Conservative Activists Split With GOP Leaders on Schwarzenegger: C. R. A. Endorses McClintock

John Gizzi ^ | Aug 18, 2003 | John Gizzi

[F16Fighter]

"The troglodytes will only be happy if the vote Republican is split, and Bustimante is elected."

Let's straighten this out right now...

It is Aah-nold who is the candidate dividing the GOP.

[habs4ever]

I'd take a guy that has been winning for years over a guy that has been fighting for years.The latter suggests a guy chasing his tail.

[NittanyLion]

NO ONE has asserted Arnold is a conservate. However, HE IS the Republican leader in the polls.

At least you've come out and said it. You would support a liberal so long as they have an "R" behind their name. I admire your forthrightness in saying so.

[Enterprise]

Achievements are difficult when you are in the minority and you know that! However, he has still constantly resisted deficit spending.

Schwarzenneger by contrast, backed an initiative which contributed a LOT to the deficit. And THAT is HIS achievement!

A vote for Schwarzenneger is a vote for higher taxes without deficit spending reform, and YOU KNOW THAT TOO!!

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Because it's not a scare tactic, it's the truth.

Because you and your ilk post those idiotic graphics, FULL OF LIES, because you act like you are so freakin' superior touting that you are the 'true conservatives'.

It's a bunch of crap. If being a 'true conservative' means supporters losers, I want no part of it. I want to move the party forward, get more people registered to vote for republicans. I want Arnold to win and Bush to take California. I want Hillary to be beaten and humiliated.

It's not going to happen with 8% of the vote.

[habs4ever]

Arnie is VERY appealing, that is why he is LEADING.Ring the bell when McClin-thingymebob surges past 10%, and all his fans get a stuffed doggie.

[finnman69]

Agreed.

I think a conservative candidate has zero chance to win this election and that things are looking better for Bustamente every day.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

CRA - The entity that fostered a climate in which 54 Electoral Votes are Democrat owned, both Senators are Democrats, most US House Reps are Democrats, all statewide offices are held by Democrats, and the legislature has a sizable Democrat majority.

Yessirree, Bob - the "true conservatives" of the CRA do a bangup job....

[diotima]

ping

[pogo101]

It's not going to happen with 8% of the vote.

Hey now. It's NINE percent, thankyouverymuch :-)

[KellyAdmirer]

It wasn't 'taken down'. It was superceded by a follow-up poll that starts with 'After a week of debate...'

Things have changed since a week ago. A follow-up poll is valid.

It was taken down, else where is it? But that aside, follow-up polls are fine. And if you think McClintock is leading anywhere except sites like this, well, you will make a fine McClintock supporter.

[ought-six]

Ah-Nold is a RINO (sorry, but it's true). California Republicans must decide whether they want to vote their conscience or their ego. If they vote their conscience, then McClintock gets the nod; if ego, then Ah-Nold gets it. A Republican vote for Ah-Nold (who is a nice enough gut, but no leader, which is what California DESPERATELY needs) is identical to Dems who vote party over anything else. Ah-Nold is a liberal, which is the same as a leftist. My God, every issue about which he's opined has a leftist bent to it: He's for gun control; he's pro-abortion; he's for social entitlements and big government to run them; he's for gay marriage and gay adoption, and the whole landscape of gay "rights," he was adamantly opposed to the impeachment of Bill Clinton, and said he was embarassed to be a Republican; he has no qualms about raising taxes. Folks, does this sound like a Republican?

[ActionNewsBill]

Arnold : Pro-gun control, pro-homosexual marraige, pro-abortion.

Tell me once again how these are Republican values.

Are people out there so desperate for "anyone with an R", that they will dump their core beliefs to elect a RINO?

[Enterprise]

He has said that he would immediately repeal the VLF. Also, he would tell the Democratic majority that he would demand a reform of Worker's Compensation on his desk in 30 days or he would take a ballot initiative to the people. He has spoken out against all the useless boards and commissions which pay people 100,000 dollars a year for meeting once a month, and many times, people don't even show up for the once a month meeting! He has said that billions of dollars could be saved by following Federal rules for welfare spending.

Don't get discouraged. Vote for the man, not the glitter.

[My2Cents]

Replacing Davis with Schwarzenegger is similar to: replacing Bill with Hillary, Lenin with Stalin, or Daschle with Pelosi.

Don't you consider this comment just a tad extreme?...No, I guess you don't.

BTW, who are these "GOP leaders" who are pressuring for Schwartz? So far, this pressure appears to be a figment of people's imagination.

[truthkeeper]

Take your blinders off. Arnold's a self professed social liberal and his desire to be accepted as a fiscal conservative is highly dubious.

FWIW, I was listening to ABC radio news at the top of the hour and they had a story on his Hollywood backers. Jamie Lee Curtis's quote - I wrote it down - was "Arnold will be a GREAT governor. He's only pretending to be a Republican, but at heart he's a social liberal."

Goody gumdrops.