Schwarzenegger Is Pushing This Republican Into The Undecided Column

FlashReport ^ | 9/4/06 | Matt Cunningham

[Carry_Okie]

Every time he has tried to hold the line, he has been beaten unmercifully by both the press, and the VOTERS....

Absolute bovine feces. The press celebrated his first act when he borrowed his way out of a cash flow bind with Prop 58. He promised to "cut up the credit cards" and had 60% approval ratings. It was only when it became apparent he had no intention of keeping his promises to control spending that his reputation began to slide. His ballot propositions, supposedly directed toward that end, were proven by the LAO to be hardly such.

[goldstategop]

I don't thinnk its a coincidence as long as he keeps the money tap flowing, the media keeps his approval ratings high. Turn it off, and they turn on him. Live and die by the media. A truth his opponent is belatedly learning for not getting flattering coverage for his campaign.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )

[tcrlaf]

<>> As I recall, he was CRUCIFIED for those proposals by the media, and the unions spending $100 MILLION DOLLARS against them?(!!!) I don't care HOW good you are, if you can't get the message out over the din, you're screwed...

[Carry_Okie]

As I recall, he was CRUCIFIED for those proposals by the media, and the unions spending $100 MILLION DOLLARS against them?(!!!)

You have a short memory. The special election was long after Arnold had already blown his cover and established that he was all about posturing, not substance. The budgets he submittted alienated his base right away. That base saw right through his bogus propositions and didn't fall for them. This is evidenced by the fact that the one proposition that came closest to passage was the one requiring parental notification prior to an abortion. It was also a proposition which Arnold did not include in his campaign.

The mediots attacked Reagan too, and look at the margins by which he was re-elected.

[goldstategop]

Only this time the media is gushing over him. A year ago he was toast. Today, he's back.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )

[Carry_Okie]

A year ago he was toast. Today, he's back.

A year ago he was a RINO. Now he's a socialist.

[L.N. Smithee]

There was some good analysis of the Special Election campaign included in the following interview with Arnold Steinberg:

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I'm sure Schwarzenegger will say he was briefed on how tough it will be. When he loses, he'll depict himself as a martyr who was pilloried, he'll say something about turnout, who knows what. But no reporters will ever ask the hard questions about how and why this guy's own team destroyed him, and the really hard questions about what their polling showed -- months ago, as well as more recently. It's like Lungren 98 -- everyone will forget that the polling either was entirely incompetent, with absurd voter turnout models, or just plain fraudulent. There was no other explanation back then.

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Good, prescient stuff. Thanks, darlin'.

[AmeriBrit]

But not voting is a plus for Angelides which would be far worse than what we have now.......FAR WORSE!

[goldstategop]

Hardly! We ALREADY have socialism imposed on us by the Republican! Is that what our party wants to stand for? By voting for Arnold, we would be confirming for our political opponents that our principles and party platform mean nothing for us and our only care is power. I am reminded of the line in Robert Bolt's screenplay, "A Man For All Seasons," in which more is said to have sarcastically observed, "But what of the world for Wales?" Should we give up cheaply all we hold dear and near? That is where this Republican draws the line.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )

[AmeriBrit]

California is not just Los Angeles and San Francisco. I live just 80 miles north east of Los Angeles where there is no overcrowding, no polution and we're not overun with mexicans, in fact there are very few here. Come to think of it I haven't seen one lately, not even cutting grass.

BTW: In case you should wonder, this is also a predominately Republican area in the state, so all the rot written here on FR about CA being full of queers, mexicans and Democrats is so wrong. Our main problem is our state government who have found ways with the help of clinton and soros to get the illegals to vote without being challenged .

[AmeriBrit]

Villargarosa [who-dinky] announced his support for Angelides today, according to KFI.

[goldstategop]

It took him until Labor Day to come up an endorsement, eh? Sounds like the Democrats are making a show of rallying behind Angelides but they know privately he's good as gone.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )

[AmeriBrit]

Perhaps if we the voters could get Arnold some help to back him in Sacramento instead of acting like spoiled brats saying "I'm not going to vote", or "I'm going to vote 3rd party" we would see some progress, but as it is now Arnold's a lone survivor on a desert island among a sea of sharks.

[AmeriBrit]

Since you admitted it was too much trouble for you to get off your butt and go and vote, I doubt you even read what was on the ballot last November. I doubt though that was the real reason you didn't vote, I'd be more inclined to think it was because you were so prejudiced.

[AmeriBrit]

he could try by earning it--

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Since you and your clan are so picky about what others say, how can he earn it if he doesn't get a salary???

[goldstategop]

I'm prejudiced in favor of real change. Flawed propositions and an incompetently run campaign was just a total turn-off.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )

[AmeriBrit]

no one can fake their IP address. Its a dead giveaway.

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I would suggest you do a little research if your capable. What you'd learn might surprise you.

[AmeriBrit]

Every time you mention Arnold your Kraut prejudiced attitude flashes like a neon sign. You'd find something to whine about with Arnold even if he was the most conservative republican on the planet just because he's Austrian.

[Amerigomag]

And thereby so did Nunez since he's Villar's campaign manager.

[Amerigomag]

Unfortunately the lone survivors on the island are legislative Republicans and the Austrian has always been one of the liberal sharks circling in the legislative shallows, trying to pick off stray conservatives. He's been circling that island since Oct 2003.

Hopefully no offense to the AmeriBrit account , but we're frequently forced to correct revisionists who visit our house. They are victims not perps. They're continuously swamped with misinformation from the CAGOP account.