I told virtually everybody at the time that he was a habitual liar and a closet fascist, based upon my knowledge of his behavior as a bodybuilder and his associations prior to the recall.
None of this changes my mind about McClintock's inability to have won in 2003's recall election, but it may make it seem wiser to have kept Gray Davis in office.
Had Arnold been chased out of the race by the Republican Party, Tom would have won. I voted for McClintock and against the recall.
Perhaps, but Arnold wasn't chased out by the GOP. We had to make our best guess based on those who were in the race, their principles, our views of how others would vote, etc. But yes, bottom line, it stings to realize how far afield Arnold has gone from his campaign promises and rhetoric, to his socialist utopia nonsense today.