Schwarzenegger to GOP: Put Aside Ideology

Arnold should run for Senator. At least he is one GOP’er who has a clue.

Arnold has it right – I wish more people could hear this interview. I plan to send it to all my friends of both parties – just a great, sensible approach.

If half of the Republican governors had the smarts,brains and patriotism that Obama demonstrates..I would rest comfortably with the assurance that this country would bounce back..but we have a group of Republicans who are bent on making sure that the Obama administrations fails..these people don’t care about the current situation and the country as a whole but for them its party first, country second. Oh! how I wish the Republican party never gets back into leadership roles in this country’s government! They have destroyed our country’s economy with trickle down economic nonsense and wars. May they never again govern our country! Oh Lord, please help us and save us from the Republicans..that has been the prayer of a group of patriotic prayer warriors that I formed a year before the elections and God answered our prayer..may the Democrats continue to control both houses and the presidency..then and only then we can see some social and economic changes in this country like Health care which can become a right and not a privilege like it now is..I can go on but..I thank God for the Democrats..and I am not even a Democrat..I am an Independant but the Democratic party is the better of the two evils. God bless president Obama and I want to ask all Americans to pray for him and the success of this country.

Amen to that, Governor.

Superb Arnold. You have been a star, you still are and you will continue to remain so.
Your fellow Republicans will not say anything on you, as they know, you might refuse to campaign for them when need be!

Now, he need to work with the people of his state to control the immigration problem that is causing a burden on education, health care and other services. I am not against immigration, but I am against someone coming into my country illegally and think it’s ok.

Atta Boy Govenor Schwarzenegger!!! What a unique concept – Government for the People by the People. I, like the Govenor, am a Republican Official that fully supports our President no matter what party he/she represents.
Govenor – What can I do for you?

A Republican voice of reason! Arnold gets that he needs to serve his constituency before he servce the Republican dogma.

The Governor is taking the high road of the enlightened man – and is right – we are being sacrificed on the altar of Republican hubris – their intention to undermine our new and well-loved President. It will take our protesting and calling them to task – ignoring their creature Limbaugh – how embarrassing to have such a person speaking for any of us – shameful. Thank you Governor and you George for having him on the show.

I agree that we should put partisanship aside. All Democrats should do what the Republicans want.

The only thing the GOP puts aside are their principles.

Yeah, follow the advice of the governor who destroyed his own state. Good plan…
Thankfully, Arnold no longer has any say in the Republican party and will be out of office soon. Maybe when he is gone the people of California will have a chance to recover from the spending binge that Arnold took them on.

Sure, California is in such great shape, clearly he has all the answers. Ja, we ah heah to “pump you up”…..

Arnold is the only type of Republican that the national press will allow to voice an opinion. I guess they think if they can tar the Republican party with the same bankrupt ideas of the Democrats then they can help their fellow democrats win election.
I don’t think too many Americans will be buying the Democrats vision for America once the price tag comes in. We will see a 2 trillion dollar defict from Obama this year. Next year will also be over a trillion dollars and may be 2 trillion again. At some point, the American people will have to pay for those deficits either with higher taxes or through the devaluation of our currency.
This is what Arnold wants the Republicans to sign on to?

Yep,
It’s time to recall this fool to. Lets put him over on the left side of the aisle. Why don’t Arnald shut up and shut up these leftists that thinks he’s smart. Yeah he’s smart for himself, before you even live in California then please shut up u have no saying regards to this matter. We recall Gray Davis for Arnald is because he promised the difference not for the same.

I think Arnold makes one point perfectly clear. If you want to see your state fall into the same destructive patterns as California, then by all means give into the Democrats wishes and follow them over the cliff.
I am proud to say that Texas will not follow the muscle bound idiot into destruction. If you have a business and find California is no longer a profitable place to do business, consider Texas as your potential new home. We will not punish you with higher taxes just so lazy people can get their money from the state.

I must say, I’m impressed with Arnold’s view. Maybe some of our career politicians should work in some other industry (like movies?) before going straight to the head of the line as a clueless politician. I’m not refering to anyone now, just saying.

I was originally sceptical of Gov Schwarzenegger when he was running for election, because of his movie star past, but he’s proved that he is a thoughtful, open, and pragmatic politician who cares first about what’s right for his state. I hope he runs for senator.

