aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Hope for Arnold

I went to BlogACTIVE to learn more on the outing of David Dreier but instead found this intriguing speculation on Arnold from Rex Wockner:

...I’m mildly intrigued that Arnold still hasn’t vetoed the bill the Legislature sent him legalizing same-sex marriage. He promised to veto it, it’s been on his desk for six days, and there it still sits. Do you think—dare we think—that the TV ads comparing him to George Wallace, and the entreaties from Hollywood pals and Maria might—just might—have gotten to him?

Could he actually be thinking about his legacy, and wondering which chapter he wants to be included in? The one about bigots who fought the very last battles opposing inevitable civil-rights advances—or the one about minimally visionary politicians who were able to look a mere year or two into the future and see that that cutting-edge bill was just ever-so-slightly ahead of its time?

Knowing what I know of the Governator, I don’t think he’d be happy being in the George Wallace chapter at all.

Mike wants us to take action and contact Arnold. I’m hopeful.