As I mentioned on Sunday Arnold Schwarzenegger benefits from some very favorable media coverage - casting him as some kind of tough-minded leader, a moderate post-partisan man of the people.
We know that's not true - that in fact he is a deeply right-wing governor determined to destroy the safety net and public services. So how do we push back against the flawed media narratives?
It's time we started framing Arnold for what he really is - California's Scrooge. A man who delivered a huge lump of coal to state residents with his veto threat of the Democratic budget. A governor who after 5 years has left California in worse shape than he found it.
The Courage Campaign, in partnership with Donkey on the Edge and with the support of Cheri and Naren Shankar, put together this video of Arnold's "California Carol" - Arnold is visited by the ghosts of California past, present and future, showing him the error of his ways.
Unfortunately, California's Ebenezer Scrooge isn't going to have a Christmas morning change of heart and suddenly decide to provide funding for schools and health care. Not unless we the people demand that he stop cutting and start saving California by signing the Democratic budget deal.
We're going to deliver a holiday card to Arnold which you can sign here - a first step in pushing back against Arnold's media enablers, against his efforts to bankrupt California.
