No, it's like saying he's a proponent of a healthy diet and eats a couple of hearty Big Macs with extra large fries and extra large cola five times a day. You can claim it is exactly what healthy diet means, but keep at it for couple of years and your look will certainly make it laughable. Exactly like Californian budget looks - both on state and local levels - makes claims of fighting waste laughable.

>>> Of course he's with the government employees unions, he has to live with them every day.

Having to work with them and being in bed with them is not the same thing. Though many politicians fail to see the difference, it is a known problem.