Live by the sword…

[katster]

So, trawling the web today lead me to this SF Chronicle article: Prison guards move to recall Schwarzenegger

Union officials planned to deliver the petition to Schwarzenegger later today or Tuesday. The governor has seven days to respond, after which the union will file the petition with the Secretary of State to begin a signature drive for a special recall election, said Lance Corcoran, a spokesman for the union. The recall drive would eventually need 1,041,530 valid signatures to qualify for a statewide ballot.

Yes, I find it amusing that what the recall bringeth, it can also taketh away. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

I don’t know if I agree; things are complicated in California already without throwing a volatile recall into the mix. OTOH, the prison guards have been working without a contract since 2006 and the state government is effed up six ways from Sunday. Hell, lesser transgressions are what got Gray Davis kicked out.

So in the end, I just find the whole thing amusingly funny.

[Unrelated: Maru, I saw your LJ comment. I haven't unscreened it yet, because I'm still working on a response.]

Originally published at retstak.org. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

If they manage to undo everything Schwarzenegger has done, will that make it a Total Recall?

[mrfnord.livejournal.com]

Shame on you for making that pun. Shame!

[tangaroa.livejournal.com]

What gives me mild pause is that Schwarzenegger is a figurehead for the relatively moderate Republicans (really conservative but not insane), and the extreme wing of the party is overpowering him and his people with this budget stalemate. If Schwarzenegger is recalled, his people are discredited and the nutters get control over the state party.

[underpope.livejournal.com]

Recalls are nothing new in California history. Gray Davis was simply one of the very few California governors who were successfully recalled. If I remember correctly, Schwarzenegger faced his first recall effort the day after he was sworn in; it was the CNA back then, I believe.

It will be interesting to see how far this one goes.

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

Nah, shame doesn't work on me, especially not when it comes to puns.

[maruchan.livejournal.com]

Thanks for letting me know. I was wondering if I'd offended you.

[chaoswolf]

< sarcasm > Oh what fun. < /sarcasm >