Posted on 02/23/2009 1:36:55 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
How bad did things get between Der Governator and his fellow Republicans? Schwarzenegger’s biographer, Joe Mathews, reports that he recently considered dropping out of the party altogether. It’s the latest blast in a long-running war.
A few months ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger and a few close associates discussed whether he should leave the Republican Party, according to two people familiar with the conversation. His friend Mike Bloomberg, the New York mayor, had become an independent. Maybe Schwarzenegger should, too. But the governor and his people quickly concluded that Californians already saw him as independent of the Republican Party. So what would be the point of a switch? (A spokesman for the governor declined comment.)
To people outside the state, Schwarzenegger’s recent battles with Republican legislators over a budget and his criticism of GOP governors and Congressmen for their opposition to President Obama’s stimulus package might sound jarring. Schwarzenegger once was “Conan the Republican” (the first President Bush’s nickname for him), a politician who declared in his 2004 convention speech, “I'm proud to belong to the party of Abraham Lincoln, the party of Teddy Roosevelt, the party of Ronald Reagan and the party of George W. Bush.” Now he is on ABC News saying that “it doesn’t really mater if you’re a Republican or a Democrat.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
LOL. I wonder what the ‘you have to be able to win’ folks would say if Arnold changed parties.
Herr. Schwarzenegger should just make it official.
The GOP is the one who should be having that conversation.
Why not? He had already joined them philosophically, he might as well do it with his identification.
Oh wait, I forgot. He was in show business and IMAGE is EVERYTHING!
Go ahead, make my day Ahnold. Don’t let the screen door ...
Arnold would have to switch parties to become a Republican.
Good, go, be gone.
GO!
LEAVE!
SCRAM!
and don’t let the door hit you in the @$$ on the way out.
...girlie man.
Arnold : doorknob.
Thats great because we’ve all considered him “switched” for years.
That would be appropriate. Democrats are responsible for California’s problems, so he might as well join them.
“Hasta la vista, RINO!”
BYE!
Let’s see, Arnold:
1. Never met a spending program he didn’t like
2. Favors special rights for gays
3. Favors abortion
4. Led a fairly hedonistic personal life
5. Personally loaded, but wants to use government to screw others
6. Probably hates Jews
Yeah, he’d make a fine DemocaRAT.
This is what comes from sleeping with the enemy for — what? — 30 years??
I don’t think it matters.
You forgot: Hates the 2nd Amendment but keeps a personal TANK in his possession.
Thank you!!!
sw
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.