I remember seeing Bullworth many moons ago and not liking it, but thinking it was good; does that make sense? Warren Beatty seemed to know what he was talking about, he should have, he's been pretty involved in politics for decades. He delivered the commencement speech [via AlterNet] at UC Berkeley's School of Public Policy, the #1 school of that sort in the nation so says Beatty.
He took the time to call out California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on his decisions and lack thereof. He put out some pretty good jabs to that gigantic chin of Ahnold
It's become time to define a Schwarzenegger Republican. A Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.Take a read, it's a decent commencement speech. What makes a decent commencement speech? One that doesn't make everyone fall asleep.
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When did conservatives decide to just borrow more money without raising taxes? Is the Governor now to the right of the head of the Fed? Even Alan Greenspan has started to talk taxes. This is serious stuff. Tip O'Neill said politics ain't beanbag!
Bipartisanship? We don't have it here. And let's not mistake the exploitation of the name of one of the greatest liberal families in American history for bipartisanship. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Governor, you're no Kennedy Democrat.
Stop trying to milk the illusion of bi-partisanship. You are a conservative Republican who likes to have a few Democrats around for show. This is good advice.
Do I think Arnold will eventually take it? I think so.
Of course he can joke that I want to defend the nurses because I'm closer to needing one, and the elderly because I'm nearer to being one, and the blind because I can't see past tax-and-spend liberalism. And then I can joke that he should defend the teachers because he has so much to learn, but finally it's not funny.
Government is not a joke, and despite what he's said, it's not a movie.
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