Posted on 06/19/2025 7:04:47 AM PDT by cuz1961
Nope! Not good enough! If you’re not pure as the Virgin Mary herself on all positions, if you’re a Republican Governor with an all rapid Democrat house and don’t get an immigration ban through, then you’re a complete and utter failure. I laugh sometimes at purists. They don’t know how utterly ridiculous they sound.
News flash: we live in a split electorate. If we are ever going to reach any agreements at all, we have to find a middle ground - with the "reasonable" members of the other side to get anything done.
Arnie is not perfect, but for this moment he spoke well.
Arnold never took on illegal immigration, that I can remember. He was a social liberal. He ran to control the budget and spending but he was a social liberal.
Whether or not he would have tried to control illegal immigration is an unknown. He got is ass kicked so badly out of the gate by the California Leftist cabal, it remains an unknown what else he wanted to accomplish in California.
After the 4 sensible propositions Arnold backed all went down the drain, crushed by the government unions and nurses/teachers unions & etc., he pretty much pivoted to damage control the rest of his time.
Recall his 4 props:
Prop 74 - Put new teachers on probation for 5 years (from then 2 year period)\
Prop 75 - Prevent government employee unions from forcing members to fund Democrats
Prop 76 - control the budget and limit spending growth
Prop 77 - fair redistricting
After losing on all 4 of his propositions, Arnold was just trying to fight the rising budget whenever he could. He had a failed governorship but it wasn’t completely his fault. We have no clue what he really wanted to accomplish, because the Democrat super majority and the weight of the Leftist/Democrate super majority stymied him right from day 1. They pushed for Bustamante anyway.
what about since then ?
” Screw your Freedom “
thats what.
no walking that back is even remotely possible.
cats out of the bag.
he coughed up our primary right as American's, freedom, for personal social , political, ca$h ?
profit .
I don't laugh at or otherwise deride Schwarzenegger for not getting an "immigration ban" through: California is a state, and is not competent to pass legislation pertaining to immigration. Rather, that is a federal matter.
I am concerned instead that he didn't simply say: "Let's enforce the laws already on the books! Come here legally, and follow our laws! And if you want to become a U.S. citizen, apply, wait in line, and go through the regular procedures."
Regards,
Don’t look at me. I voted for McClintock in the Davis recall. He got killed. Arnold won because Californians are bloody, bat-poop stupid. “Hey, let’s elect an actor because he has accomplishments on film.” IDIOTS
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hey, im in no place to look at anyone
cuz i was awol on that election.
at least you voted.
( and not for ‘anold /-)
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