I never thought I'd have this much respect for Arnold:

[mucifer]

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Aristus]

1. My internet platform doesn't support Tweeting.

Are you able to copy and paste it into your post?

[OnDoutside]

5. Here

@donwinslow
Arnold Schwarzenegger Offers to Pay to Reopen Closed Polling Places Across the South https://yahoo.com/entertainment/arnold-schwarzenegger-offers-pay-reopen-054241298.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @Yahoo

[Aristus]

9. Excellent! Thanks!

Arnold has come a long way since being the 'Governator'.

[AlexSFCA]

32. he was still the best republican governor

[NBachers]

67. Watch Darrell Issa cry as he's muscled out of the Governor recall race by Arnold: A soul-fulfilling

experience -

Issa'd pumped millions of his own dollars into the recall effort; he thought it was his Big Chance to kick Gray Davis out and take his office away from him.

[PTWB]

33. What platform?

[beachbumbob]

2. Arnold needs to appear in a few dozen pro-biden, pro-democrat political ads all over the south

[BComplex]

4. I wonder if the Lincoln Project has asked him to.

That would be good!

[beachbumbob]

7. or Bloomberg

[onetexan]

42. Has he endorsed Biden yet?

[ffr]

3. Me neither.

I hated him as governor.

[Grokenstein]

57. His treatment of California nurses was Trump levels of abysmal

as was everything else about his governorship. But if he's legitimately turned his shit around, that's terrific; Senator Byrd proved even the most vile turd of a man might change for the better. I sure wouldn't mind being able to watch Total Recall without the urge to puke.

[flamingdem]

6. Let's Terminate those Republicans!

Redemption for Ahnold

[Traildogbob]

21. Great one

Now he gets to actually be a real hero not just play one. I would love to see him fully armed with all the Expendables at polling places daring trump Terrorists to say something, decked out in WalMart Camo, military surplus gear. (All too chicken shit to have served)
Bravo Arnold. Bring the mini donkeys!

[not_the_one]

34. GREAT visual!

I hate to admit it but I enjoyed all the EXPENDABLE movies. Have 'em on b-ray. All the TERMINATOR movies, too.

[Traildogbob]

36. Me too.

Not Oscar type performances but damn entertaining. I love seeing bad guys getting asses kicked, want that euphoric feeling November 4th. Maybe Arnold can provide the one liners for that historic day.

[CrispyQ]

46. The Terminator, Commando, Raw Deal, Predator, The Running Man

The Running Man might be one of my fave movies of all time. "You get so pale in prison." "You have a travel pass. Now I have a travel pass." "Killian! Sub-zero, now plain zero." And of course, "I'll be back."

[padah513]

8. I appreciate the gesture

Too bad most of those places were closed by design. Just look at Georgia.

[Brother Buzz]

10. This Californian was never keen on Schwarzenegger, but I give him HIGH marks

on his post governorship war on partisan gerrymandering.

[mucifer]

11. yup and here is a video with Arnold quarantining with his vegan roommates:

[Brother Buzz]

15. I don't know about veganism

Given half a chance, I suspect Whiskey would chew my leather shoe. Lulu is a darling.

[Drunken Irishman]

12. Arnold is absolutely stepping up in his post-governor role.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

13. Whoa. Respect.

[sl8]

14. You might like this:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/arnold-schwarzenegger-youtube-comment-special-olympics-troll-response-a7649466.html

Arnold Schwarzenegger terminates troll who questions need for Special Olympics

[...]

Schwarzenegger wrote: "As evil and stupid as this comment is, I'm not going to delete it or ban you (yet) because it's a teachable moment.

"You have two possible paths ahead. Right now, I guarantee you that these athletes have more courage, compassion, brains and skill - actually more of every positive human quality than you.

"So take their path - you could learn from them, and try to challenge yourself, to give back, to add something to the world. Or you can stay on your path, and keep being a sad pitiful jealous Internet troll who adds nothing to the world but mocks anyone who does out of small-minded jealousy.

"I know that all you really want is attention, so let me be clear. If you choose to keep going this way, no one will ever remember you."

[...]

[llashram]

17. well, excellent smack down with

the potential to teach a mean-spirited person that they can learn and grow

[mainer]

16. THIS is where Bloomberg should be putting his money

He needs to join Arnold in keeping polling places open.

