CA: Schwarzenegger star dims after latest act falls flat with voters

ap on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 11/09/05 | Beth Fouhy - ap

[NorCalRepub]

Ed Rollins made a great point...Arnold took on 4 huge issues that pitted unions, Planned Parenthood etc against him....he should not have taken on so many interest groups at one time as they then banded together more or less....plus holding it as an off election year ballot where Californians are even more apathetic about their vote....

[goldstategop]

Typical RINO and media advice. And we still get to sit on the sidelines. Wow - and I'm bashed for not having voted! Yeah sure... there'll be sweetness and light but not from the Democrats. Mark my words - they'll make sure Arnold accomplishes NOTHING next year and he's the one who lost a $55 million dollar special election.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[goodnesswins]

Maybe the Governator doesn't care about his "star." Maybe he's trying to make a BETTER California, but there are so many ignorant (economically and spiritually) people there that success will likely require something catastrophic to get their narcissistic brains attention.

[goldstategop]

The team executed a lousy plan and never once went on the offensive. They allowed the Democrats and the unions to define the Governor's image and the issues for the better part of the year. By the time it fought back it was too little, too late. If the same team is on the job in 2006, Arnold will go down with it.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[goldstategop]

Arnold's mistake was believing people wanted to fix Sacramento. They don't. He should just have tried to keep his popularity high doing inconsequential things. And saved the Big Ones for a second term.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[NordP]

None of this should be about Arnold. He is only guilty of TRYING.

Why the heck did we recall the Governor FOR, if we vote down all ARNOLD's attempts to fix anything?

Frick-en STUPID STUPID people here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not only a precinct walker, but I'm a poll watcher. Many of those I called, because their name wasn't checked off as having voted, had excuses after excuses why they weren't voting. (There really weren't that many that didn't vote in my area, but...I'm still super mad that there were ANY.) I feel like calling them back and reminding them that there are people in Iraq that value their right to vote more than the spoiled American's I live near.

PLEASE ARNOLD DO NOT GIVE UP ON CALIFORNIA - THE IDIOTS WILL COME AROUND!!!!

THINK COMPETITION - TAP INTO YOUR COMPETITIVE GENE - HANG IN THERE WITH US!!! - SOME OF US GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BigSkyFreeper]

And we still get to sit on the sidelines.

Emphasis on the word "sit" I presume. That's not called activism, it's sheer laziness.

[onyx]

The only mistake was thinking folks like you might actually VOTE.

Low turn out.

The dems could have been ripped new ones.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Why the heck did we recall the Governor FOR

I recall it was for "out-of-control spending in Sacramento", and Gray Davis was stoking the flames of corruption. Arnie at least makes an attempt, and supposed "conservatives" stay home.

[onyx]

Absolutely unconscionable.

Thank you for being a GOOD citizen and activist.

[A CA Guy]

CA: Schwarzenegger star dims after latest act falls flat with voters

38 years ago, Ronald Reagan lost in California the same exact way with financial responsibility propositions and of course he went on to have no influence ever again. At least if you don't count the Reagan revolution, the collapse of the Soviet Union and his little job as President of the United States.

This is typical of California and for your information we won, the Unions spent 20% of a billion playing defense to keep things as they are and they can NOT keep that up. We need many other propositions for the next two elections and the government employee unions will go the way of the old soviet empire. :-)

Let's financially bleed the government employees unions to death!

[goldstategop]

Did every one else vote? No, I don't think so. If I was sure my vote was the one that made a difference I would have cast it. But all of us have to pull the ship; I can't do it alone.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[goldstategop]

I believe that was the 1973 special election on a spending cap and property tax limitation measure. Reagan got walloped by the electorate and he put a brave face on his defeat. Ignore the media; there are second acts in American life.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[onyx]

I wrote "folks like you." and added that it was a low turn out and that the democrats could have been beaten badly!

It;s all about YOU, is it? About your vote being the special one.

[BigSkyFreeper]

The dems could have been ripped new ones.

Instead they were left unchecked to continue to raise taxes, and to let government intrude on the parents right to know if their teenage daughters are going to have an abortion, allow lawyers to gain more power, among other things.

[BigSkyFreeper]

But all of us have to pull the ship; I can't do it alone.

Well, you don't want to pull the ship. I don't know what you're complaining about.

[Bush gal in LA]

I appreciate all your hard work. Hubby and I both voted yesterday and won't stop trying to fix California even though were surrounded by DUMMIES! NEVER GIVE UP!

[Lizavetta]

a resounding defeat for a governor who cast the election as a continuation of the 2003 recall election that swept him into office.

It's not so much a defeat for Arnold as it is a victory for the the media experts who know how to craft TV commericals that take advantage of the electorate's gnat-sized attention span, unwillingness to read the propositions, and inability to think.

Arnold took on too much all at once - he had a multitude of big guns aimed at him relentlessly for months and months and he seemed to do very little to fight back.

I'd be willing to bet that most people couldn't even explain what they were voting against, only that they were voting no on everything.

[A CA Guy]

I 100% agree with you and I think the action for 2006 and 2008 is to again have propositions that cause liberals brown spots in their shorts and deficits in their campaign accounts. Let's bust these self enriching bums.