Yes!!!!! Common sense – is anyone listening to this unifying voice. The Govenor from California should give an inservice to all of Congress on who sent them to their vaulted positions and why. This is serious business folks.

This is a bad bill. In time,it will become clear that the aim of the bill is for the government to gain more control of our lives. The Republicans rightly believe that they should oppose it. Do you want a government that is not opposed? The news media will not confront this administration & we should be grateful that somebody will. Also, I will put Mark Sanfords intelligence, patriotism & ability up against Obama anyday. Barry is showing every day that he is not too bright. Thats why he is constantly on the campaign trail, he has more control there. Now call me names if you like, I
do not care.

JRS, it is not tax cuts that have harmed our nation, it is run away government spending. Every president since FDR has been saddled with the entitlements that have been enacted by their predecessors. We have now spent ourselves into ruin. As you say, this can no longer be hidden. The current debt, if you include entitlements is 65 Trillion dollars. This is more than the GDP of the entire world. And you want more of this? Our economic system is on the bring of failure because we spend too much money at the federal level. Tax cuts, and the stimulative affect they have, are all that have allowed our government to continue functioning. The 65 Trillion dollar debt means that each an every American now owes $216,000 dollars just to meet those obligations. You think this is too little and we need even more spending?
Our government has destroyed our economy in pursuit of the social welfare state. I am proud that a handful of Republicans are taking a stand against further extensions of that failed ideology.

Those of you who think Arnold is so smart,then why is CA bankrupt,with skyrocketing taxes.Arnold is a republican in name only;not principle.The governors who are turning down SOME of the “stimulus” money are not grandstanding,they are much more forward thinking that everyone else.Instead of thinking in the present “Crisis” alone,they are thinking of the long term consequences for their states if they accept the money and are held to raising unemployment health benefits,then when the “stimulus” money is gone how will the states pay for the programs;they’ll have to raise taxes which they know will have negetive consequences on their constituents.All you “smart” people out there,try to think about the consequences of actions taken today.I know that’s a novel idea in the “I need it now” mentality,but I live in Louisiana,and I’m proud of the intelligent choice that Bobby Jindal is making to reject some of the money that will enslave us down the road.Obama’s “crisis” mentality is designed to keep everyone focused on the perceived “crisis” in the present without thinking about the negative impact it will have.use your common sense before buying into his rhetoric and hype.

I never paid much attention to Gov. Schwarzenegger but now that he has run his state into the ground by overspending and is looking for a bailout from the rest of the nation, and is even eager to money-grab from other states, he should have everyone’s attention. This over-spending and living way beyond our means just has to stop. And no, Arnold you can’t keep taking from others to continue your spending habits.
And now he goes on to proclaim his abandonment of his party’s principals, values and philosophy. Anyone with half a brain knows that these are critical to the foundation of any solid business plan…and the running of government budgets is like running a business (non-profit). When you abandon principals and values you are floating adrift Governor! You are left to the mercy of what ever current or wave knocks you this way or that because you have nothing that guides you. Has the Governor lost his marbles??!!!

So, Arnold supports taking money from those of us who have been responsible with our mortgage payments and giving it to people who made bad decisions? He wants to give it to people who speculated in the housing market and got caught? He wants us to help out those who knew they couldn’t afford the house they bought?
Why is it fair to punish the responsible people for the benefit of the deadbeats? Arnold and Obama are one and the same.

From this posting information I have found out that George Stephanopoulos who interviewed Mr. Schwarzenegger. Personally I felt he was rude and disrespectful to Mr. Schwarzenegger. It seemed like he was trying to make Mr. Schwarzenegger state some view against President Obama or the GOP. However the worst item was that he asked Mr. Schwarzenegger questions then would interupted him before he finished answering the question. It seemed like Mr. Stephanopoulos had a biased view that he was trying to put across.

Good for Gov Schwarzenegger! The lack of patriotism demonstrated by the Republican opposition in Congress will be remembered for a long time. This is not the time to be gilding one’s own lily at the expense of your nation.

