Posted on 08/15/2005 9:42:33 AM PDT by LouAvul
It's been a year and a half since Californians recalled their governor, Gray Davis, and elected Arnold Schwarzenegger to replace him.
When Correspondent Morley Safer first reported on this story last October, Gov. Schwarzenegger (The Governator, as some called him) was riding high.
His straight talk, his promise to balance the state budget, and the sheer, unpolitical way he seemed to practice the art of politics seemed to have endeared him to the electorate.
Well, the honeymoon seems to be over. In a recent poll, Schwarzenegger's approval rating had dropped to 37 percent.
Californians are no longer amused by his macho-man approach. And he's feeling a touch of the Gray Davis disease, backtracking on a number of his pet projects.
But barely six months ago, Schwarzenegger was on top of the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why did he do it? Had he become bored, fed up with acting?
"All of a sudden, I realized that, you know, I’ve done this. I’ve gotten to the top. I have done huge action movies. I’ve done all of those different things," says Schwarzenegger.
"So I said to myself, you know, 'I'm tired of the same things.' You know. Jumping over car hoods at three in the morning. And then going up to someone and says, 'I'm back.' You know and then blow him away or something. So all of this is great. But I mean, eventually it gets old."
Leaving the fantasy of Hollywood for the buttoned-down world of politics in Sacramento was not all that big a step. Both places have big egos. Both spend big money, and both are often economical with the truth. In politics, stardom works – but only up to a point.
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1. It takes a small miracle to get a Republican elected to statewide office in the first place in California
2. The state had real financial problems that any governor was going to get hit with.
3. Belt tightening is never popular with the masses
and perhaps most importantly - he can't run for President - he has taken on a big job that will take time.
Not US born. Cannot, should not become president.
> Not US born. Cannot, should not become president.
It "merely" requires changes to the Constitution.
Most Republicans (and the entire NRA) would oppose it
precisely to keep this RINO from becoming POTUS.
Democrats would only support it if accompanied by a
lifting of the POTUS term limits, so Bubba could run
again.
It's dead, Jim.
A snowball's chance in global warming...
This country needs A REAL CONSERVATIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE DESPERATELY... that leaves Arnie out on many counts. Forget about it.
I agree. I don't know why this subject keeps raising its ugly head on this forum. It's a fait accompli. Furthermore, Arnold's having trouble cutting the California mustard, let along licking the jar.
He can become, AFAIAC, President of Austria.
"You know."
The Governator could be in Congress, but he is not qualified for Pres.
He hasn't got a snowballs chance in h@ll of getting my vote, even if they change the constitution.
LeninaHuxley: I have, in fact, perused some newsreels in the Schwartzenegger Library.
JohnSpartan: Hold it. The Schwartzenegger Library?
LeninaHuxley: Yes. The Schwartzenegger Presidential Library. Wasn't he an actor when you...
JohnSpartan: But how? He was President?
LeninaHuxley: Yes! Even though he wasn't born in this country, his popularity at the time caused the 61st Amendment which states...
JohnSpartan: I don' wanna know. President.
No thank you
Arnold has every job in America open to him.
Save one. Well, two, actually.
He may not be elected to the position of President or Vice-President of the United States. He may be appointed to any Constitutional office, and upon confirmation, take that job.
Could you imagine him as, say, Secretary of State, walking into an important international meeting, with a double-barreled pistol-grip shotgun, with chambers open, bringing the weapon up with a snap closing the loaded chambers, then announcing, "Let's talk."
I guess I have just watched too many action movies.
I kind of like the idea of him at a press conference, wearing the gargoyles, leaning toward some NYT reporter who asked another loaded stupid question and saying, "your pants...give them to me".
"Not US born. Cannot, should not become president."
--- Only takes 5 lawyers in robes to rule that the Constitution is unconstitutional.
They have before (McCain - Finegold Repeal of the 1st Amendment).
"Not US born. Cannot, should not become president."
As much as i like Arnold i wholeheartedly agree.
I never understood why its Constitutional for a naturalized citizen to serve in an appointed position that is in the line of succession. Should it occur (highly unlikely) that all the people above said appointee are unable to perform the job, do they become President anyway, or are they passed over to the next one person on the list?
Schwarzenegger? President? NO.
and number four -
the barrage of state employee union's anti-Schwarzenegger advertisements on TV in this state
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