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Schwarzenegger won't vote for leading GOP candidates for governor
LAT ^ | 6-1-2018 | JOHN MYERS

Posted on 06/05/2018 1:27:28 PM PDT by conservative98

Arnold Schwarzenegger, who once famously warned Republicans that they were “dying at the box office,” has decided not to support either of the leading GOP candidates for California governor, a spokesman said on Friday.

The former governor’s decision to speak out against the candidacies of John Cox, a Rancho Sante Fe businessman, and Travis Allen, an Orange County legislator, stands in sharp contrast to his past refusals to weigh in on those who have followed him into office.

“They will not get his vote,” said spokesman Daniel Ketchell.

Schwarzenegger’s decision was based on the candidates' past statements about climate change, including California’s current efforts to curtail greenhouse gas emissions that began during Schwarzenegger’s administration in 2006.

"He won't support any candidate that plans to take California backward and undo our environmental leadership,” Ketchell said. He would not elaborate on who Schwarzenegger might support in Tuesday’s statewide primary.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: arnoldschwarzenegger; ca2018; california; climatechange; elections; globalwarming; gop; johncox; primary; schwarzenegger; supertuesday; travisallen
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To: conservative98
People love to vote for entertainment celebrities. Really really sad.

Reagan was the only exception to that folly.

41 posted on 06/05/2018 2:17:37 PM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: conservative98

Mr. Catharsis.


42 posted on 06/05/2018 2:17:38 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: fwdude
Reagan was the only exception to that folly.

Reagan built his political bonafides over time.

43 posted on 06/05/2018 2:19:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Arnold is easily the 2nd worst politician to ever come out of Austria. California Uber Alles!


44 posted on 06/05/2018 2:28:17 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: ohioman
Arnold is easily the 2nd worst politician to ever come out of Austria.

Well maybe Kurt Waldheim is second.

45 posted on 06/05/2018 2:28:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Kickass Conservative

I disagree. Polls showed if it was a two way race between McClintock and Bustamente, McClintock would win.


46 posted on 06/05/2018 2:37:55 PM PDT by BillyBoy (States rights is NOT a suicide pact.)
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To: conservative98

There are a lot of choices on that ballot besides Democrats and Republicans.


47 posted on 06/05/2018 2:40:21 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: conservative98

Channeling Uncle Teddy?


48 posted on 06/05/2018 2:42:26 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...excepto for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: conservative98

The Democrat candidates are neo-Communists.

Guess that’s what he prefers.


49 posted on 06/05/2018 2:51:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BillyBoy

Well, it’s water under the Bridge now.


50 posted on 06/05/2018 2:55:35 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The only good Commie is a dead Commie. Cast your Ballot Accordingly.)
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To: conservative98
His marriage is over.. so is his movie and political career.. yet he acts like people give a $hit what he thinks or does.

Ahnold the maid schtooper is really irrelevant.. the problem is he doesn't yet realize it.

51 posted on 06/05/2018 3:16:10 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: ifinnegan

B. S.

It was a no win situation.

It was him or Bustamante. Bustamante was a card carrying member of MechLa, a Brown Separatist organization.

As for McClintock, I would have loved for him to be the governor back then. He didn’t have the political clout to pull it off.

Republicans weren’t the only ones voting for Schwarzenegger.

When a guy trails by 10-15 points just a day or two before the election, you can’t expect him to pull it out. He didn’t.

If you pull votes off Schwarzenegger, you wind up with about a three way tie. You don’t wind up with McClintock walking away with it.

If you think Brown is bad, you’re not remembering Bustamante.

Schwarzenegger was intensely popular back then. The moment he declared on the Leno show, it was over.

Yeah, Arnie screwed us. Who didn’t know that might happen. We gave him a chance and his whizzed on us.

Do you really think Bustamante would have been better?

Man it was bad, but it could have been exponentially worse.


52 posted on 06/05/2018 3:21:27 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: ifinnegan

Here’s the vote totals from that election:

Recall Governor

Yes
4,976,274
55.4%

No
4,007,783
44.6%

Selection:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, REP
4,206,284
48.6%

Cruz M. Bustamante, DEM
2,724,874
31.5%

Tom McClintock, REP
1,161,287
13.5%

Even if we could have pulled 17% off Schwarzenegger’s total, a tough thing to do, that would have left us in a virtual dead heat.

Polls before the election made it very clear that wasn’t going to happen.

If Schwarzenegger had faltered and it looked close, he would have lost Democrat votes too. Then Bustamante would have done better.

How does McClintock win? With a little over 1 in every 8 votes going to McClintock, it’s clear he couldn’t have won if every FReeper swung to him and shouted from the mountain tops.


53 posted on 06/05/2018 3:47:01 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: DoughtyOne

McClintock and Arnold were both crass opportunists. They had nothing to do with making the recall happen.

Darrell Issa rightfully deserved the shot but didn’t run when he saw how these leeches would split the vote.

(And I like McClintock and did vote for him, but he was being an opportunist).


54 posted on 06/05/2018 3:54:54 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: conservative98

Let’s hear from all the FReepers who supported him for governor against McClintock... Are they no longer here? Hmmmm!


55 posted on 06/05/2018 4:00:16 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: ifinnegan

Source for the post in 53.

http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2003-special/sov-complete.pdf


56 posted on 06/05/2018 4:02:36 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: Fiji Hill

::There were a lot of them on this board. They argued that he was more “electable” than Tom McClintock, a true conservative with a solid track record.::

Seems they don’t have anything to say now, doesn’t it? Or perhaps we just don’t recall who they were. I remember we had our work cut out for those of us supporting McClintock - big disappointment.


57 posted on 06/05/2018 4:03:16 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: ifinnegan

Honestly, I liked him too. It just wore me out having to explain to people that he couldn’t win.

I’ve never considered my vote cast for Schwarzenegger a bad vote. I still don’t. Did I like having to make that choice? No. I was just a realist.

What you said about Issa is true. It’s also true that we probably have voted against the recall, based on the facts at the time.

Some folks urged that. My thought was that there was going to be a successful recall, and I wanted to minimize the damage from whoever was going to replace Davis.

I also blame Scwhwarzenegger more than McClintock, while I wouldn’t argue against both being opportunists. You made a solid point there.


58 posted on 06/05/2018 4:09:15 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: conservative98
And this is surprise.....why? Why would the biggest kennedy wannabe on Earth vote for a Republican, he spent his terms as governor promoting democrat policies and worshiping Gaia.

The goobernator turned out to be just anotherImage and video hosting by TinyPic

59 posted on 06/05/2018 4:12:11 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: dfwgator

What is it about Austrians leading foreign countries?


60 posted on 06/05/2018 5:19:40 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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