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Schwarzenegger Calls Democrats 'Losers'
AP ^ | 11/4

Posted on 11/04/2004 3:16:22 PM PST by ambrose

Schwarzenegger Calls Democrats 'Losers' Once 'Girlie Men,' Dems May Also Be 'Losers' In Governor's Mind

POSTED: 2:05 pm PST November 4, 2004 UPDATED: 2:26 pm PST November 4, 2004

LOS ANGELES -- Two days after the worst election defeat in decades for Democrats, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger referred to them as "losers" in response to a reporter's question about tax increases.

But even before he concluded his remarks, the Republican governor attempted to recast himself saying any tax increase is a losing idea. The governor's spokeswoman Margita Thompson also offered the same clarification only a few minutes after a Schwarzenegger's press conference ended.

But Schwarzenegger, who degraded Democrats during the budget fight last summer as "girlie men," seemed to understand a question about whether he would consider proposals to raise taxes from Democrats.

"Why would I listen to losers?" the governor asked. "Let's be honest."


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: schwarzenegger
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1 posted on 11/04/2004 3:16:22 PM PST by ambrose
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To: ambrose

Arnold's response was correct.


2 posted on 11/04/2004 3:16:58 PM PST by RetiredArmy (WE DEFEATED THE COMMUNIST KERRY! We Vietnam Veterans ARE Vindicated. We have our revenge!)
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To: ambrose

hehehe
Arnold rocks


3 posted on 11/04/2004 3:17:10 PM PST by visualops (Get your Viking Kitty patches at http://www.visualops.com/patch.html)
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To: ambrose

Are we seeing a new GOP? Are they growing a spine?


4 posted on 11/04/2004 3:17:31 PM PST by Lunatic Fringe (http://www.drunkenbuffoonery.com/mboards/)
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To: RetiredArmy
"Why would I listen to losers?" the governor asked

I would have loved to see the faces of the Dem legislators at that point 8-)

5 posted on 11/04/2004 3:18:29 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (We are going to fight until hell freezes over and then we are going to fight on the ice)
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To: ambrose

Well, they DID Lose.


6 posted on 11/04/2004 3:18:48 PM PST by nuconvert (Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
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To: ambrose

Uncle Teddy ain't gonna like that. He may have to sleep on the couch the next couple of weeks.


7 posted on 11/04/2004 3:19:02 PM PST by Godzilla (Four more years for President Bush, hail to the Chief.)
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To: ambrose

Tee hee


8 posted on 11/04/2004 3:19:04 PM PST by eddie willers (`)
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To: ambrose

Girlie man like to raise taxes to feel like they have a pair.


Arnold scores one in this new age of democrat smackdown.


9 posted on 11/04/2004 3:19:10 PM PST by Rain-maker
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To: ambrose

Arnold speaks truth re: lib/dems

10 posted on 11/04/2004 3:19:26 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: ambrose

... and girlie men ...


11 posted on 11/04/2004 3:19:34 PM PST by clamper1797 (This Vietnam Vet is NOT Fonda kerry)
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To: RetiredArmy

Amazing how the MSM thinks winning GOP'ers must listen to and enact the losers proposals...


12 posted on 11/04/2004 3:20:54 PM PST by Guillermo (OJ is innocent because Mark Fuhrman said the "N" word.)
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To: ambrose

I prefer "girly men"


13 posted on 11/04/2004 3:20:55 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: ambrose

Even Lumpy agrees.

14 posted on 11/04/2004 3:21:29 PM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: ambrose

I think Hillary or Edwards should run in '08 on tax increases for the rich and how we live in two Americas. Maybe even add universal health care to the mix. That would be a winning ticket IF the Democrats can just get their message out. LOL

Running on raising taxes is a ticket to defeat.


15 posted on 11/04/2004 3:22:04 PM PST by Hendrix
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To: ambrose

The outspoken California Governor went on perhaps a little too far in then calling the democrats "Stench filled vermin fecal masses who must be spit on... Regularly." I think that is indiscreet of Arnold, but maybe that's just me.
:-)


16 posted on 11/04/2004 3:25:01 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (Free Republic is 21st Century Samizdat)
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To: Hendrix

The more I see of Arnold the more I like him. He and I share little in the moral issues/cultural battle, but like Bush, you KNOW where this man stands, and he is even more blunt than Bush.


17 posted on 11/04/2004 3:26:20 PM PST by LS
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To: FormerACLUmember

Sure, he's brave. Too scared to campaign for Bush in CA. Uh-huh..


18 posted on 11/04/2004 3:27:15 PM PST by JesseJane (Double Dubya = M A N D A T E. Say it libs! If you do, warts will fall from your face; be HEALED!)
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To: ambrose

LOSERS!

19 posted on 11/04/2004 3:28:26 PM PST by shiva
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To: JesseJane
Sure, he's brave. Too scared to campaign for Bush in CA. Uh-huh..

Is that true?

20 posted on 11/04/2004 3:28:59 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (Free Republic is 21st Century Samizdat)
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