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Is Schwarzenegger another Reagan?
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| August 13, 2003
| F.R. Duplantier
Posted on 08/13/2003 8:31:41 AM PDT by Bayou Bob
What's with all the right-wing savants -- Rush Limbaugh, Cal Thomas, et al. -- warning us that Arnold Schwarzenegger is no Ronald Reagan? Do we look stupid? We needed someone to tell us this? Are we likely to confuse the Terminator with the Gipper? Who said Arnie was the next Ronnie, anyway? I didn't. Did you? Have you heard anyone say that? Arnie's no Reagan, Arnie's no George Washington, Arnie's no Julius Caesar or Cleopatra. Gee, what an insight! Is that how a pundit gets rich and famous, by stating the bloody obvious?
What Arnold represents is a well-deserved comeuppance for Gray Davis, and a damn good chance that California will go for Bush in 2004. That means 1,2,3, maybe 4 new supreme court justices to restore sanity to our judicial system. Sounds pretty good to me.
If Arnie turns out to be a good governor, hallelujah. If not, we're still better off. Don't Rush and Cal get it?
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: california; calthomas; davis; limbaugh; recall; rush; schwarzenegger
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How about it? Does anyone out there think Schwarzenegger is another Reagan?
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:31:42 AM PDT
by
Bayou Bob
To: Bayou Bob
NO!
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:33:54 AM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(Save Traditional Marriage -- It's for the Children!)
To: Bayou Bob
are you series?
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:34:12 AM PDT
by
steveo
(Well doctor, sometimes I feel like a nut and sometimes, well, you know...)
To: Mike Darancette
Not only no, but HELL NO! And Maria ain't no Nancy!
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:34:43 AM PDT
by
zlala
To: Bayou Bob
I always hate it when people are compared to others "he may be the new Michael Jordon" or "could he beat the BABE's record?" that kind of stuff is irrelevant...the BIG question is: Will California be BETTER off with Arnold as Governor - YES! Will republicans benefit from this unexpected windfall - YES! OK, then the rest is up to Arnold to prove once he's the GOVERNATOR!
To: Bayou Bob
No, Schwarzenegger is not another Reagan. Nor is this Breaking News.
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:36:32 AM PDT
by
RoughDobermann
(You either surf or fight.)
To: Bayou Bob
I'm not a California voter, so I don't have to make a choice. I really hate to see California go to another pro-abort Republican, but I guess I'd rather vote for Arnie than see Gray Davis get it.
What you say may be true. If Arnie could pull the party together and keep his mouth shut on the abortion issue, then it could lead to some good judicial appointments after 2004. But that will depend not only on Bush getting re-elected, but on gains of at least a few more seats in the Senate. Maybe Arnie could help.
My preference is still for Simon, but practically speaking the chances are now slim after he was betrayed by Parsky and Rove in the last election and the blame for losing was put squarely on him by the media.
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:36:53 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Bayou Bob
It's a kneejerk comparison, certainly favored by the liberal media that still believes Reagan was an empty-headed former actor. Anyone with knowledge of Reagan's bio pre-1966 knows that he was well on his way to political power. There is absolutely zero comparison between Arnold and Reagan
except for the fact that they were both successful actors.
Of course, that is like saying that Newt Gingrich and Sheila Jackson-Lee were similar because they were both U.S. reps.
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:39:49 AM PDT
by
Mr. Bird
To: steveo
Could be ...
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:40:47 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2003, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
To: Bayou Bob
Too high of a target. Is Schwarzenegger another Ventura is a more appropriate question.
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:43:40 AM PDT
by
evolved_rage
(Davis is a POS!)
To: Bayou Bob
If Arnie turns out to be a good governor, hallelujah. If not, we're still better off. Don't Rush and Cal get it?BUMP
FMCDH
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:48:29 AM PDT
by
nothingnew
(I've changed my tagline and will tell no one what it is until I'm on the Jay Leno show!)
To: princess leah
ah... I beg to differ... Repubs will NOT be better off with
a Rockefeller/spender Repub in office like AS! Usher in
gay marriage does not make CA better and appointing pro-
abortion judges/anti-death penalty judges does not make any
CA-ians better off other than Parsky and the elites.
I'd rather Greyout continue to kill the golden goose as a
Dem than have AS kill the CA Repub party as it is blamed for the fiscal meltdown...
Where was AS in the last election? Not one fundraiser for
a CA Repub candidate??? What a uniter! --NOT
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:53:35 AM PDT
by
christynsoldier
(Facta non verba! (deeds, not words...))
To: Cyber Liberty
Could be ... {image of Hugh}Buddy, you DEFINATELY win the Obscure Star Trek Reference Of the Day Award.
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:53:53 AM PDT
by
Paradox
To: Bayou Bob
Does anyone out there think Schwarzenegger is another Reagan? You mean will he increase California's budget like Reagan did? Probably.
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posted on
08/13/2003 9:04:47 AM PDT
by
jlogajan
To: Bayou Bob
No, but Schwarzenegger does have some compelling attributes all his own.
To: Bayou Bob
Not even close, but he can always change.
To: princess leah
Will republicans benefit from this unexpected windfall - YES! Sorry to throw the icy water of reality on this, but the odds strongly say they will not. This mess won't be solved, or even improved, any time soon. Arnold--or anyone else--can't just go in and void laws, for example, the union contracts. He can't change the idiots in the legislature. And when there is little or no improvement, who gets blamed? Nope, this tar baby has stuck to Doofus Davis and the Republicans are about to step in it also.
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posted on
08/13/2003 9:13:46 AM PDT
by
jammer
To: Bayou Bob
Is Schwarzenegger another Reagan? No. He's just another RINO. A Liberal with large biceps.
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posted on
08/13/2003 9:22:17 AM PDT
by
jimkress
(Go away Pat Go away!)
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