Don’t tell me that you have no talented working class people able to stand for this elective position; or is the question really whether you can “afford” to stand as a candidate in this ‘democratic’ election??

Re the 24/7 negative ads against Jerry Brown and Democrats over an interminable period of our lives, how would Meg Whitman rate as our governor?

For an easy assessment of Meg Whitman, we need only look at Meg Whitman’s past attitude about public service.

We might excuse her for not voting over a 28 year period, when she says she was too busy taking care of her husband and children. However, we must note her response last week when asked to serve on a child-molestation jury. This is “not a good time for me to give 100 percent,” she said.

It might not be a good time for her, but her saying it continues to show her obvious lack of commitment to public service. One might wonder if that would be her attitude about serving the people—at least when it suits her—should she win the election over Jerry Brown.

Meg Whitman, the former eBay empress, is the Republican candidate running for governor of California. We can only assume she wants that office so she can provide a public service for the citizens of California.

Mr. Coleman is being facetious, isn’t he?  Whitman wants the job for the same reason(s) any of these sociopaths want power.

Leefeller, September 9 at 9:53 pm Link to this comment

Ardee,

Seems to me our election system is already a mockery, one may suggest Whitman is only a tip of the iceberg.

Sadly true, yet it behooves us, I think, to point out the gross injustice of bought and paid for elections, and do so at every opportunity.

One reason I register and vote Green ( though I am not one at heart) is to support those pledged to refuse the bushels of corporate money that comes with such strings attached.

As to Hogs, I have only one summer worth of experience raising, feeding and “slopping ” those somewhat noble creatures. Smarter, by far, than dogs, but damnable hard to butcher.

If there are SIGNIFICANT reasons not to support Whitman for governor of California (and my guess would be that there are), why did you fail to list them and thus simply add to the lack of substance that is so emblematic of politics these days?

Jack:

Her answer was truthful, but it was also selfish. That’s the difference.

Citizen Whitman has spent over $100 million on a job that pays less than $170 per year.  She campaigns on fiscal responsibility and no one’s B.S. warning light goes off?

Well, Republican Arnold has done such a great job as
governor that it makes perfect sense to elect another
Republican to fill the spot.

Here’s the question:  Why is a woman willing to spend
zillions of her own dollars securing a job that pays
what, about two-hundred grand/year?  Answer?

What happened here? The people who profited from real estate prostitution in CA were mostly from other states. Will the dumping ground for industry continue in my community? I would rather vote for the man who manages craigslist than this lady personally.

The reality of life for most people in this state is nothing like what you have seen in your tourist bait marketing propaganda magazines for a long time.

I am so completely disenfranchised at this point that this whole election looks like putting a different face on a steamy pile of dung.

Probably, the one thing that progressives hate most of all about Whitman, is that she’s probably going to win.

Because basically, the office of governor is for sale. Don’t kid yourself, it’s not about political point of view, or agenda, or who can do the most for Californian’s, but who has the most cold hard cash.

Because you see, the cold hard truth is both progressives, and conservatives are responsible for what happened to California. And because, both these political parties have ideologies and political belief systems that are antideluvian, they are incapable of doing anything to change things.

All they can do is watch, and shout at each other. Their words have as much importance as Dogs barking at each other from opposite street corners. 

If Whitman wins, the decline will probably be faster for the working poor, and those on welfare. If Brown wins, the middle class migration out of California will probably speed up.

But in the end, it will all come to the same thing.

Bankrupcy for Californa. The state simply cannot survive real estates return to 1970 levels. Ultimately there is nothing on God’s green earth that can stop it.

Except maybe, the whole sale selling off of California real estate to foreign investors at 5 cents on the dollar.

Ardee,

Seems to me our election system is already a mockery, one may suggest Whitman is only a tip of the iceberg.

Moonbeam seems down to earth when comparing him to most moneybags politicians, those seeking or already in so called public office. Being a farmer I vision most politicians as hogs; (my apologies to hogs) running to the feed trough,..... pork-barrels are another thing!

I’m no Republican and I can’t imagine ever voting for a Republican again, but an honest answer about jury being the FIRST point of attack?  Give me a break!  NOBODY wants to sit on a child molestation case!  I almost got on one but the defense’s attorney was getting rid of all the White men and the prosecutor was getting rid of all the Black men, in the last bastion of racism and sexism.  The prosecutor wanted an all-White (or at least non-Black) jury and the defense wanted an all-Black jury.  I watched them trying to cull—until I was let go.  This was despite the fact that the judge, defense and defendant were all Black and the prosecutor was Latina. Were they individually racist? I don’t know but functionally they were acting as racists.

Still, attacking Whitman for her honest answer about jury service seems really lame to me.

As for hitting an employee, that means she’s as nuts as Sarah Palin or Naomi Campbell.

And not voting?  How can you claim any sense of civic duty and not ego with that?

Meanwhile, I’d like to see Gerry Brown back in the Governor’s chair.  I think he’s just as dedicated but a better politician and manager now than he was in the past.

All I know for sure was that Ebay was run into the ground.  In its prime it was “buyer centric”, place where the public could survey historical selling prices and bid with confidence in a fair auction environment.  “Management” changed that quickly and made Ebay “seller centric” by blocking access to their historical sell price data to appease their seller base for short term gains.  So the buying public has rightfully abandoned Ebay and it has become a shadow of its past self.  Rather, than an open auction environment it has turned into a 2nd class micro retailer environment with little growth going forward.  So why would anyone want to hire for Governor such a proven failure?

I have a personal liking for “Governor Moonbeam” as Jerry Brown was known during his days in Sacramento. But there is a second reason for hoping Whitman fails to win office. The fact that she has spent almost one hundred million dollars of her own money to buy that office simply reeks of elitism and makes a mockery of our electoral system.

Normally I would vote Green or another third party as is my penchant but on this one I will cast my vote for Brown, though a full disclosure requires noting that he is spending about 35 million, not his own of course.

How can Whitman ask Californians to vote for her when she didn’t bother to vote for 28 years?

Courage Campaign and the California Nurses Association want people to know more about her “atrocious” voting record so they asked us to create this video for them:

http://thedonkeyedge.com/2010/08/24/new-donkey-ad-meg-whitman-in-foiled-again/