The governors who are refusing SOME of the stimulus money are thinking about the future of their states instead of buying into the mantra of “CRISIS,CRISIS”. They have the foresight to realize that once the “Stimulus” money is gone,they would be left having to pay for these added programs and benefits by raising taxes,which is what the liberals want. I live in Lousiana,and applaud Bobby Jindal for making an intelligent choice for our future instead of following all the chickens running around with their heads cut off crying “Crisis,crisis,what shall we do”? It takes some guts,resolve and responsibility to stand for your principles when everyone around you is saying “take the money and run”.Where is the common sense and responsibility in our country?

Well at least Arnold has a clue. And I give him due credit for wanting to put aside partisan bickering. The one glaring fact that this does show is that in the end Tax Cuts, while popular, will in the end be reversed. That is because the states run into deficits, because people want it both ways, their money and government services. Well this is what happens. Arnold’s idea about taking the money that the other governors do not want, well I highly agree, let those fools deal with their constituants when they wonder why other states are rebuilding roads and bridges, and the state of South Carolina is going broke. As to another commentator who states he should run for senator, my reply is No. He has a greater amount of control as a governor, then he would as 1% the senate, and congress is only 33% of the federal government. Sure maybe his profile is greater, but if he wants to have greater impact on people, he would want to remain governor.

Thank you, Governor! As a fellow Republican and Californian, it is about time moderate and liberal Republicans started pushing back.
The negativity, partisan entrenchment, and stubborn attitude demonstrated by the conservative mob of the Republican party is hurting America. Out here in the cheap seats, people are hurting.
Remember when being American meant working TOGETHER? Those more concerned about their political future instead of the future of this country need to do some re-prioritizing. Country first, right?
California may be struggling along with the rest of the country. But,we have a governor who never forgot he came to the U.S. with nothing. Hard work, optimism, and a belief in the better nature of America is what made him successful.

Wow…right on Governor…hopefully the other idiot governors trying to refuse the money will face a citizen revolt that swarms their warm cozy little mansions…kicks their sorry A**es to the curb….forces them to sign a letter of resignation…and then whips them all the way back to where they came from…enough of this republican blithering nonsense by this small group of idiots…these idiots need to go….

and Dan from SC…your idiot Gov doesn’t want the unemployment dough….have you spoken to a friend/relative/neighbor and gotten their opinion? Odds are you have a friend/relative and neighbor who has lost their job and need the benefits…odds are..one or more of the above have lost or are in the process of losing their home due to loss of work…WHAT WORLD ARE YOU FOLKS WHO THINK LIKE THIS LIVING IN? CERTAINLY NOT THIS ONE…TAKE A GOOD LOOK AROUND…GET OUT AND TALK TO FOLKS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD…GET A REAL GRIP ON WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE ECONOMY…YOU CAN’T DO THAT LISTENING TO RUSH LIMBAUGH ALL DAY. H***…RUSH NEEDS TO WADDLE HIS FAT DRUG USING SELF OUT INTO THE REAL WORLD FOR A CHANGE AS WELL AND REALLY SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING.

Phil,
First of all, please explain to me this annoying tendency you liberals have with evoking Rush Limbaugh’s name every time someone comes along with a position that you do not agree with.
I am a conservative living in the south. Are there some issues that I agree with Rush on? Sure, but I was a conservative WAY before I ever heard Rush. Just b/c you libs are unable to think for yourselves, doesn’t mean us conservatives cannot. Why don’t you stop listening to Bill Maher and Keith Olbermann? See how silly that sounds?
Second, Mark Sanford is our Governor in South Carolina. He has done a GREAT job and is serving his second term. The people of this state elected him and re-elected him, and did so for a reason. Therefore, its pretty apparent that the people of this state (including me) support him! He’s a responsible fiscal conservative that is able to see what kind of long term damage this kind of out-of-control federal spending will cause.
See, I realize that liberals have NO CONCEPT of responsibility, and that taking money from the government is second nature, but MANY MANY Americans in the country understand that this is NOT FREE money. This money will have to be paid back. If you think its such a great idea, then let’s send all of the 787 billion to YOUR state and let the people of YOUR state pay it all back. How does that sound?
Me, and the majority of folks in my state, want no part of this!

Before you speak for the folks with no job, no income and no house…get out and get a realistic grip on the conditions facing everyone…this conservative crap is nonsense…today’s situation calls for a strong dose of realism…and you and your gang don’t have a clue.

