Gavin is facing 2nd Recall, but, yeah--Newsom 2028!
Blast from the Recent Past: Recall in California: A "No" Vote for the Recall is a "YES" Vote for Newsom and his Failing Governnorship by Cindy Sheehan
Hello TruthSeekers/TruthTellers
Writing to you from a very rainy NorCal this morning.
Happy Morning!
Another recall effort, which went lightspeed with the signature gathering is underway for the worst governor in California history: Gavin Newsom. Come on Cali, we can do it, we did recall the 2nd worst governor in California history: Gray Davis. Actually, I am still not sure why he was recalled, but, it gave us Ahnold. We had the chance to recall Newsolini in 2021, and that effort failed, so welcome to a California covered in ashes and awash in mudslides. But, never worry, the legislature, at Gav’s direction, approved tens of millions of dollars to fight Orange Man Bad!
Below is an article I wrote in advance of the first recall attempt. Present-time Cindy will be putting editorial notes in the text in parentheses and bold.
I hope everyone has a great day today! (And everyday)
Love, peace, justice
Cindy
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Recall in California: A "No" Vote for the Recall is a "YES" Vote for Newsom and his Failing Governnorship by Cindy Sheehan
Full Disclosure: I have been a candidate for Cal Governor (in 2014) against Jerry Brown (D). I was a member of the Peace and Freedom Party, running from his left which considering his (Brown’s) fast tumble to the right was not too difficult. Even though California is a state controlled by Democrats, I would argue its a very corporate, corrupt, and conservative manifestation of a party that some people mistakenly believe is radical-left.
And before we get to deep into this piece, NO, I am not a Trump supporter and, NO, I do not want a Republican to win. The simple fact is though that the U.S. is a one-party entity and whoever prevails will be on the side of the special interests, and not the people.
I am NOT running in the 46 person race to unseat Newsom if the recall effort is successful, although, I do support the effort from the left.
Newsom and his minions in the right-of-center Cal Dem Party keep calling this recall effort the "Republican Recall," but I am living proof that a left-wing independent (I left the Peace and Freedom Party because they supported the lockdowns, and mandates, before the recall. However, they also did not support the recall in 2021 because I was told, “it’s a conservative effort”) supports the democratic (from the people) ouster. I know countless democrats who are supporting the recall effort, as well. If mainstream Republicans jumped on the grassroots effort early, they were copying Democrats who love to co-opt lefty movements for their own nefarious agendas. Some political activists are saying that the recall is a "conservative power grab," and in doing so, I believe they are exposing their own creeping conservatism.
As a matter of fact, the Recall initiative in California began in the early 1900's as a progressive movement, led by such progressive heroes as Hiram Johnson (pictured above)to rein in the power of the mighty Southern Pacific Railroad (along with the direct democracy initiative [proposition] power). It's this very direct democracy that many early Californians fought for! It wasn't very easy or safe to go against the Big Four (Huntington, Stanford, Hopkins, and Crocker) of the SPRR back then and the recall process is also not easy today: the recall proponents needed to collect almost 2 million signatures to clear the 1.5 million needed for it to go on the ballot. As someone who has collected signatures for political efforts in California, I am here to tell you it ain't easy. However, during the recall signature gathering effort, whenever I passed people sitting in public collecting signatures, the tables were always inundated with eager petition signers. (This is one of the reasons why I feel like the eventual recall election was probably rigged: I don’t know one person, except for my former now-conservative party who didn’t vote “yes” to recall Gavs)
My answer to the people who are afraid of a conservative coup in California is that NEWSOM IS AN ELITIST CONSERVATIVE when it comes to totalitarianism, and capitalist profit. He is in the pockets of special interests and his little foray to The French Laundry (California's most expensive restaurant) during his draconian lockdown shows not just a level of political retardation, but it was a party to fete his lobbyist best-friend! In Newsom's lame "defense" he said he hadn't been out for months, and it was his "best-friend's 50th birthday." Well, tens of millions of Californians were in the same boat, but most of us could not afford $500/plate.
As I sit here, trapped in my home because of another PG&E (today's SPRR?) fire which is inundating our region with smoke and toxic air, A "NO" VOTE FOR THE RECALL IS A "YES" VOTE FOR PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC'S SLASH AND BURN POLICIES ACROSS OUR STATE. How many cities do they get to burn to the ground with their crappy equipment before they are held to more than a judicial hand slap? PG& E is protected by Newsom and his ilk. It's not like we get discounted rates from them, our bills are out of control expensive to give the power mad power lords the power to fund political campaigns and NOT upgrade its ancient equipment.
A "NO" VOTE ON THE RECALL IS A "YES" VOTE FOR BIG OIL.
A "NO" VOTE ON THE RECALL IS A "YES" VOTE FOR INCREASING HOMELESSNESS.
A "NO" VOTE ON THE RECALL IS A "YES" VOTE FOR CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DROUGHT.
A "NO" VOTE ON THE RECALL IS A "YES" VOTE FOR INEQUALITY AND A STEEP DECLINE IN QUALITY EDUCATION
A "NO" VOTE ON THE RECALL IS A "YES" VOTE FOR TOTALITARIAN, UNILATERAL LOCKDOWN MEASURES.
A "NO" VOTE ON THE RECALL IS A "YES" VOTE FOR ELDERCIDE DURING CORONA "CRISIS."
A "NO" VOTE ON THE RECALL IS A "YES" VOTE FOR MORE DEMOCRAT POLITICAL CORRUPTION.
There is a slippery slope that appears anytime there is another bourgeois election. From the left of center it goes like this:
"Well, if we vote against the Democrat by voting for our principles, then a Republican will win!"
Hello! Consistently and constantly blaming we voters that have unwavering values for the troubles of the Democrat party is keeping us in this political quagmire of diseased capitalism and destructive imperialism.
If Newsom loses on September 14th, there's only one person to blame: Newsom; and only one entity to blame: The Democrat Party.
Newsom and his minions are trying to get us to vote "NO" on the recall, then not vote for our preferred candidate, which is our option to do. The other option is to vote "YES" on the recall and vote for our preferred candidate. However, we can always vote "YES" on the recall and not vote for a candidate, as well.
Does your heart lie with a California that uses its tremendous resources and budget surplus to make the lives of its citizens better? We could be leading the nation in education and the environment, yet what we are currently leading in is how many people are fleeing the state.
Give California a fighting chance.
Vote "YES" to recall Newsom!
How nice it was for Gavs to have a night out—what a swell(ed head) guy!
Hello, it’s present-time Cindy, again: Unfortunately, the above article is as true today as it was when I initially wrote it. Just because you may not live in California, these issues are important everywhere. Seriously, as much as I know that the POTUS has very little real power, Gavs would bend over backwards to special interests faster than Joe Biden falling up the stairs of Air Force One. And Gavs is younger, he has more time and more energy to do maximum damage.
A$$hole!
What do you think?
The California Governor was going to make Enron pay back the people the millions they ripped off of them with brown outs and scandal. Then there was a recall putting Arnold in and he protected Enron. Cha Ching.
Gavin is in the real estate business. Whether he wins or loses, he'll make profits off the burning of L.A. It's sad that the elections in CA are so badly rigged. There is no way that SF is continuing to elect Pelosi or that the first recall failed. They determine the results they want and fix the count to match. If the Establishment wanted Mikey Mouse to win, he'd have 90% of the votes.