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."

[BobS]

McClintock is being played like a fiddle because he doesn't have a clue about strategy. His self-importance is the trap!

[strela]

McClintock is being played like a fiddle because he doesn't have a clue about strategy.

Why shouldn't he? He gets to keep his name in the papers for a few more days.

(Although I think that McWampum DOES need to take some classes to get some sort of real-world job skill. The post-October 7 world for him shows that unemployment is about to loom large. Can failed politicians in California draw unemployment?)

[strela]

If you are going to vote do it on principle not just to win.

Then you may keep your principles, along with Cruz Bustamante as Governor of California. Knock yourself out - uber-conservatives don't represent more than a few percentage points worth of kook protest votes anyway.

[strela]

"I was only KIDDING!"

More desperate evasion.

[EternalVigilance]

The only response to someone like you at some point is humor. You are so fixated on pushing the daily talking points that you won't even engage in debate. Just more bully tactics. Very Clintonian bully tactics.

[nickcarraway]

Remember, Wilson is the conservative on Schwarzenegger's board.

[EternalVigilance]

Remember, Wilson is the conservative on Schwarzenegger's board.

Oh, lawdy, lawdy...

[68 grunt]

He’s a Loser (Lennon/McCartney/grunt),

He's a loser
He's a loser
And he's not what he appears to be

Of all the races he’d won or he’d lost
Here’s the one man he should never have crossed
He was a man in a million, my friend
He should have known Arnold would win in the end

He’s a loser
And he’s losing something that’s dear to us all
He’s a loser
And he’s not what he appears to be

Although he whines and acts like a clown
Beneath his mask he is wearing a frown
His tears are falling like rain from the sky
It is only for him that he cries

He’s a loser
And he’s losing something that’s dear to us all
He’s a loser

And he’s not what he appears to be

What has done to deserve such a fate
Realized he did that he left it too late And so it's true, pride comes before a fall
He's screwing us now so we do lose it all

He’s a loser
And he’s losing something that’s dear to us all
He’s a loser
And he’s not what he appears to be

[68 grunt]

You certainly are abusive!

[EternalVigilance]

So, do you have a point?

[68 grunt]

He's in deecee. Tears? Arnold has the wonks quaking!

[AppyPappy]

I am still puzzled why you continue to evade any comment whatever on Tom "Mini Gray" McClintock's questionable sources of campaign funding.

So what is "questionable" about this funding?

[EternalVigilance]

So, do you have a point?

[68 grunt]

Yes, my point is you are very abusive.

[EternalVigilance]

So, do you have a real point?

[EllaMinnow]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986349/posts

New California Field Poll leaked
Field Poll | September 20, 2003 | Field Poll


Posted on 09/20/2003 6:21 PM EDT by carbon14


Recall (yes)...53%

Bustamante.....28% Schwarzenegger.26% MadClintock....14%

For comparison (Field Poll August 18) Bustamante.....25% Schwarzenegger.22% MadClintock.....9% Simon...........8% Ueberroth.......5% Huffington......2%

[EternalVigilance]

Good luck Pappy.

I'm pretty sure the answer to that question isn't on their sheet.

[68 grunt]

In this particular instance it is enough to note that you have been rude throughout this thread. Thank you for allowing me to say so again. It is very redundant for me to say that you embarrass and belittle your cause. Tell me, does it bother you that Arnie has remained aloof though this nonsense?