Phil,
Why don’t you speak for yourself instead of lecturing others? I do live in the real world. I have a job that I worked like hell to earn and keep! People lose their job from time to time – it called life – deal with it. Dealing with it doesn’t mean crying to the federal government to come rescue you. People who become dependent on the federal government become slaves! Go out and work. McDonalds & Walmart are doing quite well and I hear they are hiring!
Recessions come and go. This idea that we need to abandon free market capitalism just b/c times are tough is nonsense! Capitalism has served this country well for over 200 years. I didnt hear people complaining when times were good! And guess what, they will be good again unless we chuck the whole thing and go socialist.
Suck it up and start being a man instead of whining to the government.

It’s pretty simple to me – either you think it’s okey to put the widows and orphans into the street – or – you want to provide a safety net for the disadvantaged.
Arnold is governor over the most populated state in the union – CA is almost 15% of the US population.

Yeah, lets tax the responsible people and give it to the deadbeats. That should fix the economy right up! Obama is a fool and Arnold is just as bad.
I live in Texas and will support my governors position to reject any of the cash in the stimulus that comes with future mandates. Our economy is in much better shape than other states because we have planned for the future and have enacted right-to-work legislation that has blunted some of the idiotic social welfare ideas coming out of Washington. I believe the governor of California is only interested in dragging the rest of the country down to the level that his state is at. That seems to be the Democrats idea of fairness, make everyone miserable so every one is equal. They along with Republicans that think like them should all be thrown out of office in 2010. We seem to be making progress on that front; Rasmussen released a poll that showed that for the first time since 2004 the Republicans and Democrats are equal in which party the voters prefer in the next election. I suspect the Republicans will have a clear advantage going into 2010 and 2012 if they hold the line on government spending.

Phil, since when do your personal failures give you the right to extort money from other through welfare? I didn’t harm you in any way so why should I pay more in taxes to support you now? The way I see it is you have some hard decisions to make. You could approach your church for support. You can go to live with your parents or one of your siblings or some other relative. You can sell your house and live off the money collected from that sale. In short, you can act responsible and take care of yourself instead of asking for a handout from others who are struggling to feed their own families. But no, you just want to complain and wait for the government to bail you out. That is pathetic. Man up…

Jenny…
Like I said to Dan…get out in your community…talk to the folks…and get a grip…glad you’ve got a nice life going at the moment…and i do stress MOMENT…if this doesn’t get turned around…even the disillusioned folks like you will soon be out there hurting with everyone else…AND I’VE MADE NO BAD DECISIONS…WORKED HARD…SAVED…DONE THE RIGHT THING….

Jenny wrote:”I live in Texas and will support my governors position to reject any of the cash in the stimulus that comes with future mandates”.
Guv Goodhair is taking ALL the stimulus lady. He wasn’t fooling anybody by his puffing out his chest and declaring he “might” turn the money down. Acting ignorant gets you a long way in Texas, don’t it sugar..

Jenny wrote: “The government cannot help you – it is broke and on the edge of economic collapse. It has been bankrupted by the “me” generation that simply refuses to do the heavy lifting of life for themselves. Sooner or later we will have to do that heavy lifting because we cannot continue on our current course for much longer before our economy gives out”.
Thanks to the idiot and his party from Texas.

Jenny wrote: “The choice we have is whether we do away with them before our economy completely collapses or if we continue to live in a make believe world where we continue to believe these programs can be supported right up to the point our economy collapses”.
Sounds like you are advocating “survival of the fittest”. I’m down with that, we will see how long people like you last.

If the repulican governors do not want the money, give it to the small business, who could create jobs and make use of the money buying new equipments to produce better efficiency in the workplace. The GOP are only thinking about themselves,they want the power but their brains are full of grey matter. Look at the two bushes reigns, what have they done, the first bush, clinton had to fix the economy, had a surplus and come the next bush, look at the mess he created. On the whole I think most of the GOP are thinking about themselves.

He also suggested his party’s ideological opposition to tax cuts isn’t always tenable.
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What? the GOPs opposition to Tax Cuts? What? again? I fail to understand this comment. Unless you mean opposition to Middle class and subclass Tax Cuts.
Please tell me this is some kind of Typo.

