http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/11\/08\/us-usa-campaign-california-idUSBRE8A70BV20121108<\/a><\/p>\nUnions spent millions on every state wide election while desperately trying to stifle the ability of business owners to fight back with their own funds.\u00a0 \u00a0This is the liberal version of equal and fair elections.\u00a0 Everyone has an equal opportunity, as long as you are a liberal.<\/p>\n
Granted Democrats were helped along by a totally dysfunctional and inept Republican Party.\u00a0 There have been some really pathetic Republican candidates.\u00a0 But as Reuters pointed out, the deck was pretty much stacked in favor of Democrats.\u00a0 When you add in a main stream media that also worships the union label, it was a perfect political storm for Republicans.<\/p>\n
In order to run for state wide office in California you had to do two things.\u00a0 First, you had to be a Democrat.\u00a0 Second, you had to swear full faith and allegiance to the public sector unions.\u00a0 No Republican or even a Democrat who dared stand up to the unions had any realistic chance of getting elected in California.\u00a0 The results are predictable.\u00a0 If you are willing to sell your soul to the unions as the price of getting elected, you will probably sell it to anyone else with enough money.<\/p>\n
There are now three prominent Democratic State Senators in California facing serious corruption allegations.\u00a0 So far this year, a Democratic State Senator gets caught every month. \u00a0Senator Rod Wright was found guilty of voter fraud.\u00a0 Amazing how a man can be convicted of voter fraud when Democrats routinely claim there is no such thing as voter fraud.\u00a0 Senator Ron Caulderon was indicted on corruption charges.\u00a0 Both Wright and Calderon are currently on paid leaves of absence.\u00a0 They continue to get paid, for doing nothing, because that way Democrats retain total control of the legislature.<\/p>\n
Now, with a third Democrat caught up in this crap, that may finally change.\u00a0 It is so bad that even Democrats are demanding Yee\u2019s resignation.\u00a0 Democrats are dismayed that they will no longer be able to jam through wonderful liberal goals like immigration reform or more gun control.\u00a0 They fear, gasp, actually have to negotiate with Republicans.<\/p>\n
If the initial facts are accurate, this may be the worst yet.\u00a0 Senator Yee, a gun control advocate running for California Secretary of State, was allegedly caught in an FBI sting trying to make money by helping gang bangers get their hands on illegal weapons.\u00a0 Nice!\u00a0 Let\u2019s get the guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens so we can make more money furnishing them to criminals.<\/p>\n
The question I have for Democrats in California is: \u201chow bad does it need to get before you consider the possibility that you have a problem?\u201d\u00a0<\/strong> <\/em>There are currently 28 Democratic Senators in California and 3 of them have been either indicted or convicted.\u00a0 That is incredible.\u00a0 I am not pretending that Republicans are without sin, but Democrats have clearly raised this to a new level.<\/p>\nLet me be clear, we should not tolerate corruption in either Party.\u00a0 I doubt that this is really about Democrat vs. Republican.\u00a0 It is simply about power.\u00a0 If Republicans had this type of power we would probably be reading about Republican crooks.\u00a0 Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.\u00a0 Democrats are paying a very high price for having all that power.\u00a0 So are the taxpayers in California.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, California truly is the Golden State.\u00a0 Unfortunately it looks like most of that gold is lining the pockets of corrupt Democratic politicians.<\/p>\n
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