Re: Any Californians in the house?
Posted by Bewbies on
Wed Oct 8th 2003 at 3:23am
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ARNOLD WINS! This outa be an interesting term...
Re: Any Californians in the house?
Posted by Gorbachev on
Wed Oct 8th 2003 at 4:48am
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Chillin' in my igloo in Canada I forsaw that coming. Although personally it doesn't seem like it'd be that bad, he has good enough advisors. He's a better "suprise" governor than say Jesse Ventura.
Re: Any Californians in the house?
Posted by Bewbies on
Wed Oct 8th 2003 at 7:20am
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lol word... california may suck, but its all some of us know
dream of californiacaaatiooon...
Anyway... arnold made a big point out of lowering taxes and pretty much anything else to give the economy an extra leg-up. I dont remember EXACTLY what he said, but it was during his announcment that he was running for governor. "gray davis is in it for the money - thats all. I'm rich, i don't need anymore money! I'm in it for all of you. To fix all the problems that gray davis caused."
or umm.. something to that extent hehe. He's definitely the new reagan!
Re: Any Californians in the house?
Posted by KungFuSquirrel on
Wed Oct 8th 2003 at 3:22pm
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I remember seeing a quote a while back... not sure when... But it was about Arnold and other celebrities taking runs for office. The basic jist of it was that we've been dealing with the same people and the same political bloodlines for so long that the only way we'll see any sort of change in the political system is with outside candidates such as Jesse Ventura or Arnold Schwarzenegger... People who are unaffected by the problems plaguing current politicians. The money point is a good thing to consider as well - Where other candidates often have to spend at least a year fundraising, Arnold has to... make a withdrawl from his bank account. Wouldn't you rather have a candidate actually working on the issues than worrying how he'll be funding his next election.
It's true that being famous doesn't mean you know politics and are qualified to be in public office - but being famous doesn't mean you aren't, either.
I'll openly admit I'm not from California and I have no idea how Arnold will hold up in office. But from what I've seen, I do believe that his heart is in the right place. If he can do what he's set out to do, more power to him.
Re: Any Californians in the house?
Posted by Vash on
Wed Oct 8th 2003 at 8:48pm
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Even if he didnt win, "He`ll be back"
Re: Any Californians in the house?
Posted by Hornpipe2 on
Thu Oct 9th 2003 at 3:05pm
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Jesus Lord, what a joke this election turned out to be.
First they pulled their governor out of office, which has only happened one other time (1928) in US history. Then voters had to wade through 135 candidates (!) for the election, including Larry Flynt, Gary Coleman, a porn star who wanted to tax breast implants, and an artist who dresses in all blue and called his candidacy the "ultimate performance art piece". No wonder Arnold won, he's the only one who stood out in that list.
I like how voters mentioned that they saw him in Terminator 3 at the exit polls. He must be a great politician - I mean, he kicked that T-X robot's ass, right?