Posted on 10/02/2003 3:22:00 PM PDT by Theodore R.
Schwarzenegger Candidacy Proves Republican Party's Lack of Commitment To Conservatism
By Chuck Baldwin
Food For Thought From The Chuck Wagon October 3, 2003 If there is anyone left who truly believes the Republican Party is committed to genuine conservative principles, the candidacy of bodybuilder/actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to be California's next governor should be enough to set the record straight.
Despite Schwarzenegger's extreme liberal views, he has won praise from Republicans nationwide. On virtually every issue worth noting, Schwarzenegger comes down on the left side of the page.
Schwarzenegger is pro-abortion, pro-homosexual rights, pro-gun control, pro-green, and pro-illegal immigration. He even said that Clinton's impeachment made him "ashamed" to call himself a Republican.
Furthermore, Schwarzenegger's immoral escapades make even Bill Clinton look unsoiled. He once bragged in an Oui magazine interview about participating in sex orgies, not to mention his repeated admissions of drug use.
In spite of his personal and philosophical discrepancies, Schwarzenegger has received accolades from notable conservatives such as Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and Pat Robertson, not to mention practically the entire national Republican hierarchy.
Writing for The New York Times, Frank Rich correctly observed, "It is hilarious to watch conservatives, the same conservatives who often decry phony Hollywood liberals and their followers, betray their own inviolate principles to bask in Arnold's hulking movie- star aura so that they might possibly gain a nominal Republican victory in the bargain."
By supporting a liberal such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republicans demonstrate that they have no real loyalty to conservative principles. Beyond that, by supporting Schwarzenegger, they have turned their backs on a true conservative gubernatorial candidate, Tom McClintock.
However, people who are paying attention know that this is the rule, not the exception, for the Republican Party. In race after race, Republican heavyweights will throw their support behind a liberal candidate and will starve out a conservative candidate. This is not an accident or a coincidence. It is the party's plan A. The Republican Party no more desires conservatives in political office than the Democratic Party does, and people who think otherwise are only deceiving themselves.
At some point, conservatives must awaken to the reality that they do not have a political party in Washington, D.C., that represents them. They must, at some point, be willing to abandon the Republican Party and unite around a party and a candidate that will courageously and consistently promote their principles. Can I get a second for Judge Roy Moore and the Constitution Party?
© Chuck Baldwin
Fair enough. Let's have that debate. But when Hillary Clinton accuses Bush of "trying to repeal the 20th Century" and all that came from the New Deal, Fair Deal, New Frontier, and Great Society, then that tells me Bush is actually headed in the *right* direction.
I say he's a DU disruptor and I challenge him to prove me wrong!
What an imp.
Cry me a river.
The answser to that question is right there in your own words.
If it was a choice between Bustamante and Arnold, I MIGHT consider voting for Arnold.
This race is between bustamante and Arnold.
It is if you call yourself Republican, but then again you probably don't.
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