Schwarzenegger the ONLY candidate that didn't need a script

renew America ^ | 9-29-2003 | Mary Mostert

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

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[Tempest]

I pretty much much agree. Both Bustamante and McClintock are particularly good at reciting the certain buzzwords that make their politcal bases all gushy with glee.

Pavlovian response training.

[Ol' Sparky]

Prediction: Schwartenegger will win the election and raise taxes.

[CheneyChick]

Interesting. Didn't the "expert" politicos have the advanced questions as well??

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Prediction: You are wrong.

[alwaysconservative]

Bump and thanks for posting this! Not unless you look at the first lines of their answers do you see the exact point the author is making about who was "scripted" and who wasn't. Thanks again!

[Wright is right!]

"Prediction: Schwartenegger will win the election and raise taxes."

Correction. Ah-nold will win the election and raise tax REVENUE. But he won't raise tax RATES. He may increase revenue by LOWERING the rates.

Michael

[cake_crumb]

What's bugging me lately is these McClintock supporters calling into Hannity and accusing him of not supporting McClintock ENOUGH....if it weren't for him, he would NEVER have gotten as much exposre as he has. Those accusations are downright wrong, bitter and nasty.

It's not Hannity's fault McClintock can't pull more numbers, but his tendency to repeat the SAME lines over and over for his opening remarks then he starts an interview hasn't helped. He has good ideas definitely, but he needs work on his people skills. I can't make it any more clear than that.

[FairOpinion]

Excellent article. Arnold stayed on topic, and answered the questions, while the others recited their script, like programmed robots.

Great Arnold pix -- I haven't seen this one. :)

[FairOpinion]

Hannity said he has McClintock on 5 times, and only had Arnold on 3 times.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

This response makes no sense. All I can conclude is that this man is so anal that he can't let anything pass without him trying to show that he is always right. He wasted his time by correcting Arnold. This man is seriously disturbed.

The second citizen question was “How would you propose enhancing revenue and or what specific cuts would you make to spending in order to achieve a balanced budget?”

This time the first to respond was Senator McClintock:

Tom McClintock: — It's a great question, and I do have to correct Arnold. It's not called a three-strikes law.

[Dr. Frank fan]

This is a strange analysis.

It's true enough that Arnold stayed "on topic" with regard to the questions asked. The most likely explanation for this is because he knew the questions in advance, rehearsed his answers to those questions, and then delivered those answers during the debate. But that's precisely what people mean when they call him "scripted". That is the charge in a nutshell. Far from contradicting the "scripted" charge, this analysis reinforces it. Arnold deviated less from his (presumably prepared) answers than anyone else! This proves he was the "ONLY candidate that didn't need a script"? In what bizarro universe?

As for "thinking fast", leaving aside the fact that spouting-rehearsed-answers-the-most is not an indication of that, it all seems to boil down to Arnold's "Terminator 4" jab at Arianna - that's what proved he was "thinking fast". But again, a critic could just as well say that Arnold most likely came up with, and practiced, potential "jabs" and one-liners to deliver when appropriate. (As did, I assume, the other candidates.) And truthfully, if I had to place a bet, I'd bet that the "Terminator 4" line was indeed written and vetted with Arnold's debate coaches far in advance of the debate; "if Arianna ever has you up against the ropes, use the 'Terminator 4' line". That kind of thing.

Don't get me wrong. I have no bone to pick with Arnold. I also think Arnold did reasonably well in the debate. If "Terminator 4" was a pre-written one-liner, it was a good one. But an analysis which observes that his answers were (a) most in line with the pre-announced questions and (b) peppered with the occasional snappy one-liner; and then concludes that Arnold (a) didn't need a script, and (b) thought fast on his feet, has everything 180 degrees upside down and bass-ackwards, IMHO.

None of this is to be construed as to indicate that I will not vote for Arnold. I may.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Don't thank me, thank Cheney Chick.

I just post it to show that Arnold is more than just a brainy guy.

[Digger]

so what you're saying all this ... The politicians make a mistake, they keep spending and spending and spending, then when they realize they made a mistake and spent money they don't even have, then they go out and go tax, tax, tax. That's the answer to the problem?

How many times have you heard this line. BTW he has approx 5 more of them & that's about the extent of his vocabulary. Why would he have to rehearse.

[CheneyChick]

It's true enough that Arnold stayed "on topic" with regard to the questions asked.

Arnold deviated less from his (presumably prepared) answers than anyone else!

A HUGE plus, IMHO. He will be able stay on course and focused on what needs to be done, without distraction. Thanks for pointing out that great quality!

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Arnold has the muscle to get the job done.

[Dr. Frank fan]

[stayed "on topic"] A HUGE plus, IMHO. He will be able stay on course and focused on what needs to be done, without distraction. Thanks for pointing out that great quality!

Fair enough, but my point remains that this doesn't prove the author's intended point that Arnold was the "ONLY candidate that didn't need a script" at all, but something closer to the opposite.

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[gubamyster]

Relying on the author's handpicked quotes is very misleading. Why not read the transcripts and decide for yourself who answered the questions:

Recall Debate Transcript