Recall Derangement Syndrome

The latest signature count is 1,689,000, and Recall opponents are beginning to “close ranks” to try to head off this extraordinary citizens’ movement.

Their arguments are increasingly deranged, combining a disdain for both logic and democracy. If I were still teaching high school debate, I might use them as a lesson plan on the fallacies of argumentation.

• Several opponents have adopted a talking point that the Recall is a “distraction.” That would be a reason never to have elections at all.

• Other Newsom allies are claiming the Recall would “overturn a democratic election.” We actually don’t elect people for life in this country.

• A State Senator leading the anti-Recall charge says their strategy is “all about reducing signatures.” That sounds a lot like voter suppression.

• The Newsom camp also insists that a Recall election would cost too much. It would cost about a quarter of a percent what the EDD fraud he’s allowed has cost us.

California’s lieutenant governor called the Recall a “quirky” procedure to “slip” a new Governor in. I imagine this is how British aristocrats spoke of the pesky American colonists, with their quirky notions of freedom and self-government.

What’s most telling is almost everyone is attacking the process rather than trying to defend Newsom. One outspoken Recall opponent even called the signature sheets “poisonous petitions.” (You can imbibe a vile of poison yourself at RecallGavin2020.com/petition)

The most common anti-Recall talking point is we should just wait until 2022 to vote Newsom out. That would conveniently allow him two more years to to abuse the public trust, something we simply cannot afford. More kids remain out of school here than anywhere else. California is the only state still shutting down restaurants, museums, and so much more.

I happen to think a Recall election this year is ideal timing, as the people of California could then weigh in again the following year and throw out any legislators who hadn’t caught on that the era of corruption is over. This would assure the Recall is not a one-off event but a fundamental course correction with lasting significance, forcing a brilliant dawn out of the darkness of this past year.

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