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.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
If Arnold signs SB1437, it prohibits such thoughtcrime.
Definitely Democrat.
When Pete Wilson's right hand, Bob White, came to visit him on the set of "End of Days" in 1999, Schwarzenegger was cool to White's idea that he enter politics and revive the state GOP. The star instead complained about the party's support for the impeachment of President Clinton. Two years later, Schwarzenegger's political consultants sat him down in front of a camera and asked him to state his views on issues. He railed against partisan politics and laid out his plan for expanding healthcare coverage. After focus groups complained that the plan sounded like something Hillary Rodham Clinton would embrace, he dropped the idea.
This was White's way of reviving the GOP? More like destroying it!
The full article is worth a read. It was written by the author of the recently released book: "The People's Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy."
Running mates?
You are truly magnificent!!! Thank you!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Let's see. Did they mean that "libertarian" bill about not smoking in your car that he plans to sign? Did they mean the "libertarian" ban on cell phones while driving? How about the "libertarian" increase in the minimum wage? The "libertarian" Sierra land grab? The "libertarian" forcing "diversity" down the throats of private religious schools?
The Libertarian Party needs to sue the LA Times for defamation.
Did you catch the part where Arnie said the man whose views have had the most lasting influence on him was an anarchist?
LOL.
Don't forget the "libertarian" Hydrogen Higways, Solar Roofs, Global Warming regulation...
This guy doesn't have a clue about Milton Friedman, other than that he was a cool popular guy that wanted Arnold to help tout his book (for a fee, I assume).
He's also pro-abortion, pro-homo agenda, anti-2nd Amendment and thinks the way out of debt is to pass even bigger debt to the next generation. It's the same old borrow/tax/spend liberal mentality.
Arnold is a puppet. Maria tugs his strings.
"Arnold is a puppet. Maria tugs his strings."
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If that were even remotely true, Arnold would have become a Democrat a long time ago -- it would have been much easier for him to run as a Dem. Yet, with all the Kennedy pressure, he remained a Republican, because he believes in the Republican principles.
(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )
NO RAISING OF TAXES.
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