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sundevil
08-07-2003, 03:52 AM
So, the Austrian Oak has announced he is entering the race for governor if we oust the current governor in the Oct 7 recall election. I think that would be great for California and for bodybuilding.

bigshug
08-07-2003, 06:49 AM
I want to see his campaign shirts......and I'll bet anyone who runs against him will be afraid to sling any mud his way, lest he kick their asses.....lol

1bigmus
08-07-2003, 08:33 AM
He a good speaker, especially his views on Family. Listen to session at the 2002 Arnold.

BLEED GREEN
08-07-2003, 08:58 AM
He was an excellent speaker last night on C-SPAN. none of the questions seemed to catch him off-guard.

Harvey Balboner
08-07-2003, 09:03 AM
I'd vote for him. A buff republican, that's my kind of politian.

1bigmus
08-07-2003, 01:56 PM
Name recognition alone could win it for him.

Why do you think relatives of politicians run. The average Voter does not vote logically.

Then again most of us on here aren't average

Badgermoon
08-08-2003, 06:42 AM
Originally posted by huntergatherer
maybe he'll legalize gear and we'll all move there...

Only if I can still get all the Packer games on TV :D

sundevil
08-08-2003, 07:12 PM
Originally posted by Badgermoon
Only if I can still get all the Packer games on TV :D

Move out here and we'll accept you into the Raider Nation -- you won't need the Packers.

Badgermoon
08-08-2003, 07:29 PM
Originally posted by sundevil
Move out here and we'll accept you into the Raider Nation -- you won't need the Packers.

Infidel!!! :D

Don't get me wrong, I like the Raiders as far as an AFC team, but the Pack will always be where my heart is.

Back to Arnold, there seems to not be a lot of other choices. I mean, Larry Flynt? And the rest seem to be out there as well. Is the current gov. that bad that he's being re-called?

sundevil
08-09-2003, 01:48 AM
Our current governor is pretty wretched -- imagine how bad a democrat has to be to be recalled in California.

The guy lied about the fiscal situation to get reelected saying taxes wouldn't need raised. As soon as he got reelected he started calling for new taxes (huge increases). We are told that revenues have dropped to 1998 levels but the jerk would never consider cutting spending to 1998 levels.

He totally botched the energy issue and even though we learned the power shortage was a fraud we are still paying 2 times what we paid before for electricity.


Businesses and jobs are leaving the state due to his poor management of taxes, the power situation, and zeal for regulation.

I signed the petition to recall him and will make sure I vote to remove him.

Badgermoon
08-09-2003, 08:06 AM
I remember the power shortage problems California has had recently. Didn't that pretty much bankrupt the state? There is opposition here to building a new powerplant. I think people could learn a lesson from the trouble Cal. has faced, but some of them want to keep their heads in the sand.
From a newspaper article I read yesterday, Arnold seems to have a good chance to get elected. He seems like a well educated man (has a doctorate from a college here in Wisconsin) and is a good public speaker. I hope he doesn't turn on his past and condem AAS to make himself more palatable to the uninformed public that expects to hear the same tired old mantra of how terrible juice is.

sundevil
08-10-2003, 02:22 AM
Originally posted by Badgermoon
I remember the power shortage problems California has had recently. Didn't that pretty much bankrupt the state? There is opposition here to building a new powerplant. I think people could learn a lesson from the trouble Cal. has faced, but some of them want to keep their heads in the sand.
From a newspaper article I read yesterday, Arnold seems to have a good chance to get elected. He seems like a well educated man (has a doctorate from a college here in Wisconsin) and is a good public speaker. I hope he doesn't turn on his past and condem AAS to make himself more palatable to the uninformed public that expects to hear the same tired old mantra of how terrible juice is.

The power fiasco sure did bankrupt us. We went from a huge surplus to huge debt because Davis panicked and entered long term contracts for power at outrageous rates. Worse yet, the mismanagement of power distribution resulted in many companies leaving the state and others choosing not to locate here. Imagine running a semiconductor fab or some other business and never being able to predict when power will suddenly be cut.



