John, I used to have misgivings about the recall Davis effort. After all, a recall effort isn’t prompted by any particularly conservative impulse. But in talking to more Californians about it, the extent to which Davis lied (there is no other word) in the run up to the last election is astonishing. Even for cynical California voters, his distortions about the budget were so clearly premeditated and calculated, so brazen and insulting to voters, that the recall effort begins to make sense.

Besides, the longer this recall fight goes on, the more we’ll be treated to asinine quotes from Davis like this:

“I wasn’t thrilled about serving my country in Vietnam in ‘68 and ‘69 but I did it, it was my duty and I am proud I did. I am not thrilled about this (recall), it is not a lot of fun but I do not shirk from the fight.”