[Thekaspervote]

53. Bloomberg is giving 60 mil to flip the senate, several more to congress

Right now, Joe doesn’t need the money

[wryter2000]

18. Arnold wasn't so bad

As soon as he figured out he couldn't take everything to the "peeeeple" of California and get his way, he settled down. He hates Trump, for sure.

[Brother Buzz]

25. He was horrible until his pet propositions went down in flames...

and to his credit, he acknowledge the horrible defeat and said something like, "The public has spoken", and started governing closer to the center. Still a republican, but closer to the center.

[shanti]

28. He took money from me

and other state workers through the furloughs, $15,000 to be exact. He was voted in by the cult of celebrity. Sorry, I'll never like him, no matter what.

[JI7]

45. Yes.People thought it would be cool to have the terminator as Governor

that's why he won. But he was awful st the job.

[ananda]

55. I guess they thought Bonzo was cool too!

The cult of celebrity just has its own energy.

[Qutzupalotl]

19. He'll need to fund them directly

and not give the money to election boards and hope they use it as intended.

[Crunchy Frog]

20. I've been liking him for some time.

He certainly has no love for Trump or the extreme right, and has not been silent about it.

[Hekate]

22. And that's the truth. His PSA about fascism was a sobering gem...

That’s the one where he tells how he was born in 1947 in Austria: a “country of broken men, full of shrapnel and shame” for having followed fascism. For anyone who would listen, it was a warning to stop effing around with the country we have.

I like him very much as an ex-governor.

[UpInArms]

43. Thank you ... I had not seen that ... so am linking it here for others

[druidity33]

61. Yeah that was pretty good. nt.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

65. Thank you!

[yaesu]

23. I never disliked him, he made political ties, decisions that I disagreed with but he was never

the t-bagger full blown fascist type. Maybe he and other repugs who think his way can transform his party back to its roots and away from fanatical fascism.

[tblue37]

51. He also believes climate change is an existential crisis and just be dealt with. nt

[Azathoth]

24. Arnie was never terrible

His kind of Republican got stomped out about 30 years ago.

[Brother Buzz]

30. Arnold was terrible for two years with a horrible agenda

That is, until he crashed and burned in HIS 2005 California referendum special election

The California special election of 2005 was held on November 8, 2005 after being called by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on June 13, 2005. California voters rejected all eight ballot propositions. Propositions 73, 76, and 77 were initiative constitutional amendments while the others were initiative statutes. The election was believed to have been the most expensive in California history. Lobby groups spent hundreds of millions of dollars on gathering signatures and advertising for this election.

Schwarzenegger called the election to allow voters to decide on propositions regarding teacher tenure requirements (Proposition 74), the use of union dues for political campaign contributions (Proposition 75), state budgetary spending limits (Proposition 76), and redistricting (Proposition 77). Schwarzenegger originally proposed a fifth proposition on the issue of public pension, but dropped that proposition amid criticism that the proposition would eliminate death benefits to widows of police and firefighters who died in the line of duty. The four propositions that made it to the ballot eventually came to be known as Governor Schwarzenegger's Reform Agenda. The Governor claimed his agenda would clear the way for correction of the problems he was elected to solve

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_California_special_election

[crickets]

26. I find myself pleasantly surprised. Good going, Arnold. nt

[nolabear]

27. Good reason to avoid cancelling people.They can and often do grow.

[Evolve Dammit]

29. Shows how far the GOP has shifted and been taken over and in such a short time. 30's Germany stuff

[TruckFump]

31. Wow! Hats off to our former Govenator!

Way to go, Arnold Schwarzenegger!!!!!

[catbyte]

35. I remember when he was married to Maria Shriver, the Kennedys called him "Conan the Republican"

[PatrickforO]

39. Oh, that's funny! The love child, not so funny.

But Arnold paid for that - Shriver divorced him, and rightly so.

As to today's political continuum, Arnold might call himself a Republican, but these days Trump's base would call him a socialist, a communist or a marxist.

I've always liked Arnold. He's human. I mean, I'm 61 and have done some real stupid stuff in my life. I'm on my third marriage, so I'm definitely inclined to forgive any past peccadilloes and celebrate the moment!

