The Recall Farce

After fighting depression for weeks owing to the likelihood of our next governor’s being a woman-groping Nazi sympathizer with steroid-enhanced anatomical bits, I have come to the conclusion that it might not be such a terrible thing after all if Arnold were, in fact, to win the recall election on Tuesday. Here’s why:

1) This would deal a permanent, irrevocable blow to the Republican party in California. Arnold is, remember, pro-choice and pro-gay marriage. The hardline Republican right will never recover if he becomes governor.

2) The legislature will remain untouched by the recall election. It is now, and will remain, so hostile to Mr. Terminator that it will be three months before he can even find the bathroom, let alone get any of his (or Pete Wilson’s) schemes through the door. There will be stalemate for three years at least. Imagine trying to get a Schwarzenegger budget through this crowd…

3) The world needed a good laugh, and it seems we’re providing that in spades.

Remember, none of this would have happened if there had been even the slightest inkling of leadership in the Capitol. Gray Davis has been so incompetent-so SPECTACULARLY and PERFECTLY incompetent-that this makes the Perfect Storm look like a balmy breeze.

Hold on to your hats; it’s going to be a bumpy ride…

[I’m refraining from mentioning the Red Sox win today out of deference to Chris, but that won’t stop me from cheering for the Chicago Cubs, who beat the Braves tonight on Turner Field in admirable fashion.]