Daily Show’s John Oliver on California’s dysfunctional Initiative Process

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– December 6, 2011Posted in: "The OC", california, california budget, Fresh Juice, propositions

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This was too great last night, seeing the California Democratic Party’s foul-mouthed leader John Burton and the Inland Empire’s wild-eyed immigrant-bashing Assemblyman Tim Donnelly on the Daily Show, talking about our very problematic, “direct-democratic,” custom of government by referendum.  Check it out if you missed it:

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Tags: Amazon, california, california budget, Daily Show, government by initiative, government by referendum, Initiatives, john burton, John Oliver, jon stewart, propositions, Tim Donnelly

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4 Comments

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   Greg Diamond

   Posted December 6, 2011 at 10:47 AM

   It rarely happens that I can’t understand a bleeped word, but what was the word bleeped in the phrase “Tim Donnelly is an _______”? It seemed like it started with an “A” or an “O,” but it seemed too long to be the “A” word that I would have expected.

   Hilarious clip, of course. John Burton is foul but lovable.

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     Demagogue

     Posted December 7, 2011 at 8:51 PM

     I think he’s saying “arse-hole”.

     You don’t ever want to borrow Burton’s Kindle.

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   junior

   Posted December 7, 2011 at 7:35 PM

   I don’t agree with a damn thing that Burton says – but I like the way he says it.

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   Rapscallion

   Posted December 9, 2011 at 12:54 PM

   I’d love to see Burton moderating the Republican debates.

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