"It’s unfortunate, obviously, but it’s not the end," Schwarzenegger said in an interview on CNN this morning. "I think that we will again maybe undo that, if the court is willing to do that, and then move forward from there and again lead in that area."
This is a governor who twice vetoed marriage equality bills that reached his desk after being passed by both houses of the California legislature:
"This will be part of his legacy," said Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California, which sponsored AB43. "He single-handedly is standing in the way of lifting the cloud of discrimination for millions of Californians."
Arnold demeaned the fight for civil marriage equality further today by comparing it to his bodybuilding career:
Today, Schwarzenegger urged backers of gay marriage to follow the lesson he learned as a bodybuilder trying to lift weights that were too heavy for him at first. "I learned that you should never ever give up. . . . They should never give up. They should be on it and on it until they get it done."
Thanks, Arnold, for all you’ve done for marriage equality in the state you govern: two vetoes, a broken promise to "always be there to fight against" Proposition 8, utter silence throughout the entire campaign, and now, today, comparing our fight you made possible in front of the Supreme Court — to your bodybuilding.
We won’t quit, Arnold. Why did you?
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Because he is a Republican. He knows it would cost him his place in the party.
We won’t quit. In fact — we’re just getting started.
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arnold can kiss my ass
One of history’s unavoidable lessons: never vote for an Austrian carpetbagger.
Not mine. Don’t want to get any Rethug cooties back there. They itch too much.
How about just never vote for a Republican. That one has served me well for the last 36 years that I have been voting.
the way to get rid of the cooties is to apply liberal amounts of soap and water and, for dogs sake, don’t use koolaid to cleanse with.
We have a paradox in here! Hi Puma, hi Dick.
teddy, ahnold needs some demonstrations forking up his traffic in downtown sacramento.
2 things:
Ahnald is a Republican like I an waffle-iron. They were simply shameless enough to back him, so he was theirs.
And there are, or were a few good Republicans in leadership, but are largely squeezed out. That is a real shame.
Hey, Teddy. I haven’t yet offered my commiseration on your state full of bigoted idiots. Here’s hoping the future brings better news.
I am thinking that the lawn of the governor’s mansion is lovely this time of year. Perfect place for a picnic with several thousand of your closest friends.
Pass the brain bleach!
self dispensing red brain bleach button right there next to your power station peterr
I think it may be time for “the alphabet people” (as a friendly sexologist friend calls them) to stage their own civil rights movement. Being nice and patient does not seem to have been to successful. Much harder to ignore you when you are right up in their faces.
Teddy, I think someone needs to call CNN on the BS that they let slide in that interview with Ahnold.
Hmmm . . . SPOTLIGHT, anyone?
great question teddy.
good evening firepups
At risk of overstating the obvious, it would have been better for Arnold to say nothing than to feign support and then go MIA until AFTER Prop 8 passed. What a BAHSTAHD!
typical arnie mo. he ducks and covers and then emerges when he thinks the coast is clear.
Arnold is very good at feigning. He’s feigned governing for several years now, and feigned healthy care of one’s body for many years before that.
Typical Republican moral courage.
Why, I wouldn’t mind kissing it… Oops, the better half does read my comments occasionally…! ;-)
I heard he made some lame-ass joke about being allowed back in the bedroom now that the election is over. Maria could do so much better.
I’d always assumed that the laws of physics prevented those two phrases from being used together.
i’m so glad i don’t have that washed up, has been, steroid befuddled, former body builder slash movie star as my gov any more.
ask and you shall receive!
On November 27, 1978, Harvey Milk was gunned down at City Hall in SF.
On November 27, 2008 — the 30th anniversary of that day — it would be a great occasion to commemorate Milk’s memory with some very visible political protests, all aimed at saying one thing: you’ve got to give them hope.
Cigars are an important part of any training regimen, along with little chocolate donuts…
Newton’s First Law of Irony allows them to coexist as long as one cancels out the other.
nice start – just gotta amp it up every forking day until this ‘legalized’ discrimination is stopped once and for all.
I remember opening the paper and reading about it that day. Gad, sometimes I feel so old.
…and don’t forget the thinly-veiled misogyny.
And massive doses of steroids.
I really think the suit cosponsored by the ACLU might have a good chance of getting it overturned. Can’t use ballot initiatives to promote inequality. Hope the court doesn’t take too terribly long to hand down a (correct) ruling on the matter.
dayam, i’m old.
i agree peterr. gotta drive that message home every forking day until the forkers finally get it – no legalized second class citizens.
amen to that
Yep. In their faces with no respite.
Actually it was more of an oblique reference to an SNL skit in which John Belushi played an Olympic athlete whose training regimen included smoking lots of cigarettes and eating little chocolate donuts.
