Posted on 12/19/2004 10:19:41 PM PST by Chummy
Associated Press
BERLIN - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested in a German newspaper interview published Saturday that the Republican Party should move "a little to the left," a shift that he said would allow it to pick up new voters.
Schwarzenegger, a Republican, has taken an unorthodox approach since winning office last year - standing by a promise to toe a conservative line of fiscal matters while veering left on social issues such as gay rights and the environment.
In an interview with Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily, Schwarzenegger said that "the Republican Party currently covers only the spectrum from the right wing to the middle, and the Democratic Party covers the spectrum from the left to the middle."
"I would like the Republican Party to cross this line, move a little further left and place more weight on the center," he was quoted as saying. "This would immediately give the party 5 percent more votes without it losing anything elsewhere."
Schwarzenegger was guarded on suggestions that he harbors presidential ambitions, saying only that a debate on whether the constitution should be amended to allow foreign-born citizens to run was "overdue."...
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Was it this thread?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1245197/posts
Can you imagine how hard it must be for
an Austrian to do NewJoiseyspeak? (smile)
I hate to reveal my ignorance, but who are the other two buffoons?
Warren Buffett and Pete Wilson.
>>Was it this thread?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1245197/posts
YES! That's the one!
I now have it bookmarked.
Thanks for taking the time to find it. :-)
Report: I suggest Schwarzenegger move to Canada.
Yep. Thanks for posting! :-)
Is that the choice? Right, Left. How about correct?
I'd sure like to know when he's going to start being a fiscal conservative. $6 billion for $3 billion worth of stem cell funding was hardly fiscally conservative.
LOL. No problem. I do wonder how you are searching, because that is how I found the duplicates.
Try this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=schwarzenegger
By the way, you're not the only one. It got posted again after you, lol:
RINO Schwarzenegger suggests U.S. Republicans move leftward
Posted by Ol' Sparky
On News/Activism 12/20/2004 3:21:15 PM PST · 49 replies · 467+ views
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1305406/posts
LOL. My topspin will kill ya!
Have a great day! :-)
NAW! Tell me that isn't so! A Joisyite with a southern drawl? It has totally spoiled my day! Boohooooooooooo.
As amazing as it seems once you get past exit 3 on the Turnpike and away from the Philly/AC corridor we are quite the Southern Gentlemen, and much more conservative than the Northern part of the state.
The more I learn about Ahhhnold, the more I think he needs to quit calling himself a Republican.
I'm glad to know that. See what FReeping does for one? Thanks!
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