And one day in the not-too-distant future this will be your president

In a fiery speech to Republican faithful Friday evening, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ridiculed Democrats as wasteful spending "addicts" who have been taking "sleeping pills," and he characterized California's problems as stemming from "evil."

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The governor said the Democrat-controlled Legislature has refused to solve serious structural problems with the state budget and its political machinery.

"Now we are going to the source — right there where all the evil is — and we're going to fix this problem once and for all," Schwarzenegger said.
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The final solution.

"You know why they don't get the message? Because we are dealing here with addicts. Even if they try, they cannot stop spending money," the governor said. "That is why the people of California have sent me here — to be the outside intervention."

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After the speech, some Democrats said the governor should tone down his words and work to pass the 2005-06 state budget.

"Democrats look forward to moving beyond partisan rhetoric and working to balance the budget," said Vincent Duffy, a spokesman for Nuñez. "The use of the word 'evil' in a policy debate is the ultimate in partisan politics."

It's much more than that. Arnold is right, people are sleeping.

Schwarzenegger, who introduced his plan a few weeks ago, asked whether the Legislature was taking "sleeping pills" and said he was running out of patience.

The governor has said that if the Legislature did not pass his proposals and put them on the ballot for voters to approve, a series of initiatives written by his allies and endorsed by Schwarzenegger would be readied on the same subjects.

The Legislature has until April 29 to put something on the ballot.

"Now what we are going to do is, we are going to go to the people," Schwarzenegger said to big applause. "Let them go ahead and do whatever they want. The train has left the station."

Schwarzenegger began his speech with some rhetorical red meat for the conservative crowd, making a joke about the family of his wife, Maria Shriver. He said it was amazing that the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl again, adding: "It's great to see a New England dynasty that is not the Kennedys."

Do the Kennedys still let Maria come to family gatherings? Are the only Kennedys left ones who have gone over to the dark side anyway?

Stay tuned. Your ticket on the white boxcar to a camp in a remote area is being printed. I hear the manacles are quite comfortable.