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Schwarzenegger: Throw Out 'Girlie Men' Lawmakers
NewsMax ^ | 7/18/04 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 07/18/2004 2:44:49 PM PDT by wagglebee

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To: wagglebee

I thought girlie man was someone who was a sissy or afraid to stand up to someone when being bullied, i.e. meek. Is this Senator now saying that homosexuals and women have no backbone or that we are weak? That's what she is implying with her politically correct speech. Boy, now I am offended.


41 posted on 07/18/2004 6:51:50 PM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: wagglebee

Listen to me nau undt hear me later!

... or something.

Some people need to have a sense-of-humor transplant.

Maybe Arnold has ditched his own "girly man" behavior of late and is emerging as the competitor Conan that I had hoped to see.


42 posted on 07/18/2004 6:54:24 PM PDT by pogo101
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Pete Johnson, a teacher from Walnut, "We got a raise this year because of Arnold, so tell those politicians to smoke it," he said

smoke it? smoke what, a "rod, a joint"?

43 posted on 07/18/2004 6:57:47 PM PDT by ma bell (Niti cemo se pokoriti, niti ukloniti We shall neither yield or submit.)
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To: ma bell

Well there was a phrase from eons ago which my grandmother used that went "So put that in your pipe and smoke it!" as a kind of tell off. The belief is that the idiom refers to the romanced image of a thinking or contemplative person smoking a pipe (think 1950's & earlier) so they're telling you to think about what they've just said, reconsider your opinion.


44 posted on 07/18/2004 8:54:16 PM PDT by newzjunkey (No more Floridas: Can "W" actually win this thing outright?)
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To: EmilyGeiger
I thought girlie man was someone who was a sissy or afraid to stand up to someone when being bullied

Exactly what he was using the phrase for in saying the Dems are puppets of unions & trial lawyers rather than serving *The People*. They're cowards who serve themselves, acquies in fear of the power of special interests, and work not for the public good they've taken an oath to serve. This has nothing to do with gays or gender and the common people know this phrase and its SNL origin. This strategy will fail against Arnold.

45 posted on 07/18/2004 9:00:55 PM PDT by newzjunkey (No more Floridas: Can "W" actually win this thing outright?)
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if they don't have the guts, I call them girlie men," Schwarzenegger said at a shopping mall rally.

Gotta love it :-)

46 posted on 07/18/2004 9:40:27 PM PDT by Tamzee (Flush the Johns before they flood the White House!)
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Heh heh. I think it's Fan-TAHST-ic. Love it.
47 posted on 07/18/2004 10:30:08 PM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again)
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To: goldstategop

homosexuals must be afraid of a purge of deviants out of government. (a good notion)

Just as the mayor of sanfanceeeesco drew negative attention, it seems the homosexuals advocates are in PR damage control hypersensitivity mode.


48 posted on 07/18/2004 10:37:55 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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"If they don't have the guts to come up here in front of you and say, 'I don't want to represent you, I want to represent those special interests, the unions, the trial lawyers, and I want them to make the millions of dollars - if they don't have the guts, I call them girlie men," Schwarzenegger said at a shopping mall rally.
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Sen. Gloria Romero, a Los Angeles Democrat ... "This is offensive for women. It is offensive to gays and lesbians in the Legislature because of the way that term historically has been applied. 'Girlie man' is a negative term. It is inappropriate for a governor or anybody to name-call someone who, whether he likes it or not, has been elected by a majority of people in a district to represent them."
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Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco ... called the governor's remark a "third-grade insult."


Are these Democrats choosing to be categorized with the "girlie men?" They could easily distance themselves from the label by working to finish/pass the budget.

If they weren't representing the unions, trial lawyers, or other special interests instead of all the people of CA, then they would have no fear of being associated with Gov. Schwarzenegger's "girlie men" category.

By complaining about the label "girlie men," these Democrats acknowledge that they have the corruption that Schwarzenegger pointed out, and they acknowledge that they are afraid to highlight their dedication to special interests. They fear Californians will see the truth to the label.


Great move, Governor!

49 posted on 07/19/2004 1:48:39 AM PDT by heleny
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"If these guys won't do the job, I'm going to announce each of you a terminator," Schwarzenegger said, referring to his well-known action film. "November 2 is judgment day. That's when you go to the polls."

I love this guy!


50 posted on 07/19/2004 9:31:05 AM PDT by votelife (Calling abortion a women's issue is like calling war a men's issue!)
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'Girlie man' is a negative term. It is inappropriate for a governor or anybody to name-call someone who, whether he likes it or not, has been elected by a majority of people in a district to represent them.

this obviously shows her stupidity..... such that her reply basically states that she believes that the system is perfect and that there is no need to question what our elected politician chooses to do, because the majority of us chose him or her. Her ignorance goes beyond that also, because the comment is comming from a politian that was chosen by the distrust in the system.


51 posted on 07/20/2004 12:27:02 AM PDT by speedy terminator
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