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/p> p>Lots of carping, complaining and otherwise on Mr. Neumayr's position regarding California's new Governor-elect. I enjoy seeing the rich diversity of opinion. Personally I too would have been unable to cast my vote for (R)nold. I still live with a stupid vote over 30 years ago providing me with David Obey's representation. I do, however, understand how it became (R)nold's race and not McClintock's. So many people just don't feel their vote actually matters and even if (R)nold was a less than perfect (indeed) Republican, he was clearly, very clearly, the lesser of the evils presented. Sometimes voters just gotta do what they think they gotta do. br> -- Roger Ross br> Tomahawk, WI /p>

George Neumayr writes: "It would be more honest if they just dropped the charade and admitted to raw power politics, à la Mr. Webster, instead of trying to browbeat conservatives not on board into believing that the election of a gang-banging Hollywood groper is a meaningful victory over Clinton Democrats."

Attempted browbeating aside (is that a felony or a misdemeanor?), Mr. Neumayr appears willing to accept the verdict of a defunct skin magazine and a tired old newspaper as to the guilt of the "gang-banging Hollywood groper." Many of us simply believe there is a clear difference in the evidence underlying allegations against the Terminator and the Internimator. This argument is in a terminal loop. Ultimately, as they say, it is a matter for the jury. It does not mean we are "Carvillian sophists" for expressing logical differences of opinion about the definition of credible evidence.

p>In any event, it most certainly would have been a victory for Clinton if Arnold had not won, because he was the only non-Democrat who had a chance. And a loss for Clinton has inherent value of its own, especially if one believes as I do that Arnold is a far better man. br> -- Robert Martins br> Alexandria, VA /p> p> PATRIOT ACTS

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