Posted on 08/24/2003 1:47:41 PM PDT by Eric Hogue 1380 KTKZ
Now that Bill Simon has left the building, State Senator Tom McClintock currenlty has the 'only growing campaign'. I'm reading the LA Times article on Simon's departure this morning and I find this nugget of political muscle.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktkz.com ...
Does he have to? This IS a recall vote for crying out loud!
Well, if you're completely ignorant about him you would say that. Here's some smart's for you:
"Mr. Schwarzenegger's biography exemplifies the American dream. Determined to make it in the Hollywood movies he saw in his native Austria, he first spent countless hours training to become a world champion bodybuilder in an unheated gym in his parent's home. At age 21, he came to America in 1968 with little money and even less command of English. A natural capitalist, he bought up office buildings and apartment complexes before he ever made a film. His business empire now includes shopping malls, a Boeing 747 he leases to an airline, and a large chunk of Santa Monica real estate. He took evening courses in business at UCLA, and earned a bachelor's degree in business by mail from the University of Wisconsin at Superior. Over the course of several years he wooed and won Maria Shriver. He became the highest-paid actor in the history of movies, pulling down $30 million for this summer's "Terminator 3."
His charitable activities include a foundation that provides after-school programs for 200,000 kids and served as the inspiration for Proposition 49--an initiative he sponsored last year to expand after-school programs to every school in California. In a stroke of political genius, the initiative didn't raise taxes or cut any other program. Its funding mechanism only kicks in when economic growth naturally increases state revenues. Proposition 49 carried 50 out of the state's 53 congressional districts, winning endorsements from both Rep. Chris Cox, an Orange County Republican, and Rep. Henry Waxman, a Hollywood Democrat.
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Bill Saracino, a former head of Gun Owners of California, believes that when it comes to conservatives evaluating Mr. Schwarzenegger, "the glass is half full or way more." He notes that Mr. Schwarzenegger has opposed strict gun controls and contributed to several free-market think tanks. He will no doubt make overtures to social conservatives." WSJ excerpt
He's surrounded himself with a very savy team, something that real leaders who are secure in themselves ( like Reagan ) do.
Sounds like a real "do-nothing" empty suit type to me /sarcasm
He's not running for state Bodybuilder.
Or is he being a "conservative with conservative values" and is fighting a cause for what is right for California and not a cause for the party?
No, but it is reel....
Has that not already been done through the "recall dictate" already?
You forget that those noble things DO NOT happen in a vaccuum.
Were there any?
Over the course of several years he wooed and won Maria Shriver. He became the highest-paid actor in the history of movies, pulling down $30 million for this summer's "Terminator 3."
Hell, let's make him king.
He did? Go Jim!
In May 1995 Tom McClintock was working on this document detailing his proposals to save the State of California over 11 billion dollars. What was Arnold doing?
http://republican.sen.ca.gov/web/mcclintock/ppt/cgsbm_1995.pdf
If you wish to educate yourself more on his positions then go here. There are lots to see.
http://republican.sen.ca.gov/web/mcclintock/columns.asp
"We’ve come to a moment in our history," he said, "when party labels are unimportant. Philosophy is all important."
~ Ronald Reagan
No. There is a still a vote on the ballot if the recall should be done.
Part two of the question is who should succeed Davis IF the recall passes.
I am not a Schwarzenpubbies (cool nickname), but I do have a problem with McClintock. My problem with Tom McClintock is that he is a professional politician and never worked a day in his life outside of government service. The day he graduated from college he worked for a political hack, then ran for office a couple of years later. Once in office he never turned back, he has been living his life off of sweat of taxpayers and donors ever since.
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