Should Conservatives Terminate Arnold?

The Cornell Review ^ | 8/18/03 | Joseph J. Sabia

[Cathryn Crawford]

Thank you for posting this! I was feeling so alone...

[Torie]

Arnold will come out of the closet in due course. Meanwhile he is bleeding.

[beaversmom]

Man I don't know. I go back on forth on this more than I do the Kobe case. He wouldn't be my first choice if I were in CA and it was the primaries but there is no primary so what are you going to do.

[xrp]

But should conservatives abandon their principles to elect a governor who may be a Republican in Name Only?

Why not? Conservatives abandoned their principles for electing George Bush 43!

[Texas Eagle]

Oh, I see. After first refusing to get their dainty little fingernails dirty by endorsing the recall in its early stages, the "national GOP" wants to dictate for whom we should vote.

I know not how my fellow Californians may vote but as for me, eat my shorts Ahnold.

[templar]

Conservatives abandoned their principles for electing George Bush 43!

Don't confuse Republicans with Conservatives. There are many of the former, but few of the latter.

[Steel Wolf]

Conservatives in California couldn't even terminate Gray Davis in the last election. They won't be able to terminate Bustamante without serious help. They've got no chance of terminating Arnold. They don't even have a candidate in the double digits yet.

Since when did wishful thinking become a serious course of action around here?

[Texas Eagle]

Why not? Conservatives abandoned their principles for electing George Bush 43!

True. This is how "slippery slopes" get started. The tricky question is: how do we stop a slippery slope once it gets started? Tack strips?

[CWOJackson]

There's another thread active right now with the title, "Chaos and cannibalism under Congo's bloody skies". The same title could be used for this election.

[xrp]

Trust me, I don't.

[ConservativeMan55]

You aren't alone at all. Many feel this way.

[thoughtomator]

Indeed! As my tagline has imputed, there is a distinct difference between one and the other.

[umgud]

Hubert Humphrey was a Republican by today's standards.

[EternalVigilance]

Since when did wishful thinking become a serious course of action around here?

I'll tell you what wishful thinking is: It's expecting Arnold Schwarzenegger to be anything but what he has always been--a Leftwinger.

It's y'all with stars in your eyes.

[Cicero]

Bush obviously isn't a perfect conservative. But on many issues he's better than Arnold.

I was afraid this was going to happen if the recall succeeded. It would have been a lot better to let Davis hang himself and then go through a normal election, with a primary, in which the Republican voters could make their choice. Last time they rejected the RINO decisively.

[Hildy]

If Arnold wasn't in the race, you think his share would go to McClintock? PLEASE be realistic. It's Arnold, or Bustamante. There is no in between.

[Texas Eagle]

Conservatives in California couldn't even terminate Gray Davis in the last election. They won't be able to terminate Bustamante without serious help.

That's where non- Conservative Republicans come in. I mean, after all, they are the ones who are proponents of one compromising one's beliefs for the good of the party.

Maybe they'll put their money where their mouth is (mouths are?) and compromise their non-Conservative beliefs for a change.

[ConservativeMan55]

I completely agree. Republican is just a name, while Conservative has an actual list of values underneath it.

[FairOpinion]

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