I’m trying to make the most of the awful state of political affairs in California today. For what it’s worth, I have fiercely maintained my registered Seattle voter status, so I had nothing to do with this madness. I haven’t ever liked California politics. I mailed in my Seattle absentee ballot last month, and cool things I voted for were passed.

But the current Californian situation is pretty ugly. That said, I’m trying to look at the positive side:

1. As I mentioned last year in this post, Arnold cannot follow in Reagan’s footsteps: since he was not born in America, he cannot run for President. Whew. Small victories, folks!

2. As I mentioned last year in this post, Arnold has experience with all sorts of degenerate behavior…pot smoking, orgies, etc. I’ve always thought it is stupid that politicians are expected to live some sort of chaste life, so I’ll take a tiny bit of satisfaction from the fact that Californians have said loud and clear: “We don’t care if Arnold has gotten baked and rocked out with his cock out.” (Let’s ignore the fact that Californians have also apparently said “We don’t care that he’s a woman-groper who hasn’t even served on so much as a school board or city council position — I saw his movies and they were, like, really fucking cool!” The point is that the republicans who bitched at Clinton now look like hypocrites, and I take small satisfaction in that.)

3. While I may not agree with the outcome of the election, it is sort of cool to see rogue democracy in action. Now, if only Tom Ammiano had been on the ballot!

That concludes any and all positivity on California state politics.