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Originally posted by Mr 5 0
Arnold Schwartzenegger was an immigrant and a successful bodybuilder who invested his winnings in California real estate. He was a self-made millionaire by his mid-20's. Nobody gave him anything. He didn't get into movies until he was almost 30 and despite his foreign-sounding, hard-to-pronounce name, his Austrian accent and his oversized muscles, he became a huge success and made many more millions while managing to marry a Kennedy relative in the process. Arnold Schwartzenegger is no pampered actor who never did a hard days work and has a mouthful of anti-American garbage to spew out at us, like too many Hollywood prima donnas. He's for real.
Arnold Schwartzenegger is a very rich, successful and intelligent man who, at age 56, needs the Govnership of California like he needs more muscles. He ran because he cared about the demise of his adopted state. What the heck has Sean Penn or any of these other Hollywood leftists that bash the president 24/7 ever contributed to California besides their tax money? Arnold didn't just complain about the state and it's corrupt leadership, he put himself on the line and walked away from another 20-million-dollar payday in Terminator 4 to run for Governor, a thankless job. Those who know zilch about Arnold Schwartzenegger or politics and offer flip negative comments simply miss the point that the election of Arnold Schwartzenegger is a good thing for the state of California and will improve things in that troubled state.
For the politically uninformed, Schwartzenegger is a 'moderate' Republican, that is, he is pro-choice and pro-gay-marriage but believes in the Second Amendment and especially in lower taxes. No conservative by a long shot by also no flaming liberal who wants to tax everyone to death, either. Schwartzenegger is honest and owes the special interests nothing. California needs change from the corrupt government it's tolerated for too long. Schwartzenegger's big election victory proved that Californians are ready to try something new. Arnold Schwartzenegger is what the stste needs and in 3 years, California will be better for his being Governor.
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I still don't buy him as a politician. Did he make some good investments? Sure. Will such things help California? Probably not. He can't invest their money. I think people have very good reasons to offer negative comments. The man openly admitted to sexually harrassing women and it was like water off a duck's back. Instead of facing the fact that they were backing a guy who'd screwed up, they said "awwww...he's so honest". Wow...I'm sure Californians were desperate but that's just ridiculous. Saying he's a moderate doesn't help much either. I think it's more like he's trying to play to both sides. He wants the republican vote but he's trying to get as many democrats on board by telling them what they want to hear. Problem is the dumb bastards fell for it. I also really don't think his name or accent was in any way a problem for his acting career...remember that he started out as Conan who was a barbarian (as the the movie names imply) from the middle ages. Plus you don't watch those movies for dialogue...it's all about some ripped guy gutting other barbarians. As for turning down a Terminator 4...you think he's hurting over not making another $20 million? Correction: he
wasn't a pampered actor. Now he's got more money than god and I have a nagging suspicion that since he's married to a Kennedy relative he feels he's got to do something political. California needed a change...absolutely. Davis seemed like such a douche and hescrewed that state sooooo bad. I'm just not sure some actor fits the bill. I also think it should be a prerequisite for the office that you need to be able to properly pronounce "gubernatorial". To me, the guy'll always be a pandering moron (much like certain other elected officials of higher power).