Posted on 10/19/2005 12:41:24 PM PDT by RonDog
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Oct 19, 2005 9:28 am US/Pacific
Governor Schwarzenegger To Avoid Bush -- Again
(AP) LOS ANGELES At the Republican National Convention last year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger couldn't say enough good things about President Bush. But lately, it looks like he's trying to avoid him.
The president will visit California this week for the second time since August, but he and the Republican governor are not expected to see each other - in public or private - for the second consecutive time.
CBS 5 Special Election Headquarters
With the Nov. 8 special election looming, Schwarzenegger is trying to court independents and Democrats to support a string of his ballot proposals - two groups of voters that polls show loath the Republican president.
"Unless President Bush is coming to California to hand over a check from the federal government to help us with the financial challenges we face, the visit seems ill timed," said Karen Hanretty, a spokeswoman for the state Republican Party.
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a political scientist at the University of Southern California, said the president could turn off voters Schwarzenegger needs to supplement his Republican base on Election Day. Polls have shown some of the proposals lagging at a time when the governor's own popularity has hit an all-time low.
Schwarzenegger's office has told the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley he will not attend Friday's dedication ceremony for an exhibit featuring a Boeing 707 that carried seven presidents."We have a very busy campaign schedule," said Todd Harris, a spokesman for Schwarzenegger's campaign.
The governor is also skipping a Republican National Committee fundraiser at a private home in Los Angeles on Thursday. Bush will be at both events.
The governor is pushing ballot initiatives that would cap state spending, strip lawmakers of the power to draw political boundaries, lengthen the probationary period for teachers from two years to five and force public employee unions, such as those representing teachers, firefighters and prison guards, to seek written permission from members before using dues for political purposes.
Bush last made a swing through the state in August, when he stopped in Rancho Cucamonga and San Diego. Schwarzenegger was conspicuously absent.
It's no secret that California is not Bush country. The president lost the state to Democrat John Kerry in the 2004 presidential race and to Vice President Al Gore in 2000.
Recent polls also show Bush's job approval ratings, nationally, are at an all-time low, his image battered by the war in Iraq and the government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina. Meanwhile, a grand jury is investigating whether a crime was committed when presidential adviser Karl Rove, fellow White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and possibly others in government leaked information blowing the cover of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame, the wife of Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson.
Schwarzenegger had nothing but praise for Bush at the 2004 GOP convention, when he called him "a leader who doesn't flinch, doesn't waver, does not back down." But no one would call them close - they disagree over abortion rights, illegal immigration and stem cell research, among other issues.
While Schwarzenegger is keeping his distance from Bush, he campaigned last week with Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican known for his crossover appeal.
The White House did not return a phone call Tuesday afternoon, but one Republican leader said Bush's visit would generate enthusiasm among Republicans, which could help Schwarzenegger's campaign.
"I don't see any negative," said state Senate Minority Leader Dick Ackerman, R-Tustin.
Schwarzenegger's absence from the library would be striking because the governor has described Reagan as a role model and Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, are friendly with the late president's widow, Nancy Reagan.
But Schwarzenegger has also shown a willingness to skip events that other governors might consider mandatory. Last month, he turned down an invitation to attend opening ceremonies at the University of California, Merced, the first UC campus to be built in four decades.
(© 2005 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
The AP...read no further.
yawn
AP (or may Reuters) made a big deal about this two weeks ago. No one paid attention then, so they're trying again, this time louder.
Bush to visit Southern California -- governor plans to be elsewhere
Posted by FairOpinion
On News/Activism 10/15/2005 9:24:13 PM PDT · 10 replies · 333+ views
SFC ^ | Oct. 15, 2005 | Carla Marinucci
CA: Bush to visit Southern California -- governor plans to be elsewhere (McCain was OK tho)
Posted by NormsRevenge
On News/Activism 10/15/2005 9:42:41 AM PDT · 42 replies · 398+ views
SFGate.com ^ | 10/15/05 | Carla Marinucci
Ventura County PING, please!
""Unless President Bush is coming to California to hand over a check from the federal government to help us with the financial challenges we face, the visit seems ill timed," said Karen Hanretty, a spokeswoman for the state Republican Party."
I am floored. I can't believe a member of the Republican party said something like this!!! What now CA Republicans are as much beggars as Democrats???
Am I missing something here?
Monday, October 24, 2005
Grand Opening of the Air Force One Pavilion: The Air Force One Pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum will open to the public on Monday, October 24, 2005.
The Museum's hours will remain from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's days.
The Reagan Library will be closed to the public from Thursday, October 20th through Sunday, October 23rd to prepare for this opening...
Now I understand why we were told our subdivision will be in lock-down on Friday ... Pres. will be there.
PRESIDENT BUSH IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA -
the good guys outnumber the lowlife scumsucking protestors
Posted by doug from upland
On News/Activism 08/29/2005 4:59:45 PM PDT · 70 replies · 1,119+ views
DFU on the scene | 8-29-05 | dfuUnder absolutely oppressive Southern California Inland Empire August heat, the good guys showed up in force to support the President and the troops.
There were a handful of FReepers there that I recognized including bittdrvr, Blurblogger, Joy Angela, Aloha Ronnie, and RonDog. Darn, come on, who am I forgetting?
There had to be perhaps 300 there on our side, and it was refreshing to outnumber the airheads on the other side...
CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread
ping
Great pictures. I must plan a trip out to L.A. again soon just to see Air Force One at the library. Must be a fascinating sight.
The barking moonbats plan to be there at 11 am Friday to protest the President..Time for another...
RALLY TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT!At the Reagan Library, perhaps around NOON?
Great pictures.Thanks!
And, from LAST YEAR'S Rally to Support the President here in southern California:
Last Thursday afternoon, HUNDREDS of happy, smiling, flag-waving patriotic Americans gathered outside a "private, secret" fundraiser at the Santa Monica airport to welcome President Bush back to Los Angeles, for his first visit to southern California since March 2004.Here are some PICTURES from that thread:Two very highly repected sources independently calculated that over FIFTEEN HUNDRED people overwhelmed the intersection of 31st Street and Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica, just north of the hanger in which President Bush, Laura Bush and Governor Schwarzenegger appeared at a private fundraiser which had not been widely publicized until a few days before the event --
with the crowd outside roughly divided into half pro-Bush and half anti-Bush.On a Thursday afternoon.
In Santa Monica...See also the "after action" thread:
"Welcome Back, W!"
HUNDREDS rally near Santa Monica airport to support President Bush new PHOTOS!
.......cuz we're special ping! :)
The Governor is very busy with a special election date just 20 days away (and early voting already ongoing) with tens of millions in union advertising lies hammering him round-the-clock and have been for months.
Bush hates California. He is out here 1. to try and prop up his support with the base by riding on Reagan's legacy and 2. gimme, gimme, gimme your cash at a fundraiser. At least Clinton only did the 2nd one.
In August, Bush cancelled his visit to Balboa Naval Hospital where many of our wounded war heroes are recovering. I guess he couldn't squeeze in a make-up trip between the photo-op and fundraiser.
We don't want him out here; there's real work do be done! He can come back when he is here to do BUSINESS in California and gets serious about protecting our border, expanding refining capacity, fires his lame nut job tax reform panel, moves on meaningful tax reform and SLASHES the federal budget.
Who is that skater with the "Liberate the People's Republic of Santa Monica" sign?
Thanks for the ping and photos as well.
Great crowd!
On to
November 8th.
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