Schwarzenegger: McClintock a Pawn of Pro-Bustamante Indians

NewsMax ^ | Spet. 19, 2003 | Carl Limbacher

[FairOpinion]

American Indians who are supporting Democrat front-runner Cruz Bustamante in California are also promoting Republican state Sen. Tom McClintock, and GOP front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger is furious.

"I think that as far as Tom McClintock is concerned, I think the question I have for him is, what side is he on?" Schwarzenegger said Thursday. "Is he on the side of the Republicans? Does he represent the Republicans, or does he represent Bustamante?"

Schwarzenegger suggested that the tribes were abetting Bustamante by trying to split the Republican vote.

"They are financing his commercials and TV spots and all that," said Schwarzenegger, who doesn't take money from Indian tribes. "He knows they're financing him not because they want him to be governor. They just want to interfere with the process so that Bustamante wins. He has to decide which side is he on, the Republicans' or Bustamante's."

McClintock called Schwarzenegger's comments "a ridiculous statement by a man who obviously hasn't paid much attention to California public affairs. ... For 20 years, I have fought to protect sovereignty on reservation lands, well before there was gaming.

"If they wanted to hurt Schwarzenegger, they would be making an independent expenditure to hurt Schwarzenegger, and Lord knows there's plenty they could hurt him with."

Assemblyman John Benoit, R-Palm Desert, a Schwarzenegger supporter, told the Riverside Press-Enterprise: "I think the idea of divide and conquer is a tried and true tactic. I can't speak for the Indians, but if there was somebody looking to help Bustamante, this would be the way to do it."

[strela]

Are you saying that it is against the law to receive money from this group?

Putting words in other people's mouths is a pathetic "debating" tactic. You're losing ...

[EternalVigilance]

You're votin' for one - if that ain't "hobnobbing", I don't know what is.

You're just proving your disingenuity by calling Tom McClintock a liberal.

I always expect RATs to twist words and change their simple meanings to forward their agenda, but coming from FReepers it's more than a little alarming.

[strela]

Not on Free Republic.

I'm talking about the voters in California. They are the ones who will be casting the votes in a couple of weeks, not FreeRepublic. And, more will be casting their votes for Schwarzenegger than they will for McWampum. Deal.

[Brian Allen]

<< I see you're still off your meds. >>

Too Right!

And McJeffords is off ..... whoops! [See below] .... make that ON -- the reservation.

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[strela]

You're just proving your disingenuity by calling Tom McClintock a liberal.

If you knowingly cast a vote that will throw the election to a liberal, then you're a liberal. It the shoe fits, wear it.

[EternalVigilance]

My bringing up of the Arnold/Hillary money connection is simply to point out your hypocrisy in whining so loudly about some Indians donating to Tom's campaign. You simply have no credibility on this. You're simply mouthing the talking points put out by Arnold's leftist political hacks.

[EternalVigilance]

There are two liberals in this race, and one conservative. I support the conservative, you support one of the liberals. That's the reality.

[strela]

You simply have no credibility on this.

And you're desperately trying to change the subject. How "credible" is a candidate who happily takes money from the same place that Gray Davis gets his?

[EternalVigilance]

McJeffords, eh?

You guys are supporting a RINO, and call the one conservative here a Jeffords?

You've utterly lost touch with reality.

[strela]

There are two liberals in this race, and one conservative.

One of them at least has the guts to openly declare his advocacy and support of a Mexican enclave in the United States (that is Bustamante). The other takes money from the same place that Gray Davis gets his in a cynical attempt to undercut the REAL conservative in this race - Arnold Schwarzenegger.

That's the reality.

Yes, it is.

[EternalVigilance]

How credible is a candidate who takes money and advice from radical pro-aborts, radical enviros, and Hillary supporters--calling them his close friends and mentors?

[strela]

And McJeffords is off ..... whoops! [See below] .... make that ON -- the reservation.

McWampum Heap Big Hypocrite. And so are his supporters.

[EternalVigilance]

...in a cynical attempt to undercut the REAL conservative in this race - Arnold Schwarzenegger.

You've really lost it.

[strela]

Trying to change the subject again, I see. Why not just admit that your holier-than-thou candidate couldn't collect enough aluminum cans to hang with Arnold, had to make a deal with the devil, and be done with it? Confession is good for the soul.

[strela]

There is no differenc between Schwarzenegger and Bustamante!

ROFL! There is no difference between McWampum and Gray Davis. Follow the money ...

