If you think this guv is bad ….

Pub date February 17, 2009
WriterTim Redmond
SectionPolitics Blog

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By Tim Redmond

And he is bad, one of the worst in modern history … just consider one of the leading GOP contenders to succeed him. Meg Whitman — who doesn’t want to raise taxes on the rich but doesn’t seem to have any other ideas about balancing the budget — announced in her first public campaign appearance :

“Californians can no longer afford the government they have. … “I will give them the government they deserve.”

The government we deserve? That’s pretty harsh.