MEANT TO RELIEVE YOUR LOCKDOWN BOREDOM
Yes, the four faces below belong to, top left moving clockwise: Governor David Ige of Hawaii, Governor Kate Brown of Oregon, Governor Gavin Newsom of California, and Governor Jay Inslee of Washington. It should not surprise you that all four are Democrats and their states should soon constitute the nascent Nation State of Pacifica.
In the “did you know?” department…did you know that the state of Hawaii has had only one (one-term) Republican governor in the state’s last 54 years?
That the state of Washington hasn’t had a Republican governor since 1987?
That the state of Oregon as well hasn’t had a Republican governor since 1987?
That three of the last four governors of California were Democrats, the one Republican exception being none other than “Arnold the Terminator,” who almost terminated the Golden State itself, before leaving the post in 20ll with the eastern press somewhat smugly proclaiming the imminent bankruptcy of California and an end to its highfalutin ways?
Not so fast! To the rescue came Democrat Jerry Brown, who worked the usual Brown Family magic and in a mere 8 years raised California to be, all by its lonesome self, fifth “nation” in total wealth in the world—yes, the world!—ahead of Great Britain, France, and India.
Do you see the path that I see out of these Disunited States?
Kudos go to Kenneth Bash and Maryann Celinder, both of whom scored an A+ on the assignment; this pair seems destined for a place on the Dean’s List.
Keep your pencils at the ready. Education is alive and kicking in California.