Once again, great artwork by Roman Genn.
Newly arrived in the U.S. in 1968 as an aspiring bodybuilder, Schwarzenegger said, he found Nixon's views more compelling than Hubert Humphrey's "socialism" because Nixon "was talking about free enterprise, getting government off your back, lowering taxes, and strengthening the military. ..."Why does this sound like what so many freepers were warning about, way back when?Perhaps we should have seen this as a portent of trouble ahead. After all, it was Nixon who proclaimed, "I am a Keynesian in economics" before slapping on wage and price controls and letting domestic social spending shoot up faster than it had under Lyndon Johnson.
.... For all his professions of Friedmanite free-marketeering, if you listen closely, it appears that Arnold really doesn't have a clear or deep grasp of conservative principles. His first foray into California politics, a bond measure for after-school programs in 2002, was hardly something to set conservative hearts aflutter. During his 2003 recall campaign, he said he wanted to improve California's business climate in order to "bring businesses back to pay the taxes so that we can provide everything for the people." Upon assuming office in 2003, Arnold immediately began petitioning the Bush administration for stepped-up federal assistance rather than insisting that California live within its means. He has backed expensive bond measures for wasteful projects such as high-speed rail and a state-sponsored stem-cell research program. Conservatives were cheap dates and missed the subtle signals that Arnold lacked the fierce spirit of liberty that characterized Reagan's approach to governance.
Shriver’s got his steroid shriveled testicles in a lockbox at the Kennedy compound.
Many Republicans, including freepers, who once supported Schwarzenegger, are now trying to push Romney onto us.