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
But that's the US Senate. Entirely different animal. Now that I have a chance to vote democrat governor buffoonal disaster Davis out of office, I don't care if ARnold is a RINO...or whatever anyone wants to label him. I just want a man, and a strong man to lead this one sorry state and clean house.
ARnold at least is honest about who he is and what he believes in, no b.s. there. Republicans have a fabulous opportunity to win in California which will reinforce the appeal and favorable results we are looking for with Arnold at the helm.
And furthermore, Arnold's got sex appeal. He's got a platform more in sync with most Californian's as liberal as they are in this state.
Well, McClintock, looks pretty handsome too, especially when he wears his kilt....got to love it! Wish both could run as a twin team.
McClintock would send Prop. 187 back to the courts. Arnie would continue the SOS that has wiped California out (leaving these millions of illegal alien pests alone). Many of us want them removed from the country using laws presently on the books, and are really upset about municipalities and pinhead New York rejects like William Bratton (current chief of the worthless LAPD) advocating for the loathsome border-hopping sponges.
...............help us if this is the only viable (Republican) candidate we have.
I like this idea.
A wise woman. How do we get this idea to Tom and Arnold? Certainly, it's wasted on Cruz.
I think it's too soon to concede McClintock's race. I think he's just getting started.
Just a minute now... Some have suggested that I have an obligation to stay here and fight. How is it then that you have no obligation to move here and fight.
I think the truth of the matter is that we are quickly becoming more than one nation. Whether this Civil War will be less bloody than our last is anybody's guess. But it won't be pretty. We will look very similar to the now fragmented and tormented Soviet Union.
Yes, but native Californian's tend to be more populist than communist. This bunch we have are all carpet baggers, except Feinstein. Davis is from Brooklyn, so is Barbara Boxer. Nancy Polosi is from New Jersey and Dan Burton is from Ohio.
The problem is, if Californians would take their politics as seriously as they do their front lawn, we would all be better off.
Clinton must be in awe.
Most of them, yes. Especially the New York, "Boroughs's", like Davis. However, I can't dispute the drift of your post. California has its own, home grown, SOB's. I think you are definitely correct about the media. It has stifled sincere, honest debate with meaningless sound bites that confuse the issues, or worse, slants them toward the opinion editors of the LAT.
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