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Neumayr quotes "a longtime California GOP activist" who fingers Stockholm Syndrome as the culprit behind the stunning and complete turnabout for what appears to be many CA Republicans in their incomprehensible support for the joke campaign of the century. (Quite honestly, I keep waiting for the according bombshell revelation so this no-longer-entertaining interlude with the Interloper can end.)

In any event, I have an alternative explanation.

And bear with me: I am a Republican, so I mean no disrespect...

I think many Republicans have a little bit of residual class nerd sensitivities. Republicans -- for the most part, perhaps not including the neocons :) -- were probably the more responsible, striving and obedient students growing up and we all know what can happen to kids who are like that.

So, the scene is set: Davis won the '02 election despite how completely unliked he was. His opponent made a couple errors -- though not nearly of the severity and awfulness of which they are derided as being, particularly by fellow Republicans.

Now, the recall comes up. And lo and behold, the class jock is running and he's running under the nerd ticket!! The nerds can hardly get over themselves, they are so excited. Here is the opportunity to be aligned with "a winner," an "undeniably cool, hip guy."

So they are chomping at the bit. The idea that one of the nerds would be able to intellectually take a step back for even a second and question the "cool guy/ jock's" status as being representative of their beliefs is unfathomable. Nobody wants to say that the emperor has no clothes -- you might piss the emperor off and then he won't run on your ticket and you'll be stuck with nerds again.

Oh well.

Sign me a devoted nerd lover; not nerds who are nerdy for the sake of being nerdy but nerds who have an established value system and live by it.

And whose value system is something worth having in the first place.

p>I'll not be voting for Arnold, br> -- Liz Stinson br> CA Republican /p>

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