Posted on 08/18/2003 10:34:28 AM PDT by Rennes Templar
BURBANK, Calif. - Actor Rob Lowe (news), who played a White House aid on television, has joined real-life politics by volunteering for Arnold Schwarzenegger (news)'s gubernatorial campaign.
Lowe, a longtime Democrat, said he believes the action-star has injected new energy into California politics.
Schwarzenegger is, "motivating and energizing people in this state that haven't been interested in politics in many, many years," Lowe said in a taped interview with the syndicated TV entertainment newsmagazine show "Extra", slated to air Monday.
Despite their party differences, Lowe said he wanted to help the Republican candidate unseat Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites) in the Oct. 7 recall election because Schwarzenegger will "put the people above partisan politics."
Lowe, who will organize celebrity support for the campaign, described Schwarzenegger as a natural leader.
"I know that when I'm on a set, I want to know who the director is. I don't want to have to guess," Lowe said. "That's what Arnold will bring to this state. He's a leader."
The former "West Wing" star also described the campaign as: "a tremendous sacrifice for Arnold and for the family to give up their way of life — the privacy they value so much."
Lowe's participation in the campaign was announced Friday. He is one of several high profile advisers to join Schwarzenegger's team. Last week George P. Shultz, secretary of state during the Reagan administration, and billionaire Warren Buffet also announced they will assist the campaign.
The latest polling suggests Davis is likely to be recalled and puts Schwarzenegger second, behind Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, among the 135 replacement candidates. The nonpartisan Field Poll showed Bustamante had the support of 25 percent of likely voters, and Schwarzenegger 22 percent, with a margin of error of 5 percentage points.
Schwarzenegger is, "motivating and energizing people in this state that haven't been interested in politics in many, many years," Lowe said...
There you have it... Arnold's biggest strength is his appeal to people who are usually too lazy and ill-informed to vote.
Why, exactly, is this the bandwagon for me? Anyone?
In fairness to Kalifornia voters- they did pass prop 187 by a wide margin only to have one of those activist Supreme Court judges declare prop 187 to be unconstitutional! That type of monkey business is why most Kalifornians are so jaded about their own state politics.
I don't know. I sure wouldnt buy any of the shoddy liberal drywall that schmuck is trying to now palm off on ignorant California voters.
Interest choice of words there.
Myself, I prefer that the ill-informed not vote, but unfortunately that requirement isn't part of election law. My hairdresser who hates Cheney because he is ugly (just switched salons over that one), the receptionist at my former employers who thought Clinton "looked" like a president, the jerks who won't vote for Bush because he has advanced blacks to high position, ALL of these dim bulbs and many more each has a vote equal to ours.
The trick is snatching the votes of the less objectionable dim bulbs while maintaining your positions. Crossover votes are even better, because they not only add to your votes but deprive the other party of their votes.
None of this has anything to do with why one should support a candidate, but it has everything to do with whether a candidate wins or loses.
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