# CALIFORNIA the DUMBEST state in the Union

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-the-dumbest-state-in-the-union/206239>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 8, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-the-dumbest-state-in-the-union/206239 "2003-10-08T06:09:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-the-dumbest-state-in-the-union/206239/181 "2003-10-12T11:38:30Z")

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My one true love is convinced that Arnold is mearly a Kennedy stooge. She points to the fact that the NY Times photo the day after the election showed only Maria Shriver shaking hands with the constituents after the win, with Arnold nowhere to be seen.

My one true love is brilliant, but she can be a little nuts, too.

However, a Boston real estate developer just bought the Dodgers…

They have the Governor, they have the Dodgers. Maybe Mass. folks finally decided that they have shitty weather and have resolved to take over a western state?? Maybe Arnold will try to rename us West Massachusetts.

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**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-the-dumbest-state-in-the-union/206239/182 "2003-10-12T13:14:18Z")

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So what if our new Governor is republican? Does that mean that Californians will look at GWB differently now? That they will find him more palatable

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When Arnold is standing on the podium next to W with his arm around his shoulder and calling him a great man and a great president who he supports totall - don’t think he won’t do that; he owes favors now - , you’re goddamn right that many of them will. It’s just a game of numbers; and there’s clearly plenty of voters in CA these days who can be fooled some of the time.

The sex thing is just a bunch of junior high school chatter, drowning out stuff like Arnold’s relations with Enron.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-the-dumbest-state-in-the-union/206239/183 "2003-10-13T08:01:51Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Voodoochile \*  
> [BAll of this is necessary of course because the Greens are the Morally Superior party; just ask them, theyll tell you. How could they not be, just look at the face of their guru, er, leader, Nader and is poor tortured soul. Like a fucking Jesuit, a martyr for the Cause. \*\*

He can’t help his face; he has a muscular degenerative disorder.

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