Under Davis' vision of California the state economy works like this.

Extract money from Northern California to Sacramento
Suck off some of the money
Send the remainder to LA to buy votes

I think Arnold can win -- he is sure popular. Davis' base lies in labor, the gays, and the environmentalists. Everone else despises him.

I love this state and I hate to see what the extreme left is doing to it. I'm not right wing -- just a moderate. I really hope that Arnold or someone sane gets in office to help keep this state the greatest place in the world in which to live.

hairynutz
08-10-2003, 04:20 PM
What is a ashame about the revote system is that it doesn't take many signatures to start. It less than Five percent of the population or 100,000 votes. But keep n mind Gray Davis inherited the bad economy. Like Bush inherited some of terrorist problem. Who ever won the last election in Caloforna was going to get Fcuk any way.
Maybe larry flint will be Lt govenor and Arnorld as govenor. MMM Legal gear and T and A everywhere. I'm thier man!!! If thats the case

CzarShel
08-10-2003, 04:38 PM
Political types are pressuring him about the issues, and questioning his morals when it comes to womanizing, I think Arnold, being from another country knows more about the issues than most Americans, and as far as his "Morals" he is a conservative and has more morals than allot of the decadent citizens of California. ARNOLD for GOV.! :thumbsup: (and I don't even live in California, yet)

sundevil
08-10-2003, 09:44 PM
Originally posted by hairynutz
What is a ashame about the revote system is that it doesn't take many signatures to start. It less than Five percent of the population or 100,000 votes. But keep n mind Gray Davis inherited the bad economy. Like Bush inherited some of terrorist problem. Who ever won the last election in Caloforna was going to get Fcuk any way.
Maybe larry flint will be Lt govenor and Arnorld as govenor. MMM Legal gear and T and A everywhere. I'm thier man!!! If thats the case

Actually, Gray didn't inherit the bad economy as this is his second term -- he was governor during the boom. What he did do was squander the surplus we built during the boom, mismanage the power fiasco to drive business away, and all the while kept spending like revenues never decreased. Before the election he deceived the people of California both about the deficit and about his plan to keep spending and raise taxes to compensate. No pity here, that man is a bum.

BLEED GREEN
08-11-2003, 02:41 PM
Originally posted by huntergatherer
maybe he'll legalize gear and we'll all move there... :thumbsup:

Sachet
08-11-2003, 11:26 PM
Was it Davis who tried to get federal aide to help compensate for the power fiesco or am I thinking of someone else.

I was watching Arnold today.
He was touring an afterschool facility for kids & I really was touched by what a big deal he made out of the kids from all walks of life.. being able to share this facility.
Plus, he joked with the press & I gotta luv a guy with a sense of humor.
He's gonna need it if he gets elected.

sundevil
08-12-2003, 12:41 AM
Yeah, it was Davis who tried to get federal aid. Makes me wonder what he would have done with the money if he got it. Even though power costs have dropped at the wholesale level, and even though courts ordered refunds from some of the power companies, we in California have not seen a drop in the state mandated rates.

Imagine your electricity costs if they increased 4 fold -- now, imagine an impotent governor who has a legislature completely dominated by his own party who does nothing. Anyone would be furious.

halflife
08-13-2003, 09:19 AM
I wish he would not run. I would rather see him continue on as a living legend than to be bashed and have his past dredged. He is a great man and former presidental concil on health and fitness for the nation. But, they will bring up stuff like him smoking pot in the movie Pumping Iron.

BLEED GREEN
08-13-2003, 09:33 AM
In Cali that will just garner him more votes.................

Choke03
08-13-2003, 12:56 PM
I think he is a shoe in, Hope he does well.

bigshug
08-13-2003, 10:27 PM
I think there's another "Arnold" you guys are forgetting about


"Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?"

Harvey Balboner
08-13-2003, 10:31 PM
Did you guys hear Arnold has hired Warren Buffet as a financial advisor to help with the budget?

Those of you who don't know who he is, he is considered the world's greatest investor, and one of the US's wealthiest men, all in all a financial genius.