Schwarzenegger as Governer?

[Ash]

I'm sure you've all heard by now that Ah-nold might be running for governer of California sometime soon.

What do you think about this?
Do you think he'll have a chance?

Do you think he's just trying to use his star status to win the position or do you think he's very serious about it?

If he does win....do you think he's capable of doing the job well?

Remember....Ah-nold has been a serious Republican supporter for some time now.....I personally think that he would take the job very seriously and try to do the best job he can.



Post Edited (07-25-03 15:34)

[jmc]

I think he's serious, but I don't know if he would do well in an election.  It would depend on who ran against him, but he might win if he were able to mobilize a lot of people who don't normally vote--the way Jesse Ventura was able to do.  He might be able to pull off some kind of populist type campaign but I think that would be his only chance.  

I guess I'll probably have the chance to vote for him seeing as how I'm moving to California this fall.

[Dunners]

if he were to enter as a republican (which he is) and go for it, then he's got the best chance over the rest of these f**kers.

there really are only 2 people that hold public interest in the recal, Schwartzenegger who has done a little dabbling in politics and is a respected action star as well as a U.S Immigrant living the American dream that he's worked hard to earn.

Or there is  a former LA mayor who also has a good chance. Both he and Anrold are friends and if Arnold runs then he wont. However if Arnold doesnt run then he's got the highest chance of becoming the next governor of CA.

a Poll was taken and The mayor( I really cant remember his name now) has  21% of the peoples vote, Anrold has 15% everyone else( ther are like 5 others) all have 12% or under.

If he does run I'll give him my vote, if not then I'll vote for the former LA mayor. It's a win win situation now that we got a good chance of getting that dirty son of a b***h Davis out. I hate this f**ker with a passion. Maybe now CA can get off its feet

[Neville]

For what I've heard, the present California governor is not doing his job very well (read something about a big economical deficit), so Arnold may have strong chances of winning if he runs against him. His star status will surely help if he does, but he seems more prepared to enter politics than most stars-turned-polititians.

[dean]

since i don't know much about arnold and his political ambitions, i'm not sure how he'd go, especially in voters' eyes, yet he is probably one of the more driven celeb-turned-politician type folk i've seen around

and besides, who would dare run up against the terminator!

"i'd like to propose a new bill that would..." random politician

"QUIET!"  arnold

"as you say mr schwarzenegger, here take the keys to my car as a token of goodwill as well... please don't hurt me..."

californian politics just became fun for me! maybe he's next film could be about a mayor who decides to take a hands on approach to fighting crime.

     ;-P

[AndyC]

I'd say he'd do a pretty good job. I don't think Arnold gets enough credit as a businessman. He was getting rich before he was famous. And he's educated. Earning degrees is a nice, non-physical occupation for bodybuilders recuperating between workouts. I would not be a bit surprised if he is elected, and serves quite successfully.

[ad]

I'd be surprised if he doesn't go Berserk if they don't do what he says or laughs at his jokes - no wait, that was Rainer Wolfcastle.

[Ash]

I was thinking that Arnold was a Republican...then I changed it to Democrat.

Which party does he belong to?

[raj]

Republican --- which must make for interesting conversations with his in-laws.

Personally I think he'd do alright as CA's governor, bearing in mind that whoever is going to be governor is going to have it rough due to tax revenues being way down.  It is much easier to govern when the coffers are full.

[Bernie]

Not to get on a political rant or anything BUT......

The bulk of CA's current fiscal crisis was caused by massive fraud by the western energy companies (Enron & their ilk) -- all of which are Republican-controlled and Republican-supported (as well as being huge Republican supporters).

The idea that Arnold or any other Republican will face the truth of this situation and actually do something about it -- rather than balancing the budget on the backs of the poor and working people of the state -- is ludicrous.

[Dunners]

You seen to know a lot of how bad we got screwed. Just curious really. we got screwed by Enron  and the wetern electric which ar eboth republican yes. ANd having arepublican governor would be interesting too though. Our current governor is just lining his pockets with money and wasting the taxpayers money ..on Prisons.

Education has been cut in half almost and so have the police and fire dept bad, and he wants to pay albout 50 million to build new prisons. And the thing is all the prisons we have now are reported as in perfect working conditions and new prisons arent needed.

So soemones payed him a lot to make these new prisons, that was the straw that broke the camels back.  The fact that eduication has been screwed royally in the past 8 months is bad enough but the police and fire dept getting it worse and all of a sudden hes going to spend a massive amount of money for brand new prisons is bulls**t.

I'll take an actor any day of a greedy lieing f**ker like davis.

[Evan3]

It is not so surprising that Schwartz, is a Republican. Republicans actually have a huge internationao base since many come from nations that are extreme liberal/ borderline socialist.  they would like to see some copetiotion and money in their pockets.

If you think about it though, Bush Jr. is borderline socialist.....  He has increased the scope, power and jobs of govt. while passing awful tarrifs and ridiculous medicare laws.

[jmc]

Yeah, I think there's a big risk that Bush is going to somehow alienate a lot of his more conservative supporters--much like his father did.   It seems like a lot of people are angry at him about immigration.

I doubt Schwarzenegger has much chance--from what I can tell, it seems like people are angry at Davis, but the anger doesn't seem to extend to his party.   Arnold is probably a little too conservative to appeal to the middle of the road voters--it seems like in recent years that the successful Republicans have had to be somewhat moderate at least on some issues--I remember Pete Wilson didn't seem to be much of a social conservative except for when it came to immigration.

[Shit]

Hi I'm s**tASHTHECAT wrote:

> I'm sure you've all heard by now that Ah-nold might be running
> for governer of California sometime soon.
>
> What do you think about this?
> Do you think he'll have a chance?
>
> Do you think he's just trying to use his star status to win the
> position or do you think he's very serious about it?
>
> If he does win....do you think he's capable of doing the job
> well?
>
> Remember....Ah-nold has been a serious Republican supporter for
> some time now.....I personally think that he would take the job
> very seriously and try to do the best job he can.
>

>
> Post Edited (07-25-03 15:34)

[Shit]

> I'm sure you've all heard by now that Ah-nold might be running
> for governer of California sometime soon.
>
> What do you think about this?
> Do you think he'll have a chance?
>
> Do you think he's just trying to use his star status to win the
> position or do you think he's very serious about it?
>
> If he does win....do you think he's capable of doing the job
> well?
>
> Remember....Ah-nold has been a serious Republican supporter for
> some time now.....I personally think that he would take the job
> very seriously and try to do the best job he can.
> f**k you


>
> Post Edited (07-25-03 15:34)