WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?
Baseball catcher and dugout philosopher Yogi Berra once said “it’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” How wise he was. That caution notwithstanding, here’s my no-surprise prediction on tomorrow’s recall election for Governor: Newsom will win by anywhere from between 15 and 20 points; if I had to be precise, I’d say make it the incumbent by 18. No sweat, Dems.
I’ll admit that a month ago when I heard that the race was a toss-up, I was disbelieving. Could a state that had voted against Trump 62-33 less than a year ago back a right-wing radio blabbermouth (who once called Trump’s election “divine intervention”), turning the tables in less than a year? No way! I thought someone had to poke the California bear and wake him up! Someone must have done just that, and he came out of his cave angry, with his claws painted blue.
So what did we learn from this waste of taxpayer money? That California’s Recall Law needs some repair work done. That radio’s right-wing blowhards are not enlarging their audiences. That the majority of Californians are rational and have positive feelings toward science. That we will no doubt be reading and hearing soon about more disgruntled Republicans moving out of state.
You might ask as I did, where do these refugees go? Turns out some go to Oregon and some to Washington…understandable. But most are moving to Texas. Texas? Why? Two main reasons are given. The first: housing is much less expensive. But do those houses come with electricity? And the departing “conservatives” don’t like the Golden State’s liberal politics.
I for one won’t miss them; I’ll even help them pack . And we won’t miss their money either. We’ll get that when they come back for their abortions, and when they send their kids here for their college educations, and when they are flown here for their ICU beds.
Envoi!