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Posted on 10/02/2003 3:22:00 PM PDT by Theodore R.
Schwarzenegger Candidacy Proves Republican Party's Lack of Commitment To Conservatism
By Chuck Baldwin
Food For Thought From The Chuck Wagon October 3, 2003 If there is anyone left who truly believes the Republican Party is committed to genuine conservative principles, the candidacy of bodybuilder/actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to be California's next governor should be enough to set the record straight.
Despite Schwarzenegger's extreme liberal views, he has won praise from Republicans nationwide. On virtually every issue worth noting, Schwarzenegger comes down on the left side of the page.
Schwarzenegger is pro-abortion, pro-homosexual rights, pro-gun control, pro-green, and pro-illegal immigration. He even said that Clinton's impeachment made him "ashamed" to call himself a Republican.
Furthermore, Schwarzenegger's immoral escapades make even Bill Clinton look unsoiled. He once bragged in an Oui magazine interview about participating in sex orgies, not to mention his repeated admissions of drug use.
In spite of his personal and philosophical discrepancies, Schwarzenegger has received accolades from notable conservatives such as Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and Pat Robertson, not to mention practically the entire national Republican hierarchy.
Writing for The New York Times, Frank Rich correctly observed, "It is hilarious to watch conservatives, the same conservatives who often decry phony Hollywood liberals and their followers, betray their own inviolate principles to bask in Arnold's hulking movie- star aura so that they might possibly gain a nominal Republican victory in the bargain."
By supporting a liberal such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republicans demonstrate that they have no real loyalty to conservative principles. Beyond that, by supporting Schwarzenegger, they have turned their backs on a true conservative gubernatorial candidate, Tom McClintock.
However, people who are paying attention know that this is the rule, not the exception, for the Republican Party. In race after race, Republican heavyweights will throw their support behind a liberal candidate and will starve out a conservative candidate. This is not an accident or a coincidence. It is the party's plan A. The Republican Party no more desires conservatives in political office than the Democratic Party does, and people who think otherwise are only deceiving themselves.
At some point, conservatives must awaken to the reality that they do not have a political party in Washington, D.C., that represents them. They must, at some point, be willing to abandon the Republican Party and unite around a party and a candidate that will courageously and consistently promote their principles. Can I get a second for Judge Roy Moore and the Constitution Party?
© Chuck Baldwin
"What I saw in Austria made me anti-communist. What I saw in California made me a free-enterprise, fiscally conservative Republican. Republican principles are what built California into the Golden State.
”I came to America 35 years ago as an immigrant. By working playing by the rules, my immigrant dreams came true. I want other people to have the same chances, the same opportunities. I am a Republican because of what Ronald Reagan said – government bureaucrats can never substitute for millions of individuals working night and day to make their dreams come true.
”That's what being a Republican means.
”Let me tell you what being a conservative means to me.
”I'm a conservative because I believe communism is evil and free enterprise is good.
”I'm a conservative because Milton Friedman is right and Karl Marx was wrong.
”I'm a conservative because I believe the government serves the people; the people don't serve the government.
”I'm a conservative because I believe in balanced budgets, not budget deficits.
”I'm a conservative because I believe the money that people earn is their money – not the government’s money.
”And when you look at this driver's license outrage, I'm a conservative because I believe in the rule of law not in political pandering. The driver's license issue is not about race; it's about law. It's about a fair playing field. It's about living by the rules.
”That's why people come to this country – because our laws mean something.
”As governor, I promise you – our laws will mean something.”
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As we've predicted, the anti-Arnold crowd is preparing to shift it's sights back onto President Bush.
Now, the news program that this commercial was in the middle of quoted a Democratic demonstrator at his Orange County Rally that Ahrnold is against a "Woman's Right to choose."
Which is it?
That is correct and many of us already are painfully aware of it.
I may not vote Republican at all, anymore. I may just vote for independents who share my conservative philosophy. Government never gets smaller when Republicans are elected and conservatives are mocked by the party.
The public schools in California are GUARANTEED a percentage of the state budget, by constitutional amendment voted by the people of the state. No one could unilaterally defund the public school system.
Personally, I vote AGAINST every school bond measure that gets dumped in front of the voters, because I consider the public schools a colossal failure (we home-schooled our kids as a result), in the hope that the public school system will collapse for lack of funds, giving us the opportunity to start over again, but even I realize that your statement is ludicrious.
Yes. All Californians agree that serial groping is the major problem confronting the state.
It's whatever Arnold's opponents want it to be. Hillary calls Arnold a "right winger," and then the puritans on FreeRepublic call him a "left winger." The extremes on both ends of the spectrum have marginalized themselves, as it should be, and as a result, Arnold will win.
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