From
the September 29, 2003, issue of National Review Why
Not McClintock?
Recall
facts.
By NR Editors
ast
year, California governor Gray Davis vetoed a measure to let illegal immigrants
have driver’s licenses, calling it a security threat. This year, he is
pandering to Hispanic voters in order to defeat a recall election brought
on by his own misgovernance. So he has signed the measure. Arnold Schwarzenegger,
the leading Republican candidate to replace Davis, opposed it. (Nobody
seems to be advocating the appropriate solution, which is that the illegals
be given free rides, back to Mexico.) But Schwarzenegger is still offering
little to conservatives — except, now, insults. He came out against
Ward Connerly’s Racial Privacy Initiative, which would keep the state
government from collecting data on race.
That’s disappointing,
but there are honorable opponents of the initiative. What is less excusable
is Schwarzenegger’s labeling of its supporters as “right-wing crazies.”
The only candidate in the race who isn’t pandering is conservative Tom
McClintock. Schwarzenegger skipped a debate with the other candidates
in order to avoid giving a spotlight to McClintock. This was wise: The
more people hear from McClintock, the more they will understand that he
has convictions and knows how the state government should be run. McClintock
points out that Schwarzenegger refuses to pledge not to raise taxes —
and that it takes a Republican governor to raise taxes in California.
We know that McClintock is currently behind Schwarzenegger in the polls.
But we also know that if elected, McClintock would fight the spenders
and taxers in Sacramento. About Arnold Schwarzenegger we know no such
thing.
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year, California governor Gray Davis vetoed a measure to let illegal immigrants
have driver’s licenses, calling it a security threat. This year, he is
pandering to Hispanic voters in order to defeat a recall election brought
on by his own misgovernance. So he has signed the measure. Arnold Schwarzenegger,
the leading Republican candidate to replace Davis, opposed it. (Nobody
seems to be advocating the appropriate solution, which is that the illegals
be given free rides, back to Mexico.) But Schwarzenegger is still offering
little to conservatives — except, now, insults. He came out against
Ward Connerly’s Racial Privacy Initiative, which would keep the state
government from collecting data on race.
