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Even
Republicans are calling Schwarzenegger
a liar – just one day into his campaign
By Jackson
Thoreau
Just one day into his
campaign for governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger is being called
a liar, Hollywood opportunist and con man.
And that’s just by
fellow Republicans.
Schwarzenegger bungled
his television announcement on the Tonight Show Aug. 6 by burning one of
his supposed closest allies, former LA Mayor Richard Riordan. Riordan was
reportedly “stunned” that Schwarzenegger announced on TV after giving
Riordan indications he would not enter the race.
Schwarzenegger claimed
that he and Riordan agreed to maintain suspense, which a Riordan aide
disputed in no uncertain terms [see http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-media7aug07,1,6506478.story].
"This idea that we have worked together, keeping people guessing and
all this for the last few weeks is [ridiculous]," the Riordan advisor
said, adding that he knew what it was like to get mugged.
Only one day on the
campaign, and already even Republicans are calling Schwarzenegger a liar.
Makes for a great Hollywood story, huh?
Schwarzenegger makes
Reagan seem intelligent, Bush seem articulate and Gore seem loose. He is
fine for shallow, idiotic movies where his most complex line is "Hasta
la vista," but not for governor of the largest state in the country.
In yukking it up with
Jay Leno, the only reason Schwarzenegger could give for running was
because the Golden State had supposedly “deteriorated." He showed
no understanding of the complexities behind California's budget problems,
which were mostly caused by the Republican-controlled federal government
cutting funds to states and refusing to help in California's energy scam
crisis.
Moreover,
Schwarzenegger could not articulate what he would do as governor beyond
“pumping up” Sacramento, whatever the hell that meant. His
announcement on comedian Leno's show would be funny, if there was not so
much at stake. Many in the mainstream media are already calling him a
formidable political force, if not the front-runner in the race. What does
that say about the mainstream media?
Schwarzenegger has no
political record beyond organizing a proposition for after-school programs
- boy, that's going out on a limb, huh? That's like Laura Bush speaking
out for.....reading! Whew, these Republicans take my breath away with
their courageous stands on the controversial issues of the day.
What does
Schwarzenegger really know about running a state? His Planet Hollywood
restaurants crashed and burned. What does he know about getting
legislation passed or forging compromises with people of different views?
Schwarzenegger says he
has all the money he needs and won't be beholden to "special
interests," but what about his own interests? What are his own
interests? We do know that Schwarzenegger came from Hitler’s home
country of Austria, and his father WAS literally a Nazi in occupied
Austria. That should set well with the California Jewish community.
Why should we trust
this millionaire for an important political position when he has no
political track record? Someone with all the money he needs can be a
Perot-like dictator, not a politician who has to learn the fine art of
compromise.
If Schwarzenegger
wants to run for mayor of Brentwood, fine. But not governor of the largest
state in the country, especially one that is clearly on the Democratic
side. It just smells of more Republican dirty tricks.
Then there are the
rumors about his extramarital affairs and marital problems. At least
Schwarzenegger has owned up to his steroid and marijuana use - but he's
still another hypocritical Republican who goes around telling kids to stay
off drugs, something he didn't do.
The great mystery here
is: How could a member of the Kennedy clan marry this dimwit?
Finally, there is a
tape going around cyberspace [see http://www.ugo.com/channels/freestyle/features/celebritypranks/default.asp]
in which Schwarzenegger’s voice is calling a Hooters waitress a “son
of a bitch” and asking her if she likes discipline. It’s probably
digitally enhanced, but you never know. Schwarzenegger was known to play
such weird pranks a lot against body-builders he competed against to gain
a psychological edge.
Before we have to
endure a political career that could be worse than Reagan or Bush, we need
to put an end to these pranks and foolishness. We need to say, "Hasta
la vista, baby," to Schwarzenegger.
California is starting
to give Florida and Texas a run for their money in the battle for the
weirdest political sideshows. In fact, I’d say the United States’
largest state has taken over first place.
