Wednesday, August 13, 2003 :::
The NewsHour had a spot on the recall election (I'm sure that's not a surprise), and I thought I'd whine about it.ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: I promise you that I will be the people's governor. As opposed to the robots', no doubt. I am automatically suspicious of any politician who claims to be possessed by the people. At best, it's the kind of "nobody could possibly disagree with me" solipsism as Huffington, as is typical, illustrates with such alacrity:This is not a right/left issue. This is a right/wrong issue ... If she's referring to actual illegal tax evasion, that's one thing, but if she's referring to "loopholes" — that usually means "the law does what someone else wants it to, not quite what I want it to" — then this is the same "shut up and agree with me" to which I referred yesterday.Clinton did this sort of thing all the time, and it drove me nuts. "The time for debate is over; the time for action is now." And his opponents, no doubt, would have had little complaint if he had proceeded to roll over so they could enact what they felt was the best plan, but that, of course, is not at all what he meant. (Many politicians do this, but it seemed to me that Clinton did it much more than most.)
::: posted by dWj at 11:48 AM
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