That's not true at all! John and Ken interviewed the billionaire on KFI tonight that arranged the defeat of that measure!! Arnold just lent his face and verbage!!!
That man's story is "fantastic!" Much more so than Arnold's!!! (I just wish I could remember his name! Can anybody help me with that? He didn't sleep for two weeks and spent millions of non-taxdeductible bucks on commercials!)
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This guy: Henry T. Nicholas III?
That's not true at all! John and Ken interviewed the billionaire...
Fair enough. I know the guy you mean, and I know he pumped his own money into alot of ads. OTOH, the mega-rich guy who wanted his kid out of jail also spent alot pushing it through.
Let's say this: even with ALL the former governors of the state and a bunch of D.A's and other public officials speaking out against it, and even with a bunch of ads it was still looking to pass from the polls. Indeed, it was being reported as passing until nearly the end of the counting of the votes.
Notice that neither you nor I can remember that guy's name, though he bought alot of ads, (among the ocean of other ads), but it was Ahnold who spoke out against it at a bazillion events and on talk-radio interviews etc, stuff that was sound-bited on the news. And a 70% approval rated governator vehemently speaking out, in the news, saying stuff like "don't let dese criminals indo you' homes!!!" makes a far, far more effective message than all the rest of those ads.
So I agree that "single-handedly" is on the surface a ridiculous choice of words. But I stand behind the point that I think Ahnold was crucial in pushing this down, and that more importantly, and against the original point in the article, people will remember that he "saved" us from making a bad choice on this one. Id est, his power is anything but declining as a result of the election.