Leamer: Arnold Still Wants Presidency

NewsMax ^ | June 8, 2005 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[calcowgirl]

His protestations to the contrary notwithstanding, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger still wants to become president of the United States, according to Laurence Leamer, author of "Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger."

"That's his dream," Leamer told the Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly Tuesday night. "He thinks the Constitution should be changed [to make it possible for a foreign-born citizen to become president]."

The Schwarzenegger biographer said Arnold's speech last summer to the GOP convention was the first step in his presidential campaign.

"He intended that speech to be so dramatically positive that America would say: 'We need this man to lead us in the 21st century.'"

Though Leamer's book is mostly positive toward the Governator and his wife, he noted that Maria Shriver's Kennedy pedigree is sometimes a problem.

Dissing Uncle Ted. "Arnold said, at one point, that the person he liked the least in his life was Ted Kennedy," Leamer told O'Reilly. "And a lot of Kennedys don't like him."

Kennedys resent Arnold's success. They're jealous, the author maintained, because Schwarzenegger is a self-made man rather than an "inheritor." "Their greatness is in the past. [Schwarzenegger's] greatness in now and in the future," Leamer said.

Arnold's old bodybuilding friends. "[Maria] doesn't want them around the house," Leamer said, though her hubby insists on keeping them close. Maria was none too thrilled when they were married, he noted, and Arnold invited his weightlifting buddies instead of Hollywood execs.

Banned by the "Today" show. Leamer suspects that the tidbits in his book about Maria and Uncle Ted are the reason she pressed "Today" to pull the plug on a possible interview.

"NBC gave her veto power over my appearance on the 'Today' show," he told O'Reilly. "I've got the e-mails that show that it's absolutely true."

[ElkGroveDan]

Yeah and I want to be young again.

[cripplecreek]

NO!!!!!

[SoDak]

Not gonna happen, Arnie. There's no way we slice another chunk of express intent off the constitution just to get a hollywood RINO into office.

[concrete is my business]

Lets see how he does as governor of California first.

[Czar]

So far, he has been a disappointment in California. Long on the talk, but way short on delivering.

I will never support a foreigner for president.

Never.

[Hi Heels]

Now now... can't post an article about him without a picture...

*snort*

[Politicalmom]

Ew.

[thoughtomator]

All he needs is 5 Supreme Court justices to do away with the Constitutional prohibition and he's halfway there.

[Hi Heels]

HAahahaha... Ain't that something? Looks like he's made of wax.

[Question_Assumptions]

The absolute first thing that he must do if he even wants me to entertain the thought of letting him be president is to publicly give up his Austrian citizenship. There is absolutely no way that I want a person with dual citizenship running the country.

[DTogo]

The Governator is California dreamin'...

[r9etb]

Leamer: Arnold Still Wants Presidency

Why a lower primate would care, though? And doncha think the editor woulda caught that typo?

[Radioactive]

Just say no to allowing foregin born people to be president.

For that matter...no to Tom Lantos as a congressman.

Protect the constitution...

No Arnold, you will not be abe to be president.

[BenLurkin]

The founding fathers knew exactly what they were doing when they excluded naturalized citizens.

BTW: (The only thing that has changed is that it is much easier today to get into the U.S. from nearby foreign societies. A Constitutional Amendment requiring two generations be born here before granting citizenship is called for.)

[calcowgirl]

[OB1kNOb]

As my dear daddy would've told Ahnold,

" Go spit in one hand and want in the other then you can have which one gets full first."

[clamper1797]

He can't have it

[Pittsburg Phil]

What a clown. Arnold would never even be governor of Ca. if he had to go through the normal political process of primaries, etc.

[socal_parrot]

While I wouldn't want him to reside in the White House, don't blame Arnold for wanting to be President. God bless him, he has definitely lived the American dream.

I don't agree with all of his positions. For the MOST part, he has kept the "knucklehead caucus" in Sacto in check. If Doofus or Boostmywallet was Gov., illegals would have drivers' licenses and taxes would be higher.