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Arnold's 'Harriet Miers Moment' - Has Gov. Schwarzenegger jumped the shark?
WSJ - Opinion Journal ^
| December 5, 2005
| John Fund
Posted on 12/05/2005 2:24:20 PM PST by calcowgirl
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This is a 1500 word article and worth a read. It offers some new details as to Susan Kennedy's involvement with the Oracle and as enforcer of Gray Davis' "pay to play" deals.
To: SierraWasp; Carry_Okie; Amerigomag; NormsRevenge; goldstategop; Czar; FOG724; tubebender; ...
During a meeting of the state GOP executive committee last Friday, none of the 18 participants were supportive. Are they finally getting it?
To: calcowgirl
1475 words, but who's counting?!
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posted on
12/05/2005 2:26:43 PM PST
by
jdm
To: jdm
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
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posted on
12/05/2005 2:28:24 PM PST
by
Vaquero
("An armed society is a polite society" R. A. Heinlein)
To: calcowgirl
...involvement with the Oracle ...
Correction: involvement with the Oracle deal ($95 million sham)...
To: jdm
LOL. Thanks--I estimated.
To: calcowgirl
Are they finally getting it? Nah. They think Arnold cares about what they think.
I still think he fancies himself another Earl Warren:
In 1946, Warren managed the singular feat of winning the Republican, Democratic, and Progressive primary elections and thus ran unopposed in the 1946 general election. He was elected to a third term (as a Republican) in 1950. Source
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posted on
12/05/2005 2:30:46 PM PST
by
Carry_Okie
(There are people in power who are REALLY stupid.)
To: calcowgirl
The Oracle deal really stank to high heaven.
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posted on
12/05/2005 2:31:38 PM PST
by
robomurph
To: calcowgirl
Great article no matter how many words! LOL
I still think the CAGOP can get out of its new rule change "deal" for Arnold. I would bet that many a "R" staffer is looking through the fine print.
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posted on
12/05/2005 2:37:53 PM PST
by
CAluvdubya
(SAN DIEGO SUPPORT THE TROOPS RALLY, Dec 4th. 11:30 - 1:30 FReepmail for location)
To: Vaquero
I think the term "jumped the shark" has jumped the shark.
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posted on
12/05/2005 2:38:49 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
To: calcowgirl
Conservatives are furious that Susan Kennedy, a 45-year-old former acolyte of radical activists Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda, will be Gov. Schwarzenegger's top administrator, with power to hire and fire staff. Maybe he thought she was one of his in-laws. William Kennedy Smith's criminal record probably got in the way.
Whatever the reason, the governor's choice is the most dramatic in the Capitol since former Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, chose the late B.T. Collins, a maimed Republican Vietnam war veteran, as his chief of staff.
A big supporter of Collins was former Gov. Pete Wilson, who lauded Schwarzenegger's selection of Kennedy. Source
I guess California is like that. Politics do make strange bedfellows.
FWIW, he expression "jumped the shark" has so "jumped the shark." Apparently, it goes back to 1997 or so. It was stupid to begin with and everyone got sick of it years ago.
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posted on
12/05/2005 2:39:28 PM PST
by
x
To: x
The funny thing about Arnold is that he "jumped the shark" merely by running for public office in the first place.
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posted on
12/05/2005 2:42:15 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(What it all boils down to is that no one's really got it figured out just yet.)
To: Alberta's Child
When the
Simpsons did a "Jump the Shark" joke about a year after everybody else had heard the phrase, it was clear that the phrase -- and the show -- were passé.
If Arnold's day is done, is that as an actor or as a politician? Or both? It's tough if the Presidency is his only possible encore. Maybe he's moved on to a higher plane and will cultivate a Garbo-like seclusion after he leaves office.
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posted on
12/05/2005 2:52:14 PM PST
by
x
To: calcowgirl
McClintock would not have hired her.
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posted on
12/05/2005 2:52:58 PM PST
by
nonliberal
(Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
To: calcowgirl; Southack; Durango; FairOpinion
You Californians should just be glad you have a Republican governor instead of a Democrat.
To: calcowgirl
What does the phrase 'jump the shark' mean?
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posted on
12/05/2005 3:27:11 PM PST
by
sandbar
To: calcowgirl
Several GOP groups that do vital grunt work in campaigns are in open rebellion.And some are on FR still drinking the Kool-Aide.
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posted on
12/05/2005 3:28:43 PM PST
by
FOG724
(http://gravenimagemusic.com/)
To: sandbar
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posted on
12/05/2005 3:33:39 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
To: sandbar
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posted on
12/05/2005 3:35:20 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard . . . that's right, it's better than yours . . .)
To: The Old Hoosier
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posted on
12/05/2005 3:37:01 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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