Schwarzenegger invited to address conference of British Conservative Party

SAN FRANCISCO -- Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who earlier in his career developed a powerhouse international influence in action films and body building, now appears to be exporting a new Arnold product: a signature blend of California conservatism that has growing appeal to political leaders in other countries.

The governor's distinct political recipe -- melding bipartisanship, business sensibilities and a strong environmental message -- is one reason he has been invited to address the 2007 conference of the British Conservative Party. The gathering of 10,000 in late September in Blackpool will be headed by Tory leader David Cameron, the dynamic young spokesman for the political opposition to Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The news of the invitation came in a week in which Schwarzenegger's environmental credentials have been underscored on the national stage: he is featured on the cover of Outdoor magazine and Newsweek as an international "green" leader. He is scheduled today to deliver the keynote address for the Newsweek Global Environmental Leadership Conference at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

That's followed Thursday by a major speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City -- an engagement usually reserved for national leaders or top foreign policy experts.

"Schwarzenegger is what conservatives think the future is,'' says Gerald Dorfman, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and an expert on British and European politics.

In Great Britain, where Cameron's center-right Conservatives have been out of power since 1997, the feeling is that "Schwarzenegger successfully turned himself around. And they probably exaggerate Schwarzenegger's political power because they see this horrible failure of Bush (and conservative Republicans) more than Americans do.''

“’Schwarzenegger is what conservatives think the future is,’ says Gerald Dorfman, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and an expert on British and European politics.”

If that becomes the case, then I’m just gonna vote straight-ticket Democrat outta spite.

2 posted on 04/10/2007 7:11:02 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)

...a new Arnold product: a signature blend of California conservatism

ROFL! Oh, Carla! That's a good one! LOL.

3 posted on 04/10/2007 7:48:50 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)

David Cameron has turned the British Conservative Party into a bunch of tax and spend socialists. If that's British comnservatism, I'd hate to see what socialism actually looks like.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

4 posted on 04/10/2007 9:28:21 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)

You sure steamrolled those poindexters Davis and Angie. Arnold you brute.

5 posted on 04/10/2007 9:34:13 PM PDT by Ieatfrijoles (Incinerate Riyadh Now.(Request shot splash))

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