I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
"I did not have financial relations with that man...Mr. Lay."
See he is a Bush Republican! He uses the exact same response that Bush did when dealing with Ken Lay!
Has Arnuld answered a single significant question or even been asked a single significant question about policy? The press treatment has seemed fawning on the whole.
No, he hasn't answered a single question about what he would do as governor (except "clean house.." Hello, McFly, that house you want to clean is filled with ELECTED officials, and they aren't going anywhere). Kinda reminds me of another unqualified candidate who was running, in say, 2000....
I'm sure that line, "I don't remember(recall) the meeting." will get the freeper fans of the Gipper excited.
Fair & Balanced Buckeye MYOB'
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A question - if someone besides Bustamante wins, does Bustamante retain the Lt. Governor chair?
"Bush Republican through and through."
Going to be interesting to see how those anti-abortionists respond to this. (The racists have become so practiced with the "wink, wink, nod, nod" of the GOP that they are probably satisfied with Arnie's heritage.)
I want to hear Schwarzenegger and Huffington debate, just so I can hear them argue with each other in those Teutonic accents.
"I don't remember the meeting."
They say that excessive steroid use affects the memory. But, then, he's the second coming of Reagan, who also had recall problems.
I've watched the local news here in SoCal since Ahnold declared, and have seen him dominate all stories on the recall story.
I've seen nothing about Bustamante's numbers over the last two days. This morning's lead-in to the recall story on local stations shows Gary Coleman and an adult porn star, Mary Carey, standing at podiums answering questions. Then a brief piece on Huffington and her ex-husband. Nothing, again, on Bustamante.
I'm guessing that if most people get their information from local news, it would seem to them that Bustamante isn't a contender. TV and movie stars, columnists, and large-breasted blondes are grabbing the lead-in stories.
The media decide what's important in this race, and apparently, Bustamante isn't.
I'm just wondering how the red-staters and the punditerati are handling the shock that, in a state that contains 1/8 of the US population, that calling somebody a "Bush Republican" is fightin' words.
Unbelievably popular pResident, huh?
It appears that Schwarzenegger is already trying to follow in the footsteps of Ronald Reagan even before he wins office: "I can't remember." "The dog ate my homework."
One has to wonder if Arnold is developing an early case of Alzheimer's as well.
"I don't remember the meeting." Now, that's funny. I didn't know Arnold was a comedian. I guess it's up to the people of California to determine how humorous he is.
"Total Recall", my ass.
I want to hear Schwarzenegger and Huffington debate, just so I can hear them argue with each other in those Teutonic accents.
Except that Huffington is Greek.
I want to hear Schwarzenegger and Huffington debate, just so I can hear them argue with each other in those Teutonic accents.
Huffington is of Greek descent - a definite Hellenic accent.
And I wonder, whatever happened to that Republican dictum that actors don't know beans about government and should stay out of politics ?
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/1...ion/
15THAR.html
A Land Governed by Film Stars
By SHASHI THAROOR
Arnold Schwarzenegger has farther to go than he thinks. He may become governor of California, but he can't become God. That privilege is reserved for the Indian movie-star-turned-politician N. T. Rama Rao, who played so many mythological heroes in so many hit films that fans built a temple to him.
NTR, as he was popularly known, traded his divine celebrity for the dross of office by founding his own political party in 1980 and romping to victory in state elections. That made him chief minister, the equivalent of a governor, of Andhra Pradesh, a state which then had 50 million people (California is home to a scant 34 million).
While the United States has Hollywood, India has a movie industry that may be lesser known worldwide, but is much bigger, producing more than 800 films a year in 19 languages and employing 2.5 million people — Hollywood averages about 200 theatrical releases annually. Film is the principal story-telling vehicle in India, a country that's still more than 40 percent illiterate, and the cheapest tickets cost no more than a quarter, ensuring action heroes mass adulation....
Bustamante can win if the recall succeeds!
I've been hearing some talk that if Gov. Gray Davis simply resigns before the recall election date, then the Lt. Gov. (Bustamante) takes over and, voila! - end of recall circus. Is this actually the correct format under Cal. regs? Sounds plausable, and if true it sounds like a probable scenario (assuming the polls still show Davis losing the recall vote when the time gets close). If Bustamante continues to lead, this tack would be hard for Repugs to assail ("subverting the democrartic process ..."), and would save everyone a lot of grief (hmm ... too late for that ...).
No on the recall, yes to Bustamante ... but is this the straight poop on a Davis resignation, and if so is he such an ass that he would turn the state over to the Republicans for the sake of his own ego (assuming he's still losing)?
Ken Lay's four-page plan detailing his "solution" to California's energy crisis can be summed up in three words: NO PRICE CAPS!
...but is this the straight poop on a Davis resignation, and if so is he such an ass that he would turn the state over to the Republicans for the sake of his own ego (assuming he's still losing)?
That ship has sailed. Davis had to have resigned before the recall ballot was officially approved for this scenario to work. If he resigns now, Bustamante will be guv in the interim and the recall vote will proceed. And yes, Davis is an ass. He would never, ever, ever drop out.
I don't remember the meeting," Schwarzenegger said.
Wow, a politician already!
Arnold isn't a Bush Republican.
He's a Schicklegruber Republican.
"...whatever happened to that Republican dictum that actors don't know beans about government and should stay out of politics ?"
Don'cha know ... It's OK, if you're a RepublicanTM
Of course, the dictum still applies if the actor in question stands anywhere left of the Genghis Khan far whackaloon right.
He can't remember meeting with the head of Enron during the CA rolling blackout period? Sounds like he's not qualified to be governor to me! Too thick, you might say...
Hard-hitting intrepid reporters could track down Ken Lay at one of his mansions in Aspen and ask him if he remembers.
Here's a jpg for your headline.
And, here's the relevant wav file.
Remember this: Ahhhhhhnold starred in True Lies, as well.
I'm surprised no one has brought up the line in Demolition Man, the Stallone/Wesley Snipes sci-fi/future movie in which Stallone the cop is released from "Cryo-prison" in the future and Sandra Bullock explains to him how "President Schwartzenegger" was elected after the 29th Amendment was passed expressly to allow foreign-born people to become president.
The movie is interesting for its subtle insights and consistency (like the fact that throughout it one can hear fines being doled out for swearing in the background.)
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