GOP Ticket Bashes California…Because it is convenient

by Brian Leubitz

Mitt Romney is not going to carry California. Unless something drastically changes, and there is some sort of tremendous landslide (quick, do some superstitious thing right now), President Obama will easily carry California.  So why not get a laugh at our expense?

California is the Golden State, home to surfing, Hollywood and Silicon Valley, but it appears likely to become something else entirely for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan: a political punching bag. … (SF Chronicle)

The only problem with the California bashing? Well, how about the reality that California is still the home of Silicon Valley…wait for it, Sarah…

“When I think about the direction our country is rapidly drifting in, I can’t help but look at California as a cautionary tale,” Palin wrote to her Facebook followers. “The Golden State once boasted the entrepreneurial innovation of Silicon Valley – the American creative engine.”

Oh right, there it is for the reality star Sarah Palin. But where is Apple based? And Facebook? And Google? And Qualcomm? And… Get the point?  California is still the home of innovation. Sure we have our issues with a real estate market that still has some issues and a structural deficit that needs fixing. But if America is to really come back from the economic malaise, California, like always, will be right at the leading edge. To pretend otherwise is well, Palin-esque.