California dreaming: have the voters had enough of the left for now?
I’ve just started following the race for LA mayor, which features a rather unusual candidate named Spencer Pratt, whose previous work experience seems to be on reality TV. That doesn’t exactly sound like a recommendation, but there was a debate yesterday in which he acquitted himself quite well. It helps that he doesn’t really talk a lot of politician-speak, but sounds like a real person speaking common sense:
This particular exchange especially illustrates what I mean:
I’m not naive enough to think someone like Pratt will necessarily win. I hope he does, but the entrenched leftism of a place like LA is formidable. But I wish him luck. I’ve known LA well over the last fifty-plus years, and I’ve seen some of what’s happened to it.
Some of Pratt’s appeal comes from a series of campaign ads that have gone viral; not all of them are made by his actual campaign:
There’s also the California governor’s race. Could a Republican have a chance? It’s hard to believe, but there’s an outside possibility (the accent doesn’t hurt):
I’ll be in southern California in early July, talking to left-wing relatives. This might be interesting.
I’m low tech, but the audio of Neo’s links is always hard for me to hear. I don’t think it’s my PC at fault.
CICERO:
They are YouTube videos and you can adjust the volume as you wish.
He gives straightforward answers, in contrast to the “on the one hand, on the other hand” meandering answers coming from his opponents.
Regarding Mayor Bass giving those stats on ICE: I am extremely skeptical. Bass made a number of trips to Cuba as a member of the far-lefty Venceremos Brigade. When Fidel died in 2016, she gave a praise-filled eulogy for him. Then in 2020, when she was being considered for the Demo VP nomination, she stated that her thinking on Fidel had “evolved,” and no longer saw him as the greatest thing since sliced bread. I guess that being considered for the VP nomination can cause your thinking to evolve.
I recently talked w my cousin in Orange County. Born and raised in LA, she has witnessed the decline of Southern California. No longer God’s country. Which turned her and her So Cal family into Republicans.