Once again Arnold shows that he has his priorities straight, while McClintock shows that his priorities are only meant to serve him.
Please vote for Tom McClintock. He's the choice of true conservatives everywhere. . . Like me.
Posted on 09/12/2003 2:17:52 PM PDT by calcowgirl
Candidates Speak On "Armstrong & Getty Show"
POSTED: 12:13 p.m. PDT September 12, 2003 UPDATED: 1:27 p.m. PDT September 12, 2003
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom McClintock had a date of sorts Friday morning.
The hosts of Sacramento talk radio program "The Armstrong and Getty Show" on Talk 650 KSTE arranged a surprise on-air confrontation between the two. McClintock asked Schwarzenegger repeatedly to debate him, and the actor demurred.
McClintock asked: "We've got a Republican convention coming up this weekend, you and I are the two Republican candidates now left in the race, why don't we get together and discuss the major issues of this campaign?"
Schwarzenegger replied that he'd be, in his words, "more than happy" to "get together" with the state senator from Northridge.
McClintock repeated his question: "Can we do that in a debate before the convention Saturday? We're both going to be there."
Schwarzenegger said "No," adding that he would be more than happy to meet with McClintock and discuss issues.
The actor then told McClintock the important thing is to work together on issues. McClintock extended the debate offer a final time and Schwarzenegger signed off by saying, "We will talk about all those things, and we will have a great time at the Republican convention."
A Los Angeles Times poll released late Thursday showed McClintock with support from 18 percent of likely voters to Schwarzenegger's 25 percent. McClintock's support grew 6 percentage points since the August poll, while Schwarzenegger's grew 3 percentage points. Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante was the leading candidate in the poll, with 30 percent.
"The Armstrong & Getty Show" also airs on KQCA-58 TV.
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Once again Arnold shows that he has his priorities straight, while McClintock shows that his priorities are only meant to serve him.
Please vote for Tom McClintock. He's the choice of true conservatives everywhere. . . Like me.
Actually, McClintock is the only one standing up for the party, not ruinng it. Arnold certainly does not represent the party's mission.
IMHO, "Winning" with Arnold is not "Winning" for the state, the people, or the party.
Schwarzenegger said "No,"
The liberal Arnold is a chicken s**t coward.
Well said.
In the beginning, I was willing to give Schwarzenegger the benefit of the doubt but after he started parading liberal democrats and RINO's in front of my face and spitting in my face, I just can't bring myself to support the big guy.
In good conscience, I can only vote for McClintock, a tried and true conservative. McClintock is with us on every single issue.
If Tom McClintock decides to pull out, I'll think about voting for Arnold because you're right - Arnold is better than Cruz on the abortion question. At least Arnold is against partial birth abortion. However, Lager says he won't vote for Schwarzenegger under any circumstances.
Pretty words from a cross-eyed, lipless guy gets you....a few pretty words.
Tom would do nothing to prevent abortion even if he were to be elected. So enabling Bustamante is supposed to better than voting for Arnold?
Si, Republicanos should vote for McClinTaco he is very Mucho Grande to us.
You can't achieve things overnight. Help weaken the Democrats so that we can achieve all our goals. I've come to realize that dealing with the left requires a war of attrition and complacency in chipping away at their power base does not help.
Let me ask you "Arnold or Bust" types (wow, I didn't realize what a great pun that is until I had typed it) a question. If McClintock does what you wish and pulls out soon, and then Arnold gets handed his lunch in the upcoming debate, either because he gets blindsided by a reference to something in his past which he won't have time to effectively rebut, or because he simply can't articulate a credible response to the Democrat issue-oriented assaults in the allotted time, so much so that it effectively destroys his candidacy, will you still blame McClintock when Arnold loses to Bustamante or will you be able to suppress your egos and muster the integrity to admit you backed the wrong candidate?
The difference between the two is glaring. Yes, Ahnold may be electable and popular, but he couldn't find his ass with both hands and a hunting dog, politically. He does not know what he is talking about and it shows - he's all platitudes and generalities, and he doesn't answer questions specifically.
McClintock (please, no cross-eyed, lipless comments) is nails on what needs to be done, specifically. From workers comp to taxes he knows the territory. How sad that most people choose charisma and looks over substance.
"Of the likely voters in The Times Poll sample, 38% identified themselves as conservatives. In the Field Poll, only 32% identified themselves as conservatives. That difference could partially explain McClintock's better showing in the Times survey.
In last November's election for governor, 35% of those who voted identified themselves on exit polls as conservatives. If this year's electorate resembles last year's turnout, The Times Poll would have slightly too many conservatives in it, while the Field sample would have slightly too few.
In the last election, 35% of people identified themselves as liberals. In The Times Poll sample, 34% of those surveyed said they were liberal. But the Field Poll sample included only 25% liberals. (In the Field sample, 43% called themselves moderates, compared with 30% in last year's election)."
LA Times Recall Poll Methodology (Important Information Regarding Today's Recall Poll)
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