Meanwhile, in Missouri...

[Brisco Bold]

No. California style conservative
.

Fiscally conservative but socially progressive?

[Korian]

All he had was a bag of Skittles.

[Diff-chan]

Fiscally conservative but socially progressive?

No. That's New York conservatives. California conservatives are as far right as Alabama conservatives. In fact California was the birthplace of the modern right wing movement.

[Brisco Bold]

Really? That does not match up with my view of Cali or IP's politics.

Edit: Aw, jeez. I just got trolled. LOL

[Frogacuda]

A friend's friend on FB said something along the lines of white people not understanding because they generally trust the police to do their jobs. I know a lot of that is skin color but I'd be interested in seeing how TNL's political lines fall compared to the answer of a single question: "Do you generally feel safe around the police?"

No. Liberal.

I'm white, but poor, urban white and I often feel uncomfortable around cops. Not so much because I fear violence as much as general harassment or bogus tickets, and I haven't often found them terribly helpful when I've needed them.

But none of that really factors into my assessment of the case. I believe much of the officer's story but I feel like he used excessive force in responding to the situation. I don't believe he kept coming with 3 bullets in him like Terminator and I don't believe that because it's difficult to believe and doesn't gave much corroboration, not because of my political affiliation or my view of police.

[Diff-chan]

Really? That does not match up with my view of Cali or IP's politics.

That's because you don't know.

[Fe 26]

Fiscally conservative but socially progressive?

Yeah. That.

[Fe 26]

No. That's New York conservatives. California conservatives are as far right as Alabama conservatives. In fact California was the birthplace of the modern right wing movement.

Really? Where is this coming from? Arnold didn't seem that way.

[YellerDog]

Outside of the cities California is a red state.

And it's a really big state.

[Diff-chan]

Really? Where is this coming from? Arnold didn't seem that way.

Arnold was just a famous face they slapped on the party to get governor in a ridiculous clown show they engineered. The California Republican Party is really far right. Ever since an independent board set up districts (lessening the effect of gerrymandering) the party holds almost no power in the state because it's so extreme.