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Once Called 'girlie Men,' Democrats May Also Be 'losers'
Associated Press ^
| Nov 4, 2004
| Anon CA Stringer
Posted on 11/04/2004 2:39:55 PM PST by Pharmboy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Two days after the Democrats took at drubbing at the polls across the country, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger referred to leaders of the state's majority party as "losers." At a Thursday news conference, the Republican governor who branded Democrats "girlie men" during a budget fight last year was asked whether he would listen to tax-increase proposals from Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata or other Democratic leaders.
"Why would I listen to losers?" Schwarzenegger asked. "Let's be honest."
As soon as he made that remark, however, he tried to suggest he was referring not to Democrats themselves, but to their tax increase proposals.
Schwarzenegger qaid that Democrats had "lost every single ballot in the Bay Area" and that "the big spenders wanted to go with increased taxes, many different taxes and fees and all kinds of things and lost all of that."
"And in Los Angeles it lost. People don't want to be taxed," he said. He added: "Why would we go and follow a losing formula? It doesn't make any sense."
A spokesman for Perata declined to comment on the remark.
AP-ES-11-04-04 1705EST
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: ahnold; budgetfight; kerrydefeat; loserdems; taxes
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GO AHHNOLD GO!
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:39:56 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
To: Pharmboy
To: Pharmboy
Arnold calling out the spades as usual.
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:41:54 PM PST
by
Se7eN
To: Pharmboy
he didn't correct himself. He just lumped the "losing tax initiatives" in with the loser democrats. Good call.
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:41:58 PM PST
by
pissant
To: Pharmboy
We need more Arnolds in politics - people who say it the way it is and don't hide behind political correctness. At least with someone like Arnold, you know just exactly who you are voting for!
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:43:53 PM PST
by
onevoter
To: Pharmboy
You may not always agree with him but ya gotta admit, the guy's got a way with words.
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:44:14 PM PST
by
Syco
To: pissant
I hope bush helps arnie campaign in rural republican cali for the state legislature in 06.
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:44:28 PM PST
by
fooman
(Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
To: pissant
Arnold's fail-safe fallback line.
Ich kann nicht so gut Englisch sprechen.
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:45:44 PM PST
by
Publius
(Digital Minuteman)
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To: Pharmboy
Agreed.....DhimmiRATs ARE losers.
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:46:02 PM PST
by
Bombardier
(Scratch a Democrat, find a traitor.)
To: Pharmboy
Actually, given Arnold's upbringing with German as his primary language, he'd be just as likely to refer to a losing "thing" as a loser as he would to a losing person. Someone raised speaking typical American colloquial English would know, however, that ordinary "loser" refers to a person and only secondarily refers to losing notions or concepts.
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:48:12 PM PST
by
pogo101
To: Pharmboy
That's OK, but then the outspoken California went too far in calling the democrats "Big gay stinky piggies who need to be spit on... Regularly." I think that is indiscreet of Arnold, but maybe that's just me.
:-)
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:49:07 PM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(Free Republic is 21st Century Samizdat)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:49:17 PM PST
by
aught-6
To: Pharmboy
Vhy Vould I Listen to Losers!!!!
GO ARNOLD!- YOU ARE THE ONLY WINNER IN HOLLYWOOD!
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:49:59 PM PST
by
scottybk
(Asking Americans to vote for Kerry on defense is like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:50:02 PM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: Pharmboy
Hey anybody, where's the Michael Moore shot with his finger "L" on his forehead?
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:50:03 PM PST
by
Melinda
To: Pharmboy
That's OK, but then the outspoken California Governor went perhaps a little too far in calling the democrats "Big gay stinky piggies who need to be spit on... Regularly." I think that is indiscreet of Arnold, but maybe that's just me.
:-)
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:50:15 PM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(Free Republic is 21st Century Samizdat)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:50:28 PM PST
by
Callahan
To: Pharmboy
Girly Loser Men. Sounds an lot like Sore Loserman to me.
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:51:09 PM PST
by
69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: Pharmboy
"Taxes? You ain't goin' to raise any stinkin' taxes!"
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posted on
11/04/2004 2:51:45 PM PST
by
45Auto
(Big holes are (almost) always better.)
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