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Schwarzenegger is a bad choice

Thank God that the California recall elections are over because if California undergoes any more humiliation, we don’t think the media can handle it.
The reason for having a recall election in the first place is confusing. First, Davis was re-elected for his second term, and then, after hardly starting it, the vote is recalled, and he is ousted.

And by whom? The Terminator, whose political platform is as underdeveloped as his last movie?

Perhaps the options were just too overwhelming for the complex issues Californians are debating. When you have a line of such politically knowledgeable candidates — actor Gary Coleman (I); adult film actress Mary Cook (I); publisher Larry Flynt (D) — it must have been very difficult to make a good choice.

Though the election results hardly come as a surprise, the media’s role in coverage has been appalling. The media badgered Schwarzenegger with outdated accusations of sexual harassment and Hitler-loving instead of truly sticking it to him with tough political questions.

The issues and the answers, his experience and his agenda were important points of debate that barely made the front page. Schwarzenegger’s ineptitude was handed to them on a platter, and they opted for cheap tricks.

The California decision sends a message about what kind of character we desire in our political leaders. In this case, it seems the flash and sparkle of stardom has blinded the voters from what is imperative to the state.

However, the media, the “watchdogs of the government,” seem to have fallen under the same spell.