Poll: Who would you elect governor if given a choice of either Arnold Schwarzenegger or Gray Davis?

Record Searchlight (Redding) ^ | 7/19/03 | staff

[DPB101]

If you had to vote today, who would you elect governor if given a choice of either Arnold Schwarzenegger or Gray Davis?

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(poll at bottom left)

[freedumb2003]

If you had to vote today, who would you elect governor if given a choice of either Arnold Schwarzenegger or Gray Davis?
Schwarzenegger. (82%) = 237

Davis. (11%) = 32

I don't know/care. (7%) = 19

TOTAL VOTES: 288

[monocle]

With the existing Democrat-controlled legislature I would not vote for a Republican. If a Republican were elected, all Republicans would be blamed for all the harsh choices that have to be made which would be doubly difficult given the present legislature makeup.

[Bernard Marx]

Davis. Why? Because Arnold's a liberal married to a Shriver/Kennedy. He's anti-gun, pro-abortion and pro-gay rights. The last thing in the world California needs is a Kennedy foothold in the Statehouse! Arnold's a RINO.

Davis is a continuing embarrassment to the Democrats and a couple more years of his mismanagement and tax increases might wake up enough people, even a few Rats, to change the real problem: the Legislature. Even if a Republican is elected governor by some miracle, the Haight-Ashbury Legislature would hamstring every effort to steer the state away from that big iceberg up ahead. If we're going to hit the iceberg anyhow, let it be a Democrat "captain" that takes the blame. After the collison maybe we can elect a real Republican/Conservative, not a Hollywood actor who plays a conservative in movies.

[WaterDragon]

I'd vote for Davis. He's an honest, out-and-out leftie who is destroying California, and this is becoming clearer and clearer to the entire country. An excellent lesson for us all.

"Conan" is supposedly a Republican, but appears to have few conservative values or committments. Why would any conservative vote for him?

[Experiment 6-2-6]

Actually, I thought the story on the Catwoman trial on the link was more intriguing....

[BillyBoy]

You got that right. Too bad the poll is rigged to make you pick one of two liberals. I had to pick "I don't know/care", although the truth is far from it-- I would vote for just about any Republican (except for RINOs) over those two.

[toomuchcoffee]

Maybe both are libs, but Arnold is ever so much better to look at.

[BlackElk]

It is a good idea: One, two, many RINOs to split the left vote with Grayout or whatever Demonrats are in the race. Of course, if Arriana were capable of election, may God help California. Among other things, she might invite her ex back to be First Lady of California. She is smarter than Grayout (not hard), more attractive than DiFi (not hard), less principled than RINO Riordan (very hard) and nutty as the proverbial fruitcake (no, not her husband).

Tom McLintock. Governor Tom McLintock. It has a certain ring to it. A very nice ring.

[BlackElk]

It is a good idea: One, two, many RINOs to split the left vote with Grayout or whatever Demonrats are in the race. Of course, if Arriana were capable of election, may God help California. Among other things, she might invite her ex back to be First Lady of California. She is smarter than Grayout (not hard), more attractive than DiFi (not hard), less principled than RINO Riordan (very hard) and nutty as the proverbial fruitcake (no, not her ex-husband).

Tom McLintock. Governor Tom McLintock. It has a certain ring to it. A very nice ring.

[CyberAnt]

I have heard from an insider that Simon is planning to run - it seems funny the dems are not even mentioning him - or maybe they are avoiding mentioning him for a reason ..??

Both of the lawsuits which Dufus hammered Simon with were settled in his favor. The one with the former partner was THROWN OUT ... case had no merits. The second one - with the feds was settled in favor of Simon - and the feds had to pay him $300,000,000.

[BossLady]

I think CA should just elect a good accountant as governor at this point :)

[fieldmarshaldj]

Dear Lawd, 2 hemorrhoids on the bodypolitik of California. Better the Davis hemorrhoid on the 'Rats ass than the Ah-nold one on ours.

[tuna_battle_slight_return]

A glass-eye in a duck's ass can see that the answer is not Gray Davis.

[DPB101]

Actually, I thought the story on the Catwoman trial on the link was more intriguing....

Heh...heh....I did too. Wonder what her "trademark" outfit looks like.

. . . a seven-man, five-woman jury was picked to determine whether Celeste Draisner, 29, of Mountain Gate, known to many as Catwoman, should go to jail for staging a protest last year on a catwalk surrounding a 199-foot-tall smokestack at the manufacturing plant.

But it wasn't easy to settle on a jury as scores of potential jurors were excused for a variety of reasons, including at least three who said they felt biased toward Draisner because they were offended by her trademark Catwoman outfit she was wearing in court . . .more on Catwoman and link to the poll

Current results:

Schwarzenegger. (81%) = 392
Davis. (12%) = 60
I don't know/care. (6%) = 30

[DPB101]

Davis is up to 13% now.

[Cboldt]

Better the Davis hemorrhoid on the 'Rats ass than the Ah-nold one on ours. Bump - some funny comments on this thread. CA shenanigans are a prelude for the rest of us

[DPB101]

Every state will have its own demented twist too. Down in Florida, Rats are pretty much shut out of the legislature. So they are pushing constitutional amendments. In 2002, McBride was defeated because he wanted smaller class size but had no way to pay for it. Yet, on the same ballot, a constitutional amendment mandating smaller class sizes passed in a landslide. Soon the Florida constitution will be longer than the Federal tax code.

A few others on the ballot in 2002:

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 8 (subject: "Universal kindergarten") Voluntary Universal Pre-Kindergarten Education

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 10 (subject: "Pregnant pigs") Animal Cruelty Amendment: Limiting Cruel and Inhumane Confinement of Pigs During Pregnancy

Think the pig one passed. Who could vote against it?

[ladyinred]

I would vote for a dog before that weirdo Huffington. She could not get elected in California. They need the Central valley to do that, and she is detested here.

[King Prout]

why would I want to do THAT to Ahhnuld?
I am having difficulty understanding why he's interested in taking over the People's Republic of Kali when that's just asking to have an unfixable mess dumped in his lap, one which would be an albatross around his neck for the rest of his life.
Maybe he knows something I don't *shrugging*