Originally Posted by baddog

For some reason, a bunch of idiot Republicans here wanted to blame the electricity crisis [which was really part of the Enron fiasco] on Gray Davis. So a recall vote was taken. There were two votes. Should Davis be recalled, yes or no? The second measure was who should we elect if we recall him?

The Democrats did not really put anyone notable up since the party had to stand behind Davis. That left two Republican options, one of them backed by Kennedy money. No contest.

So, the people of California, in their infinite wisdom, decided that if we could have one actor as a governor (Reagan), that it could not hurt to elect someone that knew so little English that none of his roles included words that had more that three syllables.