there. Liberal California
politicians have admitted that. This state has been under control of
left wingers, and the current situation is the direct result of it.