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Huge Blow to McClintock. California GOP to Formally Endorse Arnold Schwarzenegger 2pm PST Today

Posted on 09/29/2003 11:10:57 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs

FOX NEWS:

The California GOP will announce today that it will endorse Arnold Schwarzenegger for their candidate for the governor of California.

The official announcement will come at 2pm Pacific time today.

This announcement comes as a big blow to Tom McClintock.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: egomaniacfoiled; endorsement; exotropicpsycho; gopcorruption; mcclintock; mcwampum; schwarzenegger
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To: whinecountry
For what it's worth: a Sacramento Bee reporter was on KSFO-AM (San Francisco) this morning, and was asked about Davis sliming Arnold this week. He said the inside dope in Sac. is that if Davis had more slime, he would have used it by now.

I think they expected the "Nazi dad" story, the "anti-gay" story, the "sex fiend" story, and the "nude photos by Mapplethorpe" story to do the heavy lifting. Just shows how badly they misread Arnold's popularity, which may have actually been boosted by showing his wild past.

They probably have a nasty little hit piece scheduled for election eve, but that was probably just expected to seal the deal and keep the pre-election focus vaguely hinting at scandal, just like the Gore team and the "Bush DWI" story on just prior to that election. Their problem with this is that a story like that is not going to come close to eliminating a 15 point gap.

81 posted on 09/29/2003 11:47:49 AM PDT by Snuffington
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Even if he "withdraws,", McC would remain on the ballot and provide an emergency stopgap should Arnold experience a last-minute meltdown.

Well OK, in that case, I'll have to go with Arnold. I have enormous respect for McC, but California is in desperate need of a Republican Governor. I have some serious trepidations about Arnold, but Bustamonte would drive that state directly into bankruptcy. You do what you have to do, I guess.

82 posted on 09/29/2003 11:47:59 AM PDT by zacyak
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To: zacyak
I will chime in on that also....the lesser of the two evils....:)
83 posted on 09/29/2003 11:48:22 AM PDT by smiley
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To: Saundra Duffy
Quote from Tom McClintock: "I have never been popular in the country club wing of the Republican Party."

Well, that sucks for him, doesn't it?

84 posted on 09/29/2003 11:50:00 AM PDT by Mr. Bird
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To: Tamsey; Tempest; BibChr; Poohbah; dighton
Ping to #19
85 posted on 09/29/2003 11:50:09 AM PDT by Chancellor Palpatine (Buddy Rydell from "Anger Management" is my new role model)
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
How is this a huge blow? Did you honestly expect that they would endorse McClintock?
86 posted on 09/29/2003 11:50:46 AM PDT by jmc813 (McClintock is the only candidate who supports the entire Bill of Rights, including the 2nd Amendment)
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To: Snuffington
From today's New York Times, via Drudge:

"Schwarzenegger said that Mr. Davis was a captain who had led his ship aground and that the final days of the campaign were sure to be bloody ones. "Let me just now tell you something, this is now hand-to-hand combat, we are in the trenches, this is war," he told a crowd of 2,000 in a hangar here this afternoon. "Desperate Davis is going to do all kinds of tricks. He's going to start a dirty campaign now. We know how he is."

Forewarned is fore-armed. I think that the Schwarzenegger campaign is ready for Davis to do his worst.

87 posted on 09/29/2003 11:51:17 AM PDT by EllaMinnow
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To: Saundra Duffy
Quote from Tom McClintock: "I have never been popular in the country club wing of the Republican Party."

One wonders what he is doing running for governor if he so disdains all but a small group of people.

Such contempt he and his supporters appear to have for all who don't agree with everything they say or think.

88 posted on 09/29/2003 11:51:25 AM PDT by cyncooper
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To: finnman69
ROFL!
89 posted on 09/29/2003 11:51:37 AM PDT by CheneyChick (www.JoinArnold.com - "Let's Bring Kah-lee-fohr-nya Back")
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To: Vinomori
he's a professional politician whose career means everything and the good of the people means nothing NOTHING to him.......philosophically strong, but as far as human character goes Tom is no better than Daschle anymore.

This is starting to be typical of Mr. S's supporters, they can't go far attacking Tom on issues or qualifications, so they resort to character assassination. Speaks a lot of you folks.

