Posted on 09/03/2006 8:54:11 AM PDT by FairOpinion
But is California's governor really a closet Democrat? The question has been raised by journalists and conservative critics, who never tire of taking note of Schwarzenegger's politically assertive wife, his hiring of Democratic aides, his liberal social values, his championing of public works projects and, of late, his compromises with the Legislature's Democratic leadership on a minimum-wage hike, mandatory prescription drug discounts and a measure to fight global warming.
To attempt to answer that question is not to end a conversation but to begin it. Schwarzenegger routinely sides with business and asserts quasi-libertarian views on individual freedom.
When the governor attempts to describes his politics, he invariably turns to his giant life story, and with good reason. He is a Republican not by ideology but by biography. The oft-told story of how he heard Richard Nixon during the 1968 presidential campaign and declared himself a Republican often misses the point. Schwarzenegger was not primarily attracted to Nixon but to the Republican message of individual freedom, which sounded completely different from anything he'd heard in Austria.
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There ARE major differences between Arnold and Angelides, don't buy the Dem propaganda that they are both the same, therefore help Angelides win.
He's come out of the closet and into the open now.
What do you call a big government, tax and spend, gun controlling politician? It may not be a DemocRAT, but I doubt its a Republican. Ronald Reagan wept.
In California, wouldn't that put him solidly in the conservative camp?
LOL!! You have just increased the number of conservative politicians in Ireland!
I do what I can....;-)
;)
No. Cigars are cool in CA. I routinely stop at a cigar and wine bar as I walk through the Gaslamp on my way back to my office after a Pads game.
That depends upon how that cigar has been "marinated."
The Terminator might have to change his Monica.
(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )
I don't know why this forum continues to tolerate it.
Because he had the stupidity to marry and mate with a Kennedy IMO he's no good.
Is he a social conservative? No.
Is he a Republican? Yes.
Ummm... a RINO is the defintition of a Closet Democrap! Republican IN NAME ONLY! Arnold is most definately a Democrap. Look at his cabnet appointments, his stance on the enviorment and stem cell research.
I stand corrected ;-)
Mental image, crime against humanity - it all melds......
Lol
Arnold is running his admin like he ran his career,
He wanted approval from body building judges, he did what he had to do to give them what they wanted, he wanted approval from box office, he made what the movie goers wanted, he wants approval from ballot box, he does what he he thinks they want. California may have thrown out Gray Davis, but it is still dominated by the politics of San Francisco and L.A.
Is Arnold a democrat? No. Is he a republican. No.
He is a politiican playing the game of re-election.
I can only hope once the election is over, and I am pretty sure he will win, because that is clearly what he cares most about, that he will move to the right a little.
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