[EternalVigilance]

No, my chosen subject is your obvious hypocrisy in whining about Tom taking money from Native Americans while Arnold takes money and advice from Hillary supporters. You haven't addressed it once. You run from it like a scared puppy.

[Godebert]

Arnold Schwarzenegger's views in his own words:

Pro Gun Control

• "I'm for gun control. I'm a peace-loving guy." (Time magazine cover story, Aug 18, 2003) When interviewed on the issues by Sean Hannity on August 27th, Schwarzenegger admitted that he is for gun control. He said he supported both the Brady Bill and the ban on so-called "assault weapons." He said, "Also I would like to close the loophole of the gun shows." When asked by the Sacramento Bee to detail his positions on gun issues (scroll down), Arnold stated that he supports legislation to ban .50-caliber rifles, force gun buyers to pass a state-defined test in order to purchase a handgun, and require load indicators or magazine safety disconnects on new semiauto handguns.
• Pro Abortion
  Schwarzenegger appeared on FoxNews' "Bill O'Reilly" program in May 2001 and said he disagreed with President Bush's pro-life position. "I'm for choice," Schwarzenegger said on the program. "The women should have the choice. The women should decide what they want to do with their bodies. I'm all for that." When interviewed on the issues by Sean Hannity on August 27th, Schwarzenegger admitted again that he is "pro-choice".
• Pro Gay Agenda
  From Cosmopolitan magazine, "I have no sexual standards in my head that say this is good or this is bad. Homosexual-that only means to me that he enjoys sex with a man and I enjoy sex with a woman. It's all legitimate to me." He also supports gay adoption, despite the fact that both conservative Republicans and moderate Democrats voted by a 61 percent margin for Proposition 22, the Defense of Marriage Initiative, which defined marriage as that between a man and a woman. (Newsmax, 28 July 2003)
  When interviewed on the issues by Sean Hannity on August 27th, Schwarzenegger admitted that he is for legalized "domestic partnerships" which would give gay couples the same benefits as marriage.
• Pro Big Government Programs
  Regarding the passage of Proposition 49, a big government social scheme providing funds for after school programs: "Every California child deserves access to a proven, quality, life-changing afterschool program, and now they will have it. My hope is that, as goes California, so goes the rest of our nation." When interviewed on the issues by Sean Hannity on August 27th, Schwarzenegger said that he believes that social programs should be focused on children. He said, "I think the important thing, again, is that we work on education and really make sure that the kids have the first run at our treasury."
  In the same interview with Hannity, Schwarzenegger said that he supports big government programs to buy back leases as a measure to protect the environment. He said, "I think that our state government and our federal government should negotiate to buy back the leases [from the oil companies.]"
  
• Pro Environmentalist Agenda
  When a reporter asked him in early August to detail his positions on the environment, he said "I will fight for the environment. Nothing to worry about."
  When interviewed on the issues by Sean Hannity on August 27th, Schwarzenegger said he did not support offshore oil drilling. He said, "No, absolutely not. I think that we should stop the oil drilling and I think that our state government and our federal government should negotiate to buy back the leases [from the oil companies.]"
  
• Pro Clinton/Anti Impeachment
  In 1999, Schwarzenegger told George magazine of his bitterness about the frenzy over Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton and the waste of time and energy it represented. "That was another thing I will never forgive the Republican Party for," he said. "I was ashamed to call myself a Republican during that period."
  
• Soft on Illegal Immigration
  In a radio interview with KABC radio host Larry Elder on August 27th, Schwarzenegger said that allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the United States is "the right thing to do." Last year, while campaigning for his Prop. 49 after-school programs initiative, Schwarzenegger...declared in answer to a question from the audience: "I would never stand in the way of any child going to school, whether he or she is here legally or illegally, it does not matter." (Sacramento Bee, 24 August)

238 posted on 09/08/2003 9:36 PM EDT by Godebert

[strela]

No, my chosen subject is your obvious hypocrisy in whining about Tom taking money from Native Americans while Arnold takes money and advice from Hillary supporters.

On a thread entitled "McClintock a Pawn of Pro-Bustamante Indians", all you're doing is evading and spamming the same old tired Bustamante talking points.

You haven't addressed it once. You run from it like a scared puppy.

If you want to start your own thread whining about Schwarzenegger, then go ahead. THIS thread however is to discuss McWampum's blatant hypocrisy in taking money from the same place Gray Davis gets his.

[EternalVigilance]

I've addressed Tom taking this money repeatedly. He had every right to do so, and there is no shame in it.

But you haven't addressed the blood-money from Arnold's 'close friend and mentor' once.

Or Dick Riordon, who has been quite generous with California Democrats.