[catbyte]

40. Yeah, Ahnuld is old school Republican, back when I disagreed with them on just about every policy

but I never doubted they were essentially good people who loved their country. Now, it's an authoritarian, fascist cult of personality ala 1933 Germany. Power is everything to them. And I'm sure most republicans these days despise him. The ironic thing is the republican party's journey down the crapper began with Saint Ronnie when he kowtowed to the Religious Right, giving Falwell, etc. actual political power. He opened Pandora's Box and now, even though they claim to revere Reagan, he wouldn't get past the first republican primary.

As far as his affair, meh. That was between him and his family. I couldn't care less. The only time I care is when these moralizing hypocrites try to legislate morality all the while having affairs and forcing their girlfriends to have abortions, etc. Arnold was never that brand of Republican.

[PatrickforO]

37. Good thing for Arnold to do.

Wow.

[Roy Rolling]

38. Arnold is genuine

He made mistakes, he tried to atone for them, his work today is beneficial.

On a personal note, respectful of everyone. As a producer on one of his movies,I went to set for lunch/business and accidentally sat in his “designated” chair in the catering tent while meeting with others. When he arrived, his assistants tried to rush me from the chair to avoid a scene, but Arnold arrived and insisted I sit in his chair.

It impressed me that he went out of the way to be gracious to a lowlife stranger like me, and I judge people’s character sometimes on how they treat strangers.

Arnold gets an A+++.

[bluestarone]

41. TY Arnold

[JI7]

44. Some People should just not be in public office but they could do ok outside of it

Also im thinking maybe Arnold has actually learned and tried to become better in life.

[Upthevibe]

47. Awesome!

Thank you for this post.....

[DemocratSinceBirth]

48. I met Arnold during his Conan days.

He is one of the few Rs I like. He is generally funny.

[Cha]

49. Rt!

[SunSeeker]

50. K & R & Retweeted!

[Mr.Bill]

52. I'm sure his intentions are good,

but having a private citizen funding election procedures doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

[seta1950]

54. WOW

I am impressed, if there’s such a thing as” impressed by a republican “

[TeamPooka]

56. why the South and not Swing states?

[mucifer]

59. Racism voter suppression and their votes should matter, too

They close lots of polling places and have crazy long lines

[BlueWavePsych]

58. Respect

[Laha]

60. I didn't need any more reasons to love him

I'm giving myself away here, but I wish I could be curled up in his arms as I fell asleep. I would never feel more safe.

[Starfury]

62. Glad he's doing some good now, but...

Just don't forget why he was governor in the first place. He was maneuvered into office in a special election to protect Ken Lay & Enron, after Gray Davis' administration sued the energy company for price gouging CA during an artificially exacerbated energy crisis to the tune of billions of dollars. As governor, Arnold settled those suits for a fraction of that and declared victory for CA.

[Mr.Bill]

69. Then he proceeded to add 43 billion dollars

to California's debt while in office. A mess Jerry Brown mostly cleaned up and left with a budget surplus.

The guy is an idiot and didn't have a clue how to govern. Not to mention his failure as a husband. For pete's sake, he had a baby with the housekeeper. Disgusting human being. An immoral moron.

[BootinUp]

63. yeah thats something! confession, always respected the guy for having

a lot of dedication and his own code.

[soldierant]

64. I'm not surprised that he is a "fanatic about voting."

Just as converts are often more devout than those born into whatever faith it is, so natural born Americans are far too often blase about voting. Naturalized citizens see it differently.

Even if their politics are not progressive - that can depend on a lot of things - they do value the vote.

[NotANeocon]

66. No matter what he does he'll ALWAYS be "The Gropenator" -

- and an ignorant prick to me.

[LiberalLovinLug]

68. This is great

I wish more of the wealthy who have benefited by, whether they wanted it or not, the Bush and Trump tax cuts, would give back for their country like this.

How about buying picture IDs for those that can't afford them, in Voter ID States?
Donating to buy new postal sorting machines, so DeJoy can't whine about taxpayers

[Roc2020]

70. if they are motivated trying to prevent people

from voting always backfires then and it will backfire in 2020.

[Wounded Bear]

71. Arnold gets a bad rap, but as a European Conservative...

he was never quite as RW fanatical as his fellow Repubs have become.

He has plenty of reasons to hate him for, but his politics weren't always that bad.