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McClintock Calls on Schwarzenegger to Resign If Charges Prove True
KXTV Sacramento Channel 10 ^
| October 5, 2003
| KXTV
Posted on 10/05/2003 8:53:58 PM PDT by Recourse
McClintock Calls on Schwarzenegger to Resign If Charges Prove True
State Senator Tom McClintock called on Arnold Schwarzenegger to withdraw from the race for governor if allegations of improper sexual advances prove to be true.
Asked by reporters what he would tell Schwarzenegger, McClintock said, "If those allegations are true, you should drop out of the race."
McClintock was careful not to condemn Schwarzenegger out of hand, but made his feelings on the issue clear. "If the allegations are true, and again coming as late as they are, I believe they need to be treated with great skepticism, that conduct is reprehensible," he said.
He went on to tell reporters that if the charges are proven, Schwarzenegger does not deserve to occupy the governor's office. "As the father of a 13-year-old daughter, I would have a great deal of trouble accepting that that kind of conduct has been elevated to the highest office in the state," he said.
The potential scandal hovering over Schwarzenegger could provide an unexpected boost for McClintock's campaign. The conservative state senator is current lagging well behind both Schwarzenegger and Democrat Cruz Bustamante in the polls.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: mcclintock; recall; schwarzenegger
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To: CheneyChick
Mind your own business.
To: Recourse
Dear Tom,Get over yourself.
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posted on
10/05/2003 9:18:22 PM PDT
by
Tempest
(9th inning of a winning game and you guys are still whining to trade pitchers?!)
To: FairOpinion
Those aren't facts. They are a smear of a good man. But I don't expect anything else from you.
To: Mulder
Character doesn't count anymore. FReepers are becoming Democrats.
64
posted on
10/05/2003 9:18:39 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(www.geocities.com/geronl, stop the DAZI Party)
To: CheneyChick; rdf
So that's how people nowadays qualify to become Governor of California?
We are reliving the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
To: livius
I have a relative who is a County employee (not saying where or what capacity) in California. He is active in the GOP there. They ALL agree Tom has no future in California politics, period. When the votes are in, I will be surprised to see him get 8%.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
You ain't never "pumped the neighbor's cat" before?
67
posted on
10/05/2003 9:19:41 PM PDT
by
Texaggie79
(Did I just say that?)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
I guess you're gonna find out, aren't you...
To: CheneyChick
He's morphing into Alan. Pretty soon he's going to start SCREAMING.
To: Texaggie79
I ain't tpaine!
To: livius
Exactly! McClintock's followers are doing nothing more than lending credence to the Dem position that the impeachment was 'just about sex'.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
As Tom said, do you think would Arnold take that behaviour to Sacramento? Do you really believe that? Wait, I already know the answer... People take it all the way to Washington with a history of it.
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posted on
10/05/2003 9:22:17 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: EternalVigilance
And when you find out the allegations are false, and Arnold takes model behaviour to their Capital, will you post a thread about the quality of his character being misjudged and ping all of us to it?
To: opinionator
If he ever runs for statewide office again, he won't get my vote. Same here. Tom blew it.
74
posted on
10/05/2003 9:22:48 PM PDT
by
PRND21
To: Skip Ripley
Exactly! McClintock's followers are doing nothing more than lending credence to the Dem position that the impeachment was 'just about sex'. If you never once made a peep about what services Clinton was receiving in the Oval Office, I guess you're qualified to make that assertion.
To: Brad Cloven
I demand Arnold resign if he didn't grope willing nubile fillies in his youth. A guy who works out that hard had to get more than a little action. I like your way of thinking!
76
posted on
10/05/2003 9:23:26 PM PDT
by
orbitboy
To: EternalVigilance
Mind your own business.Grumpy, eh?
77
posted on
10/05/2003 9:23:33 PM PDT
by
CheneyChick
(www.JoinArnold.com - "Let's Bring Kah-lee-fohr-nya Back")
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Only if he doesn't fill every possible position in CA state government with liberals like himself. That in itself is going to be obscene.
To: Recourse
I think Tom is beginning to suspect that Arnold is really going to get more votes than he is.
79
posted on
10/05/2003 9:24:41 PM PDT
by
per loin
If it wasn't acceptable in Clinton it cannot be acceptable in Arnold.
Go ahead and back your liberal candidates, but you really should stop bashing 'right-wingers'.
Your going to need their vote in the next election, then you won't feel so good for driving them out of the party.
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posted on
10/05/2003 9:24:56 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(www.geocities.com/geronl, stop the DAZI Party)
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