Voices
BILL
MAHER
HUFFINGTON
10.13.13
AP PHOTO/REED SAXON
New Rule: Conservatives
Who Love to Brag About
American Exceptionalism
Must Come to California
NEW RULE: Conservatives who
love to brag about American exceptionalism must come here to California, and see it in person. And
then they should be afraid — very
afraid. Because while the rest of
the country is beset by stories of
right-wing takeovers in places like
North Carolina, Texas and Wiscon-
sin, California is going in the opposite direction and creating the
kind of modern, liberal nation the
country as a whole can only dream
about. And not only can’t the rest
of the country stop us — we’re going to drag you along with us.
It wasn’t that long ago that
pundits were calling California
a failed state and saying it was
ungovernable. But in 2010, when
other states were busy electing
Gov. Jerry
Brown, savior
of California?