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
That's how I'm reading it. Ughhh! I really enjoyed living here too, but I'm going to have to let the rest of you hold the bag since I'm not going to pay my own way along with 50 others. $7.4B for educating children of illegal immigrants nationwide and maybe another 10-15 times that much for free health care in our nation's emergency rooms.
The only way to save California is with a VAT (value added tax) on everything in concert with elimination of state income tax. It is unfortunately the only way to close the "cash compensation" loophole that the illegals now enjoy.
I wonder if he'll jump the Democrat ship eventually, or just secretly vote for George W. Bush rather than Dean in 2004.
If you believe that, it shows that you have not spent much time in England. I have and noticed how regressive and job killing the VAT is. Try again.
You're *ALWAYS* saying RINO this and RINO that... but the *TRUE* RINOs are traitors like you who would sooner vote for Bustamante than a *REPUBLICAN* like Schwarzenegger!
If you *SAY* you're a Republican, but you *VOTE* for a Democrat, you're a RINO... or even a Democrat!
It's people like you who got Hillary Clinton *ELECTED* senator... and will probably end up putting her back in the *WHITE HOUSE* in 2005!
The real definition of a RINO.
You complain that McClintock is unelectable because many people won't vote for him.
You fail to observe that, if Arnold loses, it will be because he is unelectable because some people won't vote for him.
I live, breathe, and used to work in Kalifornia. I have taken an early retirement which cuts my income in half. I would gladly part with my property in Kalifornia for similar property in a free state.
Those who embrace Arnold have abandoned me to a future of more infringements of my right to keep and bear arms.
Kalifornia's bankruptcy is what it deserves. The red ink is going to flow soon and flow heavily. I have challenged many people to describe the chaos and how it would affect them if either Davis or Busty is governor. I have heard nothing to convince me that the "crisis" is one to be avoided.
The bankruptcy of socialism is best demonstrated by the collapse of socialist governments. Allowing Arnold's "socialism lite" only postpones the day of reckoning.
You must be one of those seminar posters like Rome2000. You both use the immature "McNader" insult. Tends to make me question your intelligence and sanity.
That's only because it goes through the sticky fingers of the British government. I'm not sure it would be any better here, but it's the only way to collect anything from these people. I want illegals to think good and hard about coming to this country with the increased cost of living associated with a VAT. Then maybe they'll stay home.
What do you propose? Nothing. I thought so. Go take your pill now.
I am working on Mrs. Tell. We will visit that very area before the first snow falls or in the spring. The "hill country" attracted my attention as the area perhaps most like the hilly, northern Kalifornia area where we live.
I will probably have to come up with a "transition" plan that allows us to test the waters without making a commitment to give up our home in the People's Republic of Kalifornia.
Annual rainfall maps of Texas are fascinating because the lines are all basically vertical, with less than 10 inches in west Texas and increasing rainfall as one moves east into areas with as much as 50-60 inches.
Well put. McClintock would be my first choice, but he is not going to be elected and anyone with two brain cells knows it. This IS California we are talking about !!!
We can recover from a shot in the gut, but a Bustamante will be even worse than a Dufus.
We Californians are sinking by the minute and we better grab a life preserver and pray instead of taking on more water for the sake of "proving something".
Sometimes we don't get all that we want, but that shouldn't mean we turn down a helping hand because it isn't pure enough.
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