Rob Lowe on Schwarzenegger Campaign

Yahoo News ^ | Aug. 18,2003

[Rennes Templar]

Let's all pray for California.

[mrustow]

Anyone still think Arnold's a Republican?

[princess leah]

Dems are in big trouble: A big name DEMOCRAT stumps for a RINO (Republican in Name only) for Governor! I don't like Rob Lowe, but there are plenty of lefties who do and might just pull the R button for the first time in their lives because of him!

[basil]

Help me out--what was the scandal Lowe was involved in some time back?

[lilylangtree]

Bleeech! Just goes to show that RATS will not let CA fall into Pub hands. RAT Schwarzenegger's campaign committee--RAT Kennedy wife, RAT Buffet who has already publicly called for tax increases, RAT Lowe, a H'weirdo jailbird. OOOhhh, Termite the Terminator's dream team unfolds. Robert Downey, Jr, when you get out of jail, please join! Hahahaha!

[NYC Republican]

I thought Lowe was one of the few Hollywood Republicans?

[Sabertooth]

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...

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?

[Pikamax]

"Lowe, who will organize celebrity support for the campaign, "

how the heck did this turn into a senior advisior title like a couple of papers and drudge claimed???

[tophat9000]

Arnold's a Republican ...like Busta an American

[COUNTrecount]

"Lowe, who will organize celebrity support for the campaign, "

Howthe heck did this turn into a senior advisior title like a couple of papers and drudge claimed???

President Bartlett gave him a great recommendation.

[tkathy]

Arnold will suck all the air from Democrats all over the country. Everything he does will create media hysteria.

[Lost Highway]

He got caught on videotape with two underaged females at a DNC convention.

[Destructor]

"There you have it... Arnold's biggest strength is his appeal to people who are usually too lazy and ill-informed to vote."

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.

[Deathmonger]

Lowe was videotaped in bed with a 16-year-old in a hotel room, I believe during some political event, and he got off without doing any time.

But honestly, who cares what Rob Lowe thinks? Why did Arnold put him on his staff? Why not Bobcat Goldwaithe--at least he's a Republican?

[FeliciaCat]

He was caught with a underage girl (on videotape)They were in a motel I think.

[AmericanInTokyo]

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.

[AmericanInTokyo]

"...and he got off without doing any time"

Interest choice of words there.

[eniapmot]

The ironic thing is that Arnold has become more liberal as time goes on. Why are his former business partners, Willis and Stallone, not being heard from? Are they too conservative for the present?

[vbmoneyspender]

Your are thinking of Rob Long who (I believe) was a writer on Cheers and writes for National Review.

[Miss Marple]

It isn't the bandwagon for you. But you would be foolish to ignore the fact that Schwarzenegger draws across party lines. Motivating new voters is apparently something that many of the McClintock supporters have failed to take into account.

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.