Since California was
where Republicans started this recall the governor business to divert
attention from Bush’s lies about Iraq, the economy and everything else,
we have to be proactive and take the offensive. That’s why I started a
petition to “totally recall” Schwarzenegger, even before he gets in
office.
Rather than sit around
worrying about what to do if this Total Recall jerk actually wins the
governorship of the largest American state, go and sign this petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/schwarze/petition.html
- you’ll feel better. I know I felt better after writing the petition
following Schwarzenegger’s low-brow act with Leno, who called the
announcement “huge.” I guess anything on TV that doesn’t have to do
with snake pits and boobs is surprising.
These petitions are
being done to turn the tables on the Republican hypocrites who mostly
caused the budget crises in states like California through the
Republican-controlled federal government's funding cuts to states. The
liars then spun it around as they always do to blame those crises on
Democrats and the victims.
The Republicans just
want to take the heat off the Bush administration's lies about Iraq and
other matters by diverting attention from those Republican scandals. Much
of the mainstream media, which over-covers Kobe and Schwarzenegger while
losing sight of the Iraqi lies, has bought the Republican lies, but you
don't have to do so.
Here are some other
petitions against Republicans:
Petitions to
impeach George W. Bush: http://www.votetoimpeach.org/
http://www.petitiontoimpeach.com/petition.html
Petition to impeach
Bush and Dick Cheney: http://democrats.com/elandslide/petition.cfm?campaign=impeach
Petition to oust
Texas Gov. Rick Perry: http://www.e-thepeople.org/petition/7225/view
Petition to oust
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush: http://www.petitiononline.com/JebLies/petition.html
Petition to oust
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay: http://www.petitiononline.com/tdl0000/petition.html
Petition to oust
Florida Rep. Katherine Harris: pending
Petition against
the Republican agenda in Congress:
http://www.boycott-republicans.com/
Petition to stop
the redistricting of Congressional seats in Texas eight years too early:
http://www.savetexasreps.com/petition.php
And here are some
Republicans who need to have recall petitions organized against them:
California Rep. Darrell
Issa, who funded much of the recall effort against Democratic Gov.
Gray Davis and jumped in the race. He gave at least $1.7 million to pay
professional signature gatherers $1 a name or more for each signature. The
one good thing about Schwarzenegger’s announcement is that now Issa has
absolutely NO chance to win. Hasta la vista, Issa-cakes!
The other 24
Republican governors from the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas,
Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
York, North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Utah, and Vermont.
In particular,
petitions against Republican governors in states that Gore won in 2000
need to be circulated - in Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland [I plan to
start one here once I move to this state this fall], Massachusetts
[How can there be a Republican governor in this Kennedy-strong state? At
least there is a blog against Romney at http://romneyisafraud.blogspot.com/],
Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Residents in these
states should call your elections divisions and find out how to start
petitions to recall your governor. In some states like Texas, officials do
not allow for such recalls. But that shouldn’t stop you.
The petitions will
still be good to energize people against Republicans, get people’s
dissatisfaction with Republicans on the record, and raise some public
awareness and media attention. So turn the tables on Republicans and start
those petition drives….
P.S. In less than a week, my petition against
Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay - probably the most fascist
member of Congress who is a major force behind the recent move to
redistrict Texas eight years early to grab more Republican seats in
Congress – has surpassed 1,100 signatures. Thanks to all who signed it
and passed it on – please continue doing so if you can.
To sign the petition
to remove DeLay from office, go to http://www.petitiononline.com/tdl0000/petition.html.
You do NOT have to be a Texas resident to sign that one – I plan to
deliver copies of the signatures to DeLay myself, as well as to key media
members and political activists in his district who can start the process
of removing DeLay more directly.
Jackson Thoreau is an
American writer and co-author of We Will Not Get Over It: Restoring a
Legitimate White House. The updated, 120,000-word electronic
book can be downloaded on his Internet site at http://www.geocities.com/jacksonthor/ebook.html.
Citizens for Legitimate Government has the earlier version at http://www.legitgov.org/we_will_not_get_over_it.html.
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