The American Spectator

br> Re: George Neumayr’s The Invigorator : /p>

Mr. Neumayr, unsurprisingly, speaks truth when he questions why “rank and file Republicans” should support a party that exists “only to raise a white flag.” I trust Mr. Neumayr implicitly to enlighten and inform me as a California conservative — that’s why I’d like some further analysis.

Arnold didn’t “do” it to the GOP. No, he’s not conservative. But, as Ann Coulter points out this week, he’s not Gray Davis, either.

In my last letter to the Prowler months ago I bemoaned the rise of “Kindergarten Cop” and his new after-school entitlement. I want McClintock — I just don’t know why no one in the party speaks for him, donates to him, promotes him. He has an articulately expressed, common sense plan.

After all, McClintock voted against the budget Senate Minority leader Brulte “negotiated,” raising my car tax in a very un-Republican way; that, after threatening each and every Republican in the legislature with censure and active anti-campaigning should they vote for a budget that — well - raised the car tax. And increased spending last year by more than $2 billion.

p>My question, then, Mr. Neumayr — how did we get this way, and how do we fix it? Do we shun Arnold, support the 4%-ers in the polls, then lose to Mr. Bustamante, a genuine leftist with $8 billion in new taxes he’ll admit to? While my boss packs the plant for Arizona? br> — Lee A. Tichenor /p>

So what if Schwarzenegger reaches out to Tinsel Town? Are we to wait for the grassroots populists to figure out who to champion? Don’t hold your breath.

McClintock has better credentials than anybody — but where’s the support?

Ronald Reagan was the people’s candidate. But he damn well didn’t turn down the money and influence of the Hollywood machine.