Pretty boy Perry a minority governor elected with some like 39% of the vote, will not last through the next election.
I only hope someone can come forward to beat the Painted, Stretched Face of Hutchinson.

Phil wrote: “Well Dan…here’s the scoop since you apparently won’t tear yourself away from Rush and the computer to get a feel for the real deal….”
My goodness Phil, you really are obsessed with Rush aren’t you? You liberals are completely unable to have a discussion w/out bringing up Rush or Bush. Who is it that needs to get a grip????
Maybe you should stop watching all those Olbermann or Maher shows and you’d stop hating America so much. Or how about, instead of sitting around on your butt typing on the internet, why don’t you go out and try to find a job???? I guess its just too easy to sit at home on the computer and wait for the government to bail you out. You are a leach on society. How dare you disparage people like me, who work for a living, and will end up having to bail you out with our tax dollars? You really have some nerve! If you want to find out what the problems are facing this country, take a look in the mirror – AND STOP WHINING!!!!

George did another crappy interview job with the Taxinator. George gives him these softball questions and allows him to ramble on and on, spewing out diarrhea and avoiding the questions. Pay attention to what is happening in CA, because it will happen to the other 49 states. Arnold got elected because the previous gov was recalled for tripling the car tax. He promised to reform CA and control spending. Under Arnold, the government spending increased 40% in 5 years. We are now $40B in debt. CA spends $13.1B each year on illegal immigration. The state unions own the democrats. The Repubs made a deal with the dems to raise our income taxes, double the car tax, raise sales tax a penny from 8.25% to 9.25%. That is a 12% increase – not a 1% increase like the idiot local TV stations report. The budget cuts are a decrease in the total increase for next year. The budget is bigger next year. They will use the federal bailout of $11B to restore those cuts. The dems made a closed door deal with the repubs to have 3 termed-out repubs in each house vote for the budget. The remaining repubs got to say they voted no even though they approved the secret deal. In exchange, they get a chance to have open primaries where they have a better chance of getting reelected. Arnold, the dems, and the repubs screwed over every CA taxpayer for their own personal gain. The state unions have no layoffs – all their benefits are entitlements. CA taxpayers have to make up the difference the unions lost in the stock market. I guess we deserve what we get because Californians keep re-electing the same crooks back into office.

Arnold is one of a handful of Republicans who makes sense. Ideology in the face of doing what is practical is the reason why the rest of the GOP needs to reinvent itself.

Joe,
Republicans haven’t had the power to destroy California and still don’t. Californians aren’t smart enough to give Republicans a chance to run things. They tossed Gray Davis out and replaced him with a Kennedy pretending to be a Republican.

Good post, Max. Those outside of California have no idea what it’s like here. Foolish and short-sighted, Prop 13 passed in the late ‘70s, requiring a 2/3 vote of the electorate to raise property taxes—not likely to happen. Property tax increases are capped at 2% annually, no matter what property values are doing. This brought out the redevelopment monster that had cities chasing car dealers and big box retailers for revenue since they weren’t getting property taxes increases. Cities have little control over their own budgets thanks to public safety unions (police and fire make up 2/3 of most city budgets). Democrats and unions have ruined this state (no, I’m not a Republican). The Democrats have held a majority in both houses of the state legislature for about 30 years. I blame the legislature more than any governor—both Democrat and GOP. Add the fact that California absorbs 2/3 of the nation’s immigrants. The education and social services costs are staggering, yet citizens—from school children to seniors—suffer. We need to throw out every buffoon in Sacramento since not one can balance a budget like the rest of us are forced to. Our supposed representatives in Washington should either be getting California more money to pay for the ridiculous unfunded mandates that they dream up or secure the border. I refuse to vote for any incumbent—I don’t care what party they represent. They truly only represent themselves.

you are a decent man, Arnold. Why do stay in the GOP? They left decency, honesty and common sense by the road side long ago. ALl they do is lie and posture for their political gain. They could care less about solving any of the nations problems. They hate the 75% of the American people that is not them and I am sure they even hate other right wingers as well, Republicans have sick evil minds with no sense of justice and
no shame. There is nothing that could ever happen that would shame these people . Not even a George W Bush.

