Posted on 08/27/2003 8:11:34 PM PDT by Tancredo Fan
Arnold Schwarzenegger on the issues
The Associated Press - 8/27/03
Arnold Schwarzenegger gave his most detailed comments to date on a range of social and policy issues Wednesday when he appeared on the Sean Hannity and Larry Elder syndicated talk-radio programs. Here are some of the positions he staked out:
ABORTION
_Told Hannity he is "pro-choice" but opposes the late-stage procedures described as "partial-birth" abortions. Asked whether he is in favor of parental notification when minors seek abortions, he replied, "I am. But in some cases when there is abuse in the family or problems in the family, then the courts should decide."
GAY MARRIAGE
_Said he did not support gay marriage but "I do support domestic partnerships." He said marriage should be between a man and a woman.
GUNS
_Said he supports a ban on assault weapons, trigger locks under some circumstances and the Brady Bill, which requires background checks on gun purchasers. "I feel that it's important to have, and also I would like to close the loophole of the gun shows," he said, referring to a legal provision that allows unchecked sales at gun shows. But he added, "I think that people should have the right to bear arms."
PRAYER IN SCHOOLS
_"I believe in prayer in school and I think it should be up to the schools, you know, what religion they belong and what direction they want to go," he said.
OFFSHORE DRILLING
_Said companies should not be permitted to drill for oil off California's coast. "I think that we should stop the oil drilling and I think that our state government and federal government should negotiate to buy back the leases," he said.
SCHOOL VOUCHERS
_Indicated support for some form of vouchers. "With No Child Left Behind Act that President Bush has put forward you have a chance that if your school has failed that you can go and take your child to another school," he said. "I believe in that. I think it gives us choices, gives the parents choices, which is extremely important."
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
_Said he had not yet taken a position on affirmative action or on Proposition 54, the initiative that will appear on the recall ballot and would ban the state from collecting most racial data.
DRUG LEGALIZATION
_Said drug legalization was "a bad idea" but he supported legalized medicinal marijuana.
IMMIGRATION
_Indicated support for allowing undocumented immigrants already in the country to remain here, but a spokesman said later he was not specifically proposing an amnesty program.
_Said he opposed legislation to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, but that services for illegal immigrants was a complicated issue that was mostly up to the federal government.
_Said Proposition 187, the 1994 measure that denied many services to illegal immigrants, was "history" because it has been largely voided by the courts. He supported the proposition at the time voters approved it. "Now we have to move forward with the whole thing and to look at it, what we're going to do with all the people that are undocumented immigrants here in this state. What should we do? Should we have them to stay here, which I think is the right way to do, but how do you then include them in our society, how do you make it official, how do you make it legal?" he said. He added he would try to team up with other states with large immigrant populations and lobby the federal government to address the issue.
TAXES
_Refused to take a pledge not to raise taxes, but pledged to raise them only if there was a state emergency.
Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 18:09 PDT
Objection. Assertion of fact not in evidence.
How can you say that this early in the campaign? Have you read the guy's speeches? Do you know his positions on the issues well? He's quite a statesman in my view. We shouldn't write him off as obsolete just because he isn't on TV every day like some of the other candidates. Californians need help, not "tough love" or celebrity.
Even a major scandal will probably not topple Arnold, and even if it did, it is still doubtful California's voters would elect McClintock. Most don't even know who he is, and that's not likely to change in a month's time.
So wake up and smell the Communism. I would prefer to put Libertarians in office, personally, but being a pragmatist, I still vote a straight Republican ticket, and have for almost ten years.
Since I live in Nevada, not California, I can't affect this vote like illegal immigrants can, so vote wisely.
Because so help me, if you let Bustamente win this election, I swear I'll spit on your graves.
If McClintock causes the loss of this election, those names should be enshrined in a permanent Hall of Shame, and their opinions on anything political or governmental should henceforth be ignored.
You know, just like when George H.W. Bush cost Ross Perot the election.
If it's not amnesty, what is it? A "look the other way" program? A program to encourage illegal aliens to adjust their status? Both cost money. Amnesty would be a federal issue, anyway.
_Said he opposed legislation to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, but that services for illegal immigrants was a complicated issue that was mostly up to the federal government.
No, it's also a state issue. The federal government is in charge of regulating their legal residency but not of extra services we provide. In CA we have college tuition subsidies for illegal aliens. We also have food stamp fraud, free school meals, and subsidized utilities for anyone who claims to be poor (including illegal aliens). We pay for increased infrastructure that is needed to accommodate the illegal population. Indirectly, we pay for increased traffic accidents that occur with the increased density on the roads.
While we must educate and provide medical treatment to the illegal aliens, the increased social services attract more illegal aliens to tax our schools and hospitals. If a governor wants the illegal aliens who are already here to stay here, the best way is to increase social service incentives; with as much tax revenues as CA takes in, we can out-spend the neighboring states and attract all the illegal aliens. :(
Conversely, we can encourage illegal aliens to leave CA for greener pastures by reducing the "free" social services available here. There are plenty of things CA can cut without infringing on federal mandated services.
That was then, this is now. Care to explain what happened in Kalifornia the last several election cycles? Were all the conservatives holded up in motel rooms in Albuquerque?
I call this the ".00005% Candidate Syndrone". It's the inability to see reality and the clinging to delusion.
If Arnold wants McClintock's support, he needs to announce that he'll get tough on illegal immigration.
If Arnold turns his back on the California taxpayers that are footing the bill for illegal immigration, he deserves to lose.
It is analogous to McClintock.
Bustamante will be bad for California, but his election may serve as a timely lesson for the rest of the country in just what will happen to their own states when these MEChA-conquistadors win power.
Better to have half a plate of food than none at all. Incrementalism is not a bad thing. Arnold will get Republican's foot in the door, something McClintock will be unable to do. You don't get it: Bustamente and the Democrats are the boiling water! You frogs have to be smart enough to turn off the heat, not abandon the state. You aren't going to teach the state and kind of "lesson" but letting it rot from the head down and saying "See!! I told you so!!"
You will end up pointing your knowing and superior finger in a suburb of Mexico city.
Make that bandwidth wasting, "childish whiners and surly babies".
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