In a recent interview with Politico, California's Governor graciously offered to take the stimulus money that dingleberries such as Jindal, Sanford and Pawlenty (in direct conflict with the interests of their state's citizens) may or may not reject.
California, mired in a budget crisis of biblical proportions, could certainly use the money. So Schwarzenegger, revealing some of his former superhero glory, offered a deadpan quip worthy of "You're a funny man, Sully, I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last" status:
"Everyone has their own way of thinking," Schwarzenegger said of those governors in an interview with POLITICO at the National Governors Association's annual meeting. "I just hope they give me their funding."
Schwarzenegger supports President Barack Obama's $778 billion stimulus, but four Republican governors have said they may reject some of the stimulus funds.
Schwarzenegger, in the midst of an epic budget battle featuring a massive shortfall and forced unpaid leave for state employees, is exposing his underdeveloped inner Kennedy and displaying a sharp contrast with the GOP hold outs, who look like selfish, politically opportunistic cretins by comparison.
But the tragedy for Sanford et al., the poster-children for Republican virtues, is that 2009 is much different than 1994, and their cynical strategy will probably not play out in the upcoming elections the way they anticipated. In the meantime, brace yourselves for the unfolding spectacle of a Gingrich-Cantor alliance giving mouth-to-mouth to the universally rejected rightwing ideals in a futile attempt to resuscitate the GOP.