[cyncooper]

I did see part of it.

Here's the general gist of what I heard him say on MSNBC:

First, I saw some of Mary Bono introduce him and she said how excited she was about his candidacy and how her kids were most excited to meet #1 President Bush, and #2 Arnold Schwarzenegger, and #3 was some carrier. She said about the divisions being experienced in the Republican party, that California has veered off course and must be turned around like an aircraft carrier, and that is not abruptly. She was not dismissive of those who support McClintock at all.

Then Arnold came up and said someday America will have a woman president, and this was met with cheers, THEN he said he knew two things about this: She would be an American Margaret Thatcher and she would be a Republican.

Then he said he's always been a Republican. That he's asked ten times a day why he is a Republican "And that's just from my wife, Maria!" Much laughter. He also right before or after that made a disparaging joke about the nine democratic candidates. Yahoo!

Then he got very serious and explained how he had grown up and seen with his own eyes the Russian trucks and troops right there in his own town. That he and his father took food to a refugee camp. That he grew to hate communism and wanted to come to the greatest country on earth---America. (applause!)

Then he described coming to America and Humphrey and Nixon were campaigning and as he watched the campaign unfold he said Humphrey sounded like the communists and he knew he was a Republican. He couldn't wait to become a Republican so he could vote for a Republican. He spoke of going to California and learning that Republican values brought prosperity to that state. And now he is running for governor of California, as a Republican.

Then MSNBC decided to leave.

It was very exciting and positive and moving (the firsthand look at Communism, you can just imagine) and the crowd was jazzed.

[EllaMinnow]

Excellent. I wish I had seen it.

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you for the report. I would have loved to watch that speech.

[EllaMinnow]

Here's cyn's excellent summary. Post 10.

[BunnySlippers]

She would be an American Margaret Thatcher and she would be a Republican.

I agree. I can't imagine a female Democrat as president in these dangerous times.

[BunnySlippers]

Then he said he's always been a Republican. That he's asked ten times a day why he is a Republican "And that's just from my wife, Maria!" Much laughter.

Hahaha ... that's VERY funny. I hope I see a rerun.

[ladyinred]

I love hearing a candidate for a political office with the guts to say he hates communists. Especially when the opposing party is heading down that road as fast as their little teeney (non gas guzzling) sports cars can carry them!