Schwarzenegger Jabs at Bustamante, Invokes Reagan

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Schwarzenegger Jabs at Bustamante, Invokes Reagan
By REUTERS


Filed at 9:12 p.m. ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With polls suggesting that California's recall election had become a two-man race between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, the film star took jabs on Monday at his Democratic rival.<snip>

``People just have to understand that when you think of Gray Davis you have to think at the same time of Bustamante,'' Schwarzenegger told San Diego-based radio host Roger Hedgecock on KOGO 600 AM. ``It's like one newspaper pointed out: Bustamante is Gray Davis with a receding hairline and a mustache.''

<snip>``Bustamante and Davis have been overspending, overtaxing, and over-regulating,'' Schwarzenegger, a Republican, said in an interview on a separate radio show with host Hugh Hewitt. ``They spent too much money and they go now and want to tax people to punish them for (politicians') mistakes.''

<snip>``I will give power back to the people,'' he told Hedgecock. ``Remember what Ronald Reagan said: This is America, a shining city on the hill.'' .....``I don't need the president to come out here or anyone else. You can't pull the wool over anyone's eyes. They know what Gray Davis has done and what Cruz Bustamante has done.''