LAT: Far From Left Coast, Many See Schwarzenegger as Mr. Right

[DeepModem Mom]

Far From Left Coast, Many See Schwarzenegger as Mr. Right

By Joe Mathews, Times Staff Writer


VINTON, Va. — At the Roanoke County GOP's annual Shrimpfest, the subject was November's national election. The crowd and speakers were as spicy as the fish, spitting out fiery, conservative opinions against abortion, gay rights and restrictions on gun ownership.

But as these southwest Virginians watch this week's Republican National Convention, many said, the speech most are interested in hearing is tonight's address by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a self-styled moderate. That's because from afar, Schwarzenegger looks to many very conservative Republicans like one of their own.

"I like him. I wish we had him here in Virginia," said Polly Johnson, a 78-year-old retiree who sits on the state Republican central committee and helped organize the event this month. "He's such a strong conservative on the issues."

Schwarzenegger, in fact, supports abortion rights, favors a number of gun control measures and has said he has no personal objections to gay marriage. Asked about the governor's statements on such matters, Johnson said she hadn't heard them and expressed disbelief: "Deep down, he just comes across as a conservative."...


http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-na-arnold31aug31,1,1173996.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[hadrons]

1. Polly Johnson proves facts mean nothing to these 'morans'

[yardwork]

17. Typical chimp supporter

Reality means nothing to those who drank the kool-aid.

[Judi Lynn]

2. It just gives some Republicans headaches if their heroes aren't exactly

as they seem on the surface! It gets too complicated, getting in the way of working up a disoriented full head of emotional steam! Ah, cheap sentimentality, and hatred: the political lifeblood of our nation's dimest citizens.

Shcwarzenegger's upcoming speech, from the article. Should be really stupid!

Instead, he will stick to familiar venues during his three-day visit, the estimated $350,000 cost of which is being paid by corporations, including drug companies who oppose healthcare related bills that soon will land on his desk. He plans to visit a Harlem school to highlight his support for after-school programs, attend a tribute organized by the motion picture and recording industries and drop by a lunch for the California delegation at Planet Hollywood.

Trying to build suspense, Schwarzenegger has been tight-lipped about the exact contents of his speech. Aides say he has spent two months working on it with former Reagan speechwriter Landon Parvin, who was credited with Schwarzenegger's inaugural and State of the State addresses.

The governor's communications director, Rob Stutzman, said Schwarzenegger will "share what he's shared with voters in California as to why he's a Republican, and to give a personal story of why he's chosen to be in the Republican Party."

Schwarzenegger gave a similar address to the California Republican Party convention in Los Angeles last September. In it, he recalled seeing Soviet tanks in Austria when he was a child during the post-World War II occupation of the country. (Schwarzenegger lived in the British zone.) He also described how he left Austria and became a Republican while watching Richard Nixon's speeches during the 1968 presidential campaign.
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Poor bastards will have no idea what hit them. They'll just lap it up. Gee, he got in a kick at the Communists, and misdirected attention from the Nazis! Fancy that.

[FlaIndie]

4. Ahnold

Schwarzenegger will "share what he's shared with voters in California as to why he's a Republican, and to give a personal story of why he's chosen to be in the Republican Party."
The tax cut, man. The tax cut. The guy is worth probably a hundred million dollars, if not more. Except for having an R next to his name he is as liberal as anybody on the board.

[punpirate]

5. I believe the part...

... about Russian tanks in Austria was challenged right after that speech--there weren't any Soviet tanks in Austria by the time Schwarzenneger was born.

But, it's okay with the Repugs if he repeats it a few more times. Helps stir up the John Birchers in the crowd.... :P

[lazarus]

3. This part struck me

"Instead, he will stick to familiar venues during his three-day visit, the estimated $350,000 cost of which is being paid by corporations, including drug companies who oppose healthcare related bills that soon will land on his desk."

They don't even try to hide it anymore, do they?

[pinniped]

7. Impossible!

Pet Terminator said he didn't like special interest money!

But I guess it was only good for a campaign sound byte.

[tom_paine]

15. Sure it was. Just another total Bushevik Lie.

And no one seems to even care nor notice...

[Democat]

11. Democrats suck at pointing this stuff out

We let the right wing get away with everything, they let us get away with nothing.

[pinniped]

6. Hey Pet Terminator!

What about our Bay Bridge?

------Johnson said she hadn't heard them and expressed disbelief: "Deep down, he just comes across as a conservative."...------

Apparently they don't have news coverage on Mars.

[DeepModem Mom]

8. kicking for the Coast

[DaveSZ]

9. Yeah that's what he's about

tax cuts

He is liberal on most everything else.

[LibDemAlways]

10. Californians voted for Ahnold

because he promised to repeal the increase in the "car tax" - which amounted to no more than a couple hundred dollars a vehicle. I personally saved $184.00 which I'd have gladly paid to help more adequately fund education and health care. As it is, in reponse to budget cutbacks, my local school district put an emergency measure on the March primary ballot to raise property taxes to help fund the shortfall. It passed, but only because homeowners here understand the relationship between their property values and the "Blue Ribbon" schools in this district. The result. Every homeowner in the community will be paying an additional $170 dollars for the next four years. In other less affluent communities, the schools will simply suffer - because voters chose greed over the common good.

[nolabels]

20. He said he would do what the billionaires wanted, isn't that enough?

I never saw the corporate media whore themselves out like that before, but living through all the lies and white wash make you understand how they use it. Us Californians should warn the rest to get ready for a Yucky ride with Bushco and the GOP, they are all sick :puke:

Ah-nold teams up with Buffett

California gubernatorial candidate brings in billionaire financial guru to advise campaign.
August 13, 2003: 5:46 PM EDT

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday billionaire financial guru Warren Buffett has joined his campaign as an adviser.

Buffett, influential chairman of the financial firm Berkshire Hathaway Inc., will serve as senior financial and economic advisor to Schwarzenegger, a Republican seeking to replace Democratic Governor Gray Davis, who is blamed by Republicans for the state running an enormous budget deficit.

"I have known Arnold for years and know he'll be a great governor," Buffett said in a statement. "It is critical to the rest of the nation that California's economic crisis be solved, and I think Arnold will get that job done."

The campaign said Buffett would gather a team of "prominent" business leaders and economists to advise Schwarzenegger, an actor derided by Democrats as lacking the experience to manage a state the size of California, which has the world's fifth-largest economy
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http://money.cnn.com/2003/08/13/news/buffett/

[kskiska]

12. I guess they just like the sort of he-man who shaves all his body hair

and struts around in a bikini.

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. It means that he is "anti tax" this is the ONLY thing that really matters

Anything else can be sloughed off, its the money that matters.

[SoCalDem]

14. Gee whiz, Polly... I wish you had him TOO

:)

[President Jesus]

16. while the rest of us just see him as a major embarrassment (nt)

[donkeyotay]

18. like Diebold, dedicated to delivering the election to the Gop

from another thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x790105

Sacramento -- County election officials said Monday they will have less money to prepare for the November election as a result of a Schwarzenegger administration freeze on federal election money controlled by Secretary of State Kevin Shelley.

Some $15.4 million of the $17.5 million that is being frozen was earmarked for counties to train poll workers, make it easier for disabled voters to cast ballots and monitor election results

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More than $800,000 of the money being held by the Schwarzenegger administration was to be spent on monitoring of voting on election day, with $600,000 of that to police electronic voting systems used in 10 counties.

An additional $5.4 million is earmarked to help counties with electronic voting systems cover the costs of a series of tighter security imposed on them by Shelley as a condition of their using the electronic systems this November.

---more---

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/31...

[henslee]

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