May 06, 2012 10:13 AM UTC

Gov. Schwarzenegger, Unlike the Honey Badger, Gives a Shit

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• by: droll

Between watching two good Republicans, state assemblyman Nathan Fletcher and former assemblyman and current Congressional candidate Anthony Adams, leave his party and writing his memoirs, the Governator can’t help but notice the decline of his party. Shocking, right? In a recent opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times he points out that traditional Republicans compromise to move forward and that many of them, such as Presidents T. Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan, would be primaried for doing the very things that made them good leaders at least some of the time.

Some Republicans today aren’t even willing to have conversations about protecting the environment, investing in the infrastructure America needs or improving healthcare. By holding their fingers in their ears when those topics arise, these Republicans aren’t just denying themselves a seat at the table; in a state such as California, they also deny a seat to every other Republican.

The emphasis is mine, the accurate insight is all Schwarzenegger.

This certainly isn’t news for the vast majority of us, but it is nice to hear from a politician who’s been in the party for 44 years now. His bravery has to be admired, I think. Certainly some of these same things, in spirit, could be said about a growing number of Democrats and you don’t really see any even former leaders talking about it.

On that note, an excellent quote for us all…

…big ideas don’t often come from small tents.

Highly recommend reading the entire thing.

http://www.latimes.com/news/op…