Thursday, August 07, 2003

Today is just such a fine day to blog, I couldn't resist:

"In other developments Wednesday, Gary Coleman, the star of the '80s sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," filed his papers to become a candidate -- bringing the list of potential candidates to 471." from the Ventura County Star...I'll bet Jesus and Batman are in there somewhere, too.

For the governorship of California, of course, a state where I used to live for a time. Last year we went back. Napa and Sonoma were still nice, but the number of bums camped in the street made Berkeley look bad---they never used to let them bring mattresses in the good old days. There weren't even a varied assortment of wackos on campus, at least not in front. I firmly believe that Arnold can change all that. All my politically astute friends are convinced he's going to take it, and I wish I were that confident. However, we have a very close call, since Gallagher is also running. Here's my favorite plank in his platform:

13….Because the Legislature has scalped small business with rules and regulations, sell the cities to the Indians and create Legislator-free zones where the White Man's Law does not apply.

Here's his Top Ten Campaign Slogans:

1. Finally a Governor you can get drunk with.
2. Gallagher, the other white meat.
3. Why settle for amateurs? California deserves a Professional comedian.
4. Hate politicians? Elect Gallagher. Screw em up. Screw em back.
5. I couldn't do worse and I'm only half as crooked.
6. No wonder tourism is down, if Gray Davis pitched a party would you go? California, the party state with the boring host.
7. Together we can screw the state.
8. California is a six pack. Let's finish it off.
9. Incompetence… Corruption... Selfishness… Continue the California tradition.
10. You've done crazier things.
11. A grass roots movement you can't stop from rolling
12. I don't know what I'm doing either.
13. Insanity that makes sense.

We're hoping that maybe a Gallagher/Schwarzennegger combo isn't entirely out of the question, and if Arnold DOES take it, at least he'll adopt
Plank 13. Here's one of Gallagher's campaign posters for you to download:




The whole race is just too cool to leave alone. By gum, it's the best thing to happen to this country since Gulf War II. Arnold has been slow in adding anything to his website, http://www.schwarzennegger.com and besides it's being wiped out by all the traffic.