Non-Wisconsin news
While several states held primaries on June 5th, 2012, all eyes were on Wisconsin. Republican Governor Scott Walker and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch easily trounced the left. They crushed the unions in a big victory.
The left responded in their usual classy manner. Governor Walker received death threats on Twitter. These are liberals. This is how they behave.
Yet while the focus was on the left coming unhinged in Wisconsin, other states actually held primaries.
California was one of those states. The state received little to no attention because most of the country knows that California is finished. Wisconsin decided not to become California, giving it a chance to survive.
Anyway, here are the results of some California races.
Actually, never mind. California is toast.
One source of amusement came in the form of propositions 28 and 29. Prop 29 was a tax on cigarettes to fund cancer research. The voters knew this was phony, since the money raised would just be wasted on other programs. It was narrowly defeated by less than 51-49%.
Yet the real fun was the prop 28 item that supposedly enacted “term limits.” It was a joke, and the voters were fooled. It passed 61 to 39%, yet it actually does the opposite of what it pretends. Instead of being able to serve 6 years in one chamber and 8 years in another, now they can serve 12 years total in one chamber. So it actually doubles some terms. Only in California. The legislators who destroyed the state will now have more time to double down and make things worse.
Enough with California. It’s over. The only good news is that liberals Howard Berman and Brad Sherman will spend a few months killing each other in Los Angeles.
In the California presidential primary, Mitt Romney won 80% of the vote. The fellow from the Planet Rapulon had 10%. That came out to less than 150,000 votes in a state with 60 million people. Apparently either those screaming college kids are his only base of support, or they are the typical stoners and slackers who will go to rallies but not vote.
The Montana presidential primary saw Mr. Romney get 68% of the vote with the fellow from Rapulon getting 14%. An interesting note came on the side of the Democrats. Jon Tester was the only Democrat on the ballot, and the incumbent Senator got 99% of the vote. Yet President Obama was also the only Democrat in his category, and he only received 89%. About 10% wanted somebody else. Denny Rehberg easily won his race. Some surprise occurred in the Governor’s race on the GOP side. Rick Hill came in first with 34%. Ken Miller is very tall with good hair, yet he only came in second with 17%.
In New Jersey, Mitt Romney won 81% of the presidential vote with the Rapulons scoring their typical 10%. Further discussion of New Jersey is not necessary.
In New Mexico news, New Mexico is actually a state in America. It is not part of Mexico. Romney won the presidential primary, but the real action was in the state legislature. Incumbents were going down in flames, with several Democrats being defeated. At least one-quarter of the current legislature will not be back in the next session.
Yet June 5th was all about Wisconsin. For those who forgot, the leftists got their brains beaten in. Governor Walker and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch stood for principles, and were rewarded for this. As their reward, Wisconsin citizens can now proudly chant that they are not California.
eric