At least the Ninth Circuit will most likely overturn it… The Supremes might be a whole ’nother ball of wax…!
each day with this travesty on the books in ca is a day too many.
doesn’t it gotta go through the state courts, then the state court of appeals, and then the ca supremes before it gets to the federal level?
or am i misremembering how it works?
The challenge is framed entirely within state law, with no federal component whatsoever. No one wants Scalito and Roberts to have a whack at our marriage equality. This will be decided, finally, by the California Supremes, with no federal involvement whatsoever.
Thankfully.
You’ve got it right, Suz…!
I believe that was Belushi’s actual personal workout regimen.
That reminds me. The first place I ever taught was a community college in the western suburbs of Chicago called The College of DuPage. Their most illustrious alumni were the Belushi brothers. It was also the in the area where Wayne’s World was set. I think that tells you all you need to know about the experience.
The Cali Supremes decision can be appealed to SCOTUS…
Hmmm. Reply and the html codes do not seem to be working tonight. Mine at 44 is for ratfood at 38.
tech crew is aware and working on fixing the problems with reply and the html buttons
Why isn’t the reply button working tonite, it’s been working earlier…?
I need your prayers and pain-free wishes firepups. Major pain on the right side of my spine.
hands on monitor in addition to the pain free sleep wishes tex
Sending super strength extra concentrated painfree wishes your way, Betsy.
for CT at 54: ianal, but everything I’ve read says that since the arguments are framed without any recourse to federal law and entirely as a state constitutional issue, the decision would not be appealable to SCOTUS. That’s why the original decision, handed down on May 15, could not be appealed to SCOTUS. It only involves California law, and so SCOTUS has no interest in hearing it. There’s no way to craft an appeal. But, ianal.
45
Maybe after Obama makes some appointments to SCOTUS we’ll get a proper ruling at the federal level. It’s a lot to hope for and a long way off but at least it would end the back and forth. Remember Everett Dirksen, quoting Victor Hugo when speaking about the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
”Stronger than all the armies is an idea thats time has come.”
Marriage equality is an idea thats time as come.
You got it, Betsy! Pain begone!
You’re right, Teddy, it is a state’s right decision, I’m a little weary from my move…
I have a friend who graduated from DuPage, didn’t know the Belushi boys were alums.
We could always expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices (Congress gets to set the number) and make them totally irrelevant.
ratfood @ 54:
Problem is, the SCOTUS’s most likely to be replaced during his first term are those from whom we can now expect what amounts to reasonably cogent decisions.
Replacing ”Liberal” justices with ”Moderates” isn’t a step forward.
I hate the idea of trying to ”balance” the court anyway.
Ratfood at 57. Yep. This was back in the 80s, so they were still kind of bragging about it.
I thought of you, Teddy, when I first heard of this vote taking away a right. I am so sorry and hope for a speedy and favorable resolution.
I have been proposing SCOTUS-to-13 for some time now; the Edwards campaign was particularly interested in the idea. I’d better find all that research and start writing about it again. It needs to happen, and the next President should name the bill after William Rehnquist, who was always complaining about the workload at SCOTUS. That would shut up the right-wingers, for about a minute.
”That would shut up the right-wingers, for about a minute.”
Wouldn’t count on it, but restacking the court appeals to me.
made it to the sink to brush my teeth and made it back to bed. full exhaustion. now gonna sleep. thanks pups. it helps a lot
newtonusr@54
Mind you, some of the more ”liberal” justices were appointed by Republicans, sometimes you don’t know what you’re getting. Having said that, the conservatives on the court will do anything (including taxidermy) to stay until the next Republican administration. Let’s hope that takes so long some of them choose to retire sooner.
G’night, TexBetsy.
I’m out too, have a splendid evening, all.
nite, betsy, pain-free sleep wishes.
so long, ratfood
ratfood @ 65:
I hear you.
If 41 could have Souter back…
I guess my point is that, given the composition of the Senate, these justices who are about to leave are about as reasonably just as we are likely to see. I wouldn’t bet against the Goopers putting holds on SCOTUS nominees if you put a gun to my head.
Night Betsy and ratfod.
newtonusr at 68 -
I wouldn’t give you odds on the Rethugs allowing any Obama SCOTUS nominations through at all.
TBogg is rattling around over at his spot…
There is such a thing as bad advertising
I am off to bed. Take care all.
nite doctor
No more paradox
Night Betsy, hugs and wishes for a sweet sleep
I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if Ahhnuld is considering running for Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat in 2010. If Ahhnuld had been a more vocal opponent of Prop H8, he wouldn’t be able to get the support he needs from the religious knuckle-draggers.