90 posted on 09/29/2003 11:52:02 AM PDT by StoneColdGOP (McClintock - In Your Heart, You Know He's Right)
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To: Ol' Sparky
Somehow my rendition was a lot more clever and funnier. As well as accurate in its Baghdad Bob like absurdity.
91 posted on 09/29/2003 11:52:31 AM PDT by finnman69 (!)
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To: DiamondDon1
DD, if the rumors floating around are confirmed (and worse than expected), the GOP could be tarred with advocating a racist candidate. They will NEVER live that one down. It will reinforce every suspicion blacks and Hispanics have about this party.

For the past few weeks I've thought the slime on Arnold will be sex-related. While I wouldn't be surprised to see a rape allegation surface, I'm betting the dirt will show a white supremacist connection. I did some reading last night. Arnold socializes with Kurt Waldheim and has been filmed on camera saying he admires Hitler. My guess is that we will see pictures or the film by the end of the week.
92 posted on 09/29/2003 11:53:35 AM PDT by Canticle_of_Deborah
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To: CheneyChick
Funny... That's what most of Mr. S's wild, rabid crowds look like. Vacuous, empty-headed blonde cheerleader types, starry-eyed and swooning.

Seekers of style, shunners of substance.
93 posted on 09/29/2003 11:54:55 AM PDT by StoneColdGOP (McClintock - In Your Heart, You Know He's Right)
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To: evilsmoker
I guess they needed to hurry up and do it before people see the new USA Today/Gallup Poll:

McClintock 56%
Bustamante 37%

Right after they show this poll.

Schwarzenegger 58%
Bustamante 36%

94 posted on 09/29/2003 11:54:59 AM PDT by finnman69 (!)
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To: StoneColdGOP
HA - I went fishing for trolls and caught one! LOL!
95 posted on 09/29/2003 11:56:09 AM PDT by CheneyChick (www.JoinArnold.com - "Let's Bring Kah-lee-fohr-nya Back")
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah
Agrred. Endorsing Arnold at this time, knowing full well the Dems will spring an October surprise, is a very bad move for the GOP. Personally, I don't think the GOP should endorse anyone in this election.
96 posted on 09/29/2003 11:56:53 AM PDT by rintense (Psycho like Rummy)
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To: Bikers4Bush
To: DoughtyOne

Interesting comments when I was only posing a question and not slamming Arnold.
I think you might be a little too emotional about this and in need of taking a few steps back to consider the problem should it arise.
IF he did pull out as you would all like him to and then a bombshell got dropped against arnold their would be NO viable republican candidates.
Before you go spewing you need to take a hard look at whether you really want him to pull out of the race or not.
64 posted on 09/29/2003 11:36 AM PDT by Bikers4Bush


I've been through six weeks of the McClintock camp using one excuse or another to keep their man in the race.  I liked McClintock's platform early on, and still do.  I agreed that he should get a debate appearance in to be fair, so I bought into the McClintock line to a point.  When I agreed to that I thought the one debate would take place on 09/17, not 09/22.  I defended him staying in until the voting started by absentee ballot on 09/08.  After that I became increasingly critical of his ability to become the spoiler.  Collecting votes when you can't win is a defeatest strategy if you seriously want Democrats out of office.

Now it's 09/29.  The Recall Election is eight days away and Tom is still sewing up absentee ballots.  Now the excuse isn't he might spark or he'll mop the floor with Schwarzenegger in a debate, it's that Schwarzenegger might be damaged the day before the election.  At each step of this process there has been an excuse.  I'm sick and tired of the excuses.

Tom has done his damage now.  He's taken 25-35% of his vote potential and locked them up.  He'll get die-hard votes in about the same quantity on election day even if he withdraws now.  It's just too damned late in the election cycle.

Tom has burned every bit of good-will I ever had for him.  I like his platform to a tee.  There isn't any of it I dislike.  Tom isn't going to be elected.  If he can't see this and be honest with himself at this point, Tom is too flawed to be supported in the future.  I will not support him again unless he wins a primary and my choice is between him and a democrat far less dangerous than the one he may be ushering in at this moment.



97 posted on 09/29/2003 11:58:03 AM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: finnman69
There went the ol' keyboard!
98 posted on 09/29/2003 11:58:04 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (Stir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
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To: StoneColdGOP
In either case, it's a group of largely big-money, big-moderates, country clubbers making the decision

I never thought I'd see the day when "country clubbers" were defended here on FR. But they are on many threads, including this one.

99 posted on 09/29/2003 11:58:30 AM PDT by jmc813 (McClintock is the only candidate who supports the entire Bill of Rights, including the 2nd Amendment)
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To: rintense
Personally, I don't think the GOP should endorse anyone in this election.

Me either. It's stupid.

100 posted on 09/29/2003 11:58:45 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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