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Josh at work Joshua Rosenau spends his days defending the teaching of evolution at the National Center for Science Education. He is also a graduate student at the University of Kansas, completing a doctorate in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. When not modeling species distributions or battling creationists, he writes about developments in progressive politics and the sciences.

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« Does Pat Roberts remember what he's supposed to be doing? | Main | Mission Accomplished »

Governator mocks folks from small towns

Category: Policy and Politics
Posted on: May 1, 2008 5:57 PM, by Josh Rosenau

Governor Schwarzenegger addresses insider trading tycoon Michael Milken and a few of their richest friends:

"…I always encourage the legislators in Sacramento, because some of them come from those little towns," Schwarzenegger said. "You know what I'm saying? They come from those little towns, and they don't have that vision yet of an airport or of a highway that maybe has 10 lanes. Or of putting a highway on top of a highway. They look at you and say, 'Well, we don't have that in my town, what are you talking about?' So they are kind of shocked when you say certain things."
I anticipate denunciations and a cable news frenzy shortly. At least he didn't attribute bitterness to these people; people whose houses are being repossessed while the school systems have to lay off teachers, health care reform languishes, and family members return from Iraq wounded or dead might possibly be bitter.

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#1

That's pretty rich considering the town he was born in had a population of about 1000 people...

Posted by: Dunc | May 2, 2008 10:10 AM

#2

Oh, man, that's priceless material, Josh.

Posted by: Farb | May 2, 2008 12:26 PM

#3

But we can only hope to get these small town people to worry about their carbon footprints... that after all is paramount!

Posted by: DaPrez | May 2, 2008 4:03 PM

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