Reply #30: Dear Bridget Burke: [View All]

[Cleita]

California has always been more Republican in makeup than Democratic, but even our Republicans are moderate about many issues, don't hate gays or ethnic minorities, and believe Jesus is a feel good kind of guy not one that promotes war and more war. A big problem with our elections is that they tend to be more focused on local and state races and they voted for Bush for the tax breaks, not moral values.

This is the reason the cynical Republican Party ran Arnold as their candidate, a guy who couldn't run in Alabama without being stoned but perfect for shallow California Republicans. This push to make him President is a ploy to get the California electoral votes IMO.

The exception is certain clutches of mountain people who lost their jobs cutting down thousand year old Redwoods and who now have more in common with White Supremists than Republicans, but even these guys have been pushing separation from the Federal Government or at least splitting from California since the sixties. They blame the federal government and the environmentalists for closing the mills, but the truth is that the lumber giants have been outsourcing raw logs to Asia for decades now because it's cheaper.

So as you see, California is very diversified and different in make-up than any other state, so you can't paint it with a broad brush.