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Governors Take to Airwaves to Pan Stimulus, Leave Door Open on Future Presidential RunToday, the nation’s governors took to the airwaves. Topic one: Harsh Republican criticism of President Obama’s economic stimulus. Topic 2: Are the three harshest critics running for president? Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal, Minnesota’s Tim Pawlenty and South Carolina’s Mark Sanford all deny that they’re actively planning a run in 2012. But each seemed to leave the door to the White House at least slightly ajar. As the Republican party struggles to find its voice in the age of Obama, several GOP…
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Apparently the stupid, reactionary portion of the American electorate, the right-leaning 40 something percent of people have not yet had enough, despite all the economic disaster and societal failure we see all around us.No doubt Republicans are against the stimulus plan. They are against everything and anything the Obamaadministration or moderate to liberal Democrats and Republicans put forward.You see they are against any plan that does not offer more tax tax cuts for the rich and more misery for everyone else. After all Republicans care only for their own individual hides and for kissing the boots of the rich. They aren’t really concerned about borrowing if it is done to fee fat cats and crony capitalist rich white men, and they refuse to take responsiblity for having borrowed and spent the nation blind during the last eight years especially. Only Pres. Clinton was able to balance our budget, payoff some of the debt Reagan and Bush(1st) created and only Clinton accumulated a huge budget surplus by raising taxes just a tad on the rich (which republicans cried foul about until Bush got in and cut the fat cats essentially way way down on the taxes they paid, which were already not that high. Pres. Bush(2nd) spent all Clinton’s surplus in no time and gave more tax windfalls to the rich and started big time borrowing again for worthless quagmire jingoism overseas.. Government ought to only over-spend during bad times and save during good times. But Republicans have done the opposite and driven our nation deep in debt with no money to spend to stimulate the economy during the worse recession since the Great Depression. That forced Pres. Obama to borrow and spend this time and now the borrow and spend Republicans are having a hissy fit because he wants to save our country and its everyday people. They just can’t have THAT.. They want MORE failure, and more of us to live hand to mouth with no home and no job and they will tell any lie to keep us on the road down the tubes by telling more Republican lies. The right wants you to believe that they are ‘the guy next door they’d like to have a beer wth’ or the ‘hockey-mom next door’ that is the false front image that they want to convey, but that is not what their party is all about. They don’t like anyone who is for average Americans or who is smart. They don’t want a black man who is mostly white anyway, but even that is too much for their bigotry and so they only want die hard Johnny Reb-type Republicans who have leveraged our country into financial disaster that has yet to become apparent but it will soon and we’ll all be in a world of hurt. Yet despite the country’s finances being in shambles the right wing rump of the GOP still believes everything said by the Republican party bosses, which made this mess YES, right wingers ARE THAT DOCTRINAIRE AND THAT STUPID that they buy all the talking points of the failure-pushers and hate the man who is trying to help them stay afloat……….. .Every time I see McConnell, B0NER and all the other Grandstanding Obstructionist Partisans open their dumb-bunny-pieholes to bi+ch about Obama, the following song (from a Marx Brothers movie of 1932) just seems to fit the GOP to a tee…._____*
I don’t know what they have to say, ___
It makes no difference anyway — ___
Whatever it is, I’m against it! ___
No matter what it is or who commenced it, ___
I’m against it.___
Your proposition may be good ___
But let’s have one thing understood — ___
Whatever it is, I’m against it! ___
And even when you’ve changed it or condensed it, ___
I’m against it. ___
I’m opposed to it — ___
On general principles I’m opposed to it!___
Chorus: He’s opposed to it! ___
In fact, in word, in deed, ___
He’s opposed to it! ___
For months before my son was born, ___
I used to yell from night till morn, ___
Whatever it is, I’m against it! ___
And I’ve kept yelling since I commenced it,___
I’m against it! ___

Arnold is a traitor. His citizenship should be revoked & he should be deported. He’s asking 1/2 of the country to give up their beliefs. I, for one, will NEVER give up my belief that the government needs to do the bare minimum & people need to rely on themselves.

We have handed control of our country back to the rethugs. Come next election, we are scee-rude.

