[Osx-nutters] Re: Universal healthcare for California

[rogerhoward at rogerroger.org]

On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:38 AM, LuKreme wrote:

> On 9-Jan-2007, at 01:09, Matt Johnston wrote:
>> In an astounding move today, California's "Governator" "proposed  
>> to extend health coverage to nearly all of California's 6.5  
>> million uninsured people, promising to spread the cost among  
>> businesses, individuals, hospitals, doctors, insurers and  
>> government." He's a Republican right?
>
> Well, he's not a REAL Republican, obviously.  I mean, he's a  
> Kennedy, how Republican can he be?

It could be argued that he is... he's obviously conservative, but he  
seems willing to address major problems like healthcare outside the  
usual Dem-GOP dichotomy. Frankly I'm fairly impressed with him at  
this point; his first year was rocky, but I think he's come a long  
way. I always admired the guy, before he entered politics - I always  
tuned in when he was on Howard Stern for instance. So far he seems  
pretty independent from his party - the GOP in California can be  
pretty rabid and I'm certain he's not winning many friends in Orange  
County.

>> Didn't he also support same sex partnerships?
>
> And He's Pro-Choice, iirc.

He is...

As for same-sex marriage, it's a shame he hasn't stood up for that.  
It's the one area I think he has shown some ability to be compromised  
by politics as I've little doubt where he stands. I think the real  
problem on that issue is it's such a wedge that it seems virtually  
any politician, perhaps outside of SF, who stands up for it will be  
run out of office in a blink. If he'd at least push a strong domestic  
partnership law that gives full equivalence - in fact, simply unites  
homo and hetero marriages under the same law, and leaves marriage for  
the churches - he'd be a hero. He could be the one governor who could  
get it done.

And yes, he's still the Governator. Oy.

-Rh