- Just one day into his campaign for governor of California,
Arnold Schwarzenegger is being called a liar, Hollywood opportunist and
con man.
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- And thatís just by fellow Republicans.
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- Schwarzenegger bungled his television announcement on
the Tonight Show August 6 by burning one of his supposed closest allies,
former LA Mayor Richard Riordan. Riordan was reportedly "stunned"
that Schwarzenegger announced on TV after giving Riordan indications he
would not enter the race.
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- Schwarzenegger claimed that he and Riordan agreed to
maintain suspense, which a Riordan aide disputed in http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-media7aug07,1,6506478.story
no uncertain terms. "This idea that we have worked together, keeping
people guessing and all this for the last few weeks is [ridiculous],"
the Riordan advisor said, adding that he knew what it was like to get mugged.
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- Only one day on the campaign, and already even Republicans
are calling Schwarzenegger a liar. Makes for a great Hollywood story, huh?
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- Schwarzenegger makes Reagan seem intelligent, Bush seem
articulate and Gore seem loose. He is fine for shallow, idiotic movies
where his most complex line is "Hasta la vista," but not for
governor of the largest state in the country.
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- In yukking it up with Jay Leno, the only reason Schwarzenegger
could give for running was because the Golden State had supposedly "deteriorated."
He showed no understanding of the complexities behind California's budget
problems, which were mostly caused by the Republican-controlled federal
government cutting funds to states and refusing to help in California's
energy scam crisis.
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- Moreover, Schwarzenegger could not articulate what he
would do as governor beyond "pumping up" Sacramento, whatever
the hell that meant. His announcement on comedian Leno's show would be
funny, if there was not so much at stake. Many in the mainstream media
are already calling him a formidable political force, if not the front-runner
in the race. What does that say about the mainstream media?
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- Schwarzenegger has no political record beyond organizing
a proposition for after-school programs - boy, that's going out on a limb,
huh? That's like Laura Bush speaking out for.....reading! Whew, these Republicans
take my breath away with their courageous stands on the controversial issues
of the day.
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- What does Schwarzenegger really know about running a
state? His Planet Hollywood restaurants crashed and burned. What does he
know about getting legislation passed or forging compromises with people
of different views?
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- Schwarzenegger says he has all the money he needs and
won't be beholden to "special interests," but what about his
own interests? What are his own interests? We do know that Schwarzenegger
came from Hitlerís home country of Austria, and his father was literally
a Nazi in occupied Austria. That should set well with the California Jewish
community.
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- Why should we trust this millionaire for an important
political position when he has no political track record? Someone with
all the money he needs can be a Perot-like dictator, not a politician who
has to learn the fine art of compromise.
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- If Schwarzenegger wants to run for mayor of Brentwood,
fine. But not governor of the largest state in the country, especially
one that is clearly on the Democratic side. It just smells of more Republican
dirty tricks.
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- Then there are the rumors about his extramarital affairs
and marital problems. At least Schwarzenegger has owned up to his steroid
and marijuana use - but he's still another hypocritical Republican who
goes around telling kids to stay off drugs, something he didn't do.
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- The great mystery here is: How could a member of the
Kennedy clan marry this dimwit?
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- Before we have to endure a political career that could
be worse than Reagan or Bush, we need to put an end to these pranks and
foolishness. We need to say, "Hasta la vista, baby," to Schwarzenegger.
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- California is starting to give Florida and Texas a run
for their money in the battle for the weirdest political sideshows. In
fact, Iíd say the United Statesí largest state has taken
over first place.
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- Since California was where Republicans started this recall
the governor business to divert attention from Bushís lies about
Iraq, the economy and everything else, we have to be proactive and take
the offensive. Thatís why I started a petition to "totally
recall" Schwarzenegger, even before he gets in office.
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- Rather than sit around worrying about what to do if this
Total Recall jerk actually wins the governorship of the largest American
state, go and sign this petition at http://www.petitiono
nline.com/schwarze/petition.html - you'll feel better. I know I felt
better after writing the petition following Schwarzeneggerís low-brow
act with Leno, who called the announcement "huge." I guess anything
on TV that doesnít have to do with snake pits and boobs is surprising.
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- These petitions are being done to turn the tables on
the Republican hypocrites who mostly caused the budget crises in states
like California through the Republican-controlled federal government's
funding cuts to states. The liars then spun it around as they always do
to blame those crises on Democrats and the victims.
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- The Republicans just want to take the heat off the Bush
administration's lies about Iraq and other matters by diverting attention
from those Republican scandals. Much of the mainstream media, which over-covers
Kobe and Schwarzenegger while losing sight of the Iraqi lies, has bought
the Republican lies, but you don't have to do so.
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- Jackson Thoreau is an American writer and co-author of
We Will Not Get Over It: Restoring a Legitimate White House. The updated,
120,000-word electronic book can be downloaded on his Internet site at
- http://www.geocities.com/jacksonthor/ebook.html
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- Citizens for Legitimate Government has the earlier version
at
- http://www.legitgov.org/we_will_not_get_over_it.html
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- http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/03/08/09_liar.html<
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