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Schwarzenegger to run for governor of CA.

Josey1Josey1 Member Posts: 9,598 ✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
Schwarzenegger to run for governor

18jul02
ACTOR Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared his intention to run for Governor of California in 2006. Advertisement








The screen star, 54, currently filming Terminator 3 in Los Angeles, said he was interested in taking on incumbent Gray Davis.
Speaking at a breakfast meeting of about 15 Republican governors Schwarzenegger said: "It (politics) gives me the greatest satisfaction - much more than going down another red carpet to do a movie premiere. To go and create after-school programs, help special Olympians, inspire kids to stay away from drugs and gangs."

He said he could imagine himself as California's governor, following in the footsteps of Ronald Reagan, who went on to become US President in 1980.

Politics is a family affair for Schwarzenegger, who is married to Kennedy relative and television news correspondent Maria Shriver. They have four children.

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,4724050%5E912,00.html




"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • Seth K. PerumeonySeth K. Perumeony Member Posts: 119 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Who better to loosen up California gun laws than the "Terminator" himself!

    Guns are good, Guns are great... please don't throw them in the lake.
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    Or is he just another rich, self indulging individual, that would ride his fame into power?

    "A wise man is a man that realizes just how little he knows"
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  • Gordian BladeGordian Blade Member Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Unfortunately, Arnold could never become President without a Constitutional Amendment ("No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, or a naturalized citizen who has starred in a Terminator movie, shall be eligible to the office of President..."), but he would make a great Governor of KA, maybe turn it back into CA.
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  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    I thought Arnold was anti gun, am I wrong? If so Im gonna kick myself because I had a chance to meet him last year and said I didnt want to because I thought he was against the 2nd ammendment and the individual right to keep and bear arms.

    When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Another foreigner who will be holding a public office.

    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just wants a taste of power,the movie Business has to pay much more than politics.

    Rugster
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  • muleymuley Member Posts: 1,583 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was thinking like 4Godandcountry. I thought he was like a lot of the western stars that preached gun control even though they made their living pretending with guns. Like Gregory Peck, Ed Asner, Dru Barrymore, etc. Could be wrong. I would like to be in this case.
    muley

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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm not sure, but I think he's the Republican in his family, mostly because he has a healthy interest in American freedom of enterprise. There are a lot of Republicans who are mostly into the economic side. I have no idea how Arnold feels about gun control, but I sure would like to. Trouble is, his stand in favor could be his weak point against Davis. Perhaps if enough Californians are tired of the oppressive gun laws there, he might seem like a breath of fresh "home security" air. I don't know. I think he'd make a decent governor, and I think his heart's generally in the right place. He's sure no cynic. But of course it's his self confidence bordering on arrogance that's taken him this far. If you have any doubts, go rent the old movie PUMPING IRON. It's a hoot, and definitely worth seeing.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • SP TigerSP Tiger Member Posts: 872 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't forget what family he is related to by marriage, the worst anti-gun family on the planet: the Kennedys.

    Better to have and not need, than need and not have.
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  • Norman DogNorman Dog Member Posts: 470 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Arnold puts himself forward as a Republican, but theres Republicans, and then there's Republicans. Besides, although a conservative governor would be a step in the right direction, it will take more than that to reverse California trends. The legislature will also need overhauling - even some Republicans in the California legislature can't be trusted (as if any politician is trustworthy).

    Veritas morsum, autem veritas est verus

    WOOF.
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  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    I was watchin Fox news last night and they were talking about this woman who was sueing the city of San Francisco to make them pay for her girlfriends sex change to make her into a guy. What a bunch of freaks. Man am I glad I don't live in that cess pool.

    When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
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  • dads-freeholddads-freehold Member Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    greetings, i don't know his personal stand but i know he hangs with the kennedys and is in a bussiness with sallone , who has come out as anti gun respt submitted dads-freehold

    rodney colson
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would vote for Arnie, just so at the end of his first term I could hear him say, "I'll be back."
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