He’s right? Republicans want to see Obama fail? Lose ideology?
READ THE CONSTITUTION!! What ALL these people are doing is taking your very lives away from you. Democrat and Republican. WAKE UP!
When did we become a nation that wants our government to do all these “illegal by the Constitution” measures to do the job that WE THE PEOPLE are supposed to do for ourselves.
Listen to yourselves. We want the government to do this for us, do that for us. It’s sickening.
I just want the general government out of my life so I CAN CONTROL IT.

Republican should give peace a chance, We haven seen what they has done through this eight years.

well… Arnold is a business man also. This is his 3d career that I know of. He has to have a keen mind and he is just “lifting the heavy stuff” by saying give me the money. Being true to the whole state is the honest/right thing to do. Repub/Demo/Indep whatever we are all here for the common good.

I could not believe what I was seeing…
Principals in today’s world are apparently disposable. When the going gets tough change what you believe in. Sounds like a Liberal position to me…I guess there is a time and a place for Socialism (or Communism, or Fascism)
Please keep in mind that Arnold grew up in a country with a socialist government and is apparently very comfortable with the philosophy that your government knows best.
I guess the founding fathers were perhaps a little wiser than our lot today by limiting the presidency to natural born citizens….

Does the Governator realize that for some “ideology” truly is a big deal? That principles and morals matter and that opposition to what the federal government is doing in the name of catastrophe prevention is wrong.

This is a governor who, while abandoning conservative principles, drove his state’s economy to disaster, while other, true conservatives, made cuts, planned and are still doing fine.

To ALL you foolish Arnold bashers, remember, Gov. Schwarzenegger inherited this mess. In addition, all these self-absorbed politicians in the House and the Senate are the ones who put California in the mess its in!!! We shouldn’t be criticizing our governor, we should be criticizing our “leaders” in the House and the Senate!!!
I totally support Gov. Schwarzenegger because he didn’t take the typical political road to become governor–like many of our self-absorbed California politicians looking after their own interests. Remember, Schwarzenegger was a successful businessman prior to becoming governor. So, I believe he has much more credibility when it comes to making decisions on how to turn California around.
One more note: WE MUST RECALL JOHN CHIANG NOW!!! He’s got UNION written all over his face!!!

These governors are looking out for the people that represents. They’re not playing politics, they are governing their states.

T – It’s not just about disagreeing. The man wants to destroy the Constitution & embrace socialism. That makes him a traitor. Since he is a naturalized citizen, his citizenship should be stripped from him. If he wants to live in a socialist country, he is free to leave… and so is anyone else who wants to embrace these socialist policies. There are plenty of countries who do. Leave the Constitution & the Republic to those of us who love it.

Gov. Schwarzenegger you’re a real class act! Thanks for being in tune with what you’re there to do, serve the people. Maybe you can teach ethics classes to your cohorts??

Mike C – If Obama’s “stimulus” were actually a stimulus package & NOT a pet project spending package, I would be 100% behind it. But the package is nothing but Democratic pet projects & social policy (i.e. moving us closer to total socialism). So I AM putting country first. I am putting the Constitution first. I am putting our very freedom to make our own way first.

Mike C – I see he’s pulled the wool over your eyes. Schwarzenegger’s nothing more than a lousy closet liberal witn an “R” behind his title. Proof is in the state he governs, one half liberal, and the other half illegal immigrants.

Well it shows you. With hat in hand you will say anything. California will not drill even though they would get 5 billion Right now. Right now. and then royalties. Better deal then Texas and Loisina is getting (nothing). And help america stop importing. Shows how bankrupt they really are. My state has always been a donor state they are a reciever state and cannot make it. We have a surplus and schools are fully funded. I think you better start getting leaders that know how to budget.

Here is an idea for arnold- put aside the (R) in front of your name. You aren’t a republican and certainly not a conservative. Your liberal state, with it’s ridiculously liberal policies, have bankrupted a once prosperous part of the USA.
California, with its pro-Hollywood, anti-American, anti-capitalist, santuary-city policies are going to cost the US taxpayers billions.
The socialist movement didn’t work for CA, why does Barry O think it will work for the rest of America?

Wow! A reasonable Republican who’s more concerned with the people who elected him than regaining power from the Democrats. What a novel concept. And Arnold of all people!

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