Schwarzeneggar is California Governor !

Polls are in and all is counted. Mr. Arnold Schwarzeneggar is the new governor of California.

The thing here is, what do you all think about this???

Hehehehe....funny and cool. I'm pretty happy.

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He's the new governer not the new mayor.

I am very happy for Mr. Schwarzenneggar, everybody knew all these rumors surrounding him weren't gonna matter election day. I never thought I'd see the day of Arnie being a governer.

Pssst. Over here... Nice save.

I am not happy at all. This is the beginning of a slippery slope that cannot be undone for some time. What will be next?

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Let the cartoonocracy begin. This is beyond an embarrassment. I want to see Yoda defend this sick, immoral, hitler-loving freak just because he's a republican.

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I really doubt that he's a Hitler lover. You can say that somebody is brilliant or mad without loving that person. Hitler was one in a million...a monster, a man, and one of the most, if not the most, influential and powerful people of the twentieth century.

He said if he becomes Governor NO MORE TERMINATOR

There has been a debate in Aussie who would we have for Prime Minister: the result was Our Russ {Crowe} and his deputy : John Eales X captain of the Australian Rugby Union Team.

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lol, this reminds me of when Will Smith said he could become President if he really wanted to... and he would have too

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Yeah....I don't think he is a "sick, immoral, Hitler loving freak", but it is kind of funny that he got elected. It is also very sad, as now EVERYONE is trying to get their elected officials recalled. Just a few weeks ago a group of racists tried to get Laura Miller (the mayor of Dallas...which is sort of where I live...) recalled because she fired a corrupt police cheif that happened to be an african american. This is just the beginning...and I can't see this as anything good in the future.

That must be why he got it

Seriously, this is a very distressing turn of events. Anyone want to fill me in on the details of all this i.e. Why did everyone want to recall Gray Davis (if i've got that right, that's an uncharismatic name to go with an uncharismatic guy. I've seen him dancing/"rabble-rousing". Mr Bean could do better. ****, have i just mentioned the new mayor of London? )

So, i understand it's economic failings that have lead to this. So, my questions to y'all are...

-Were the economic failings down to Gray and his policies - or are they connected to disfatisfaction stemming from energy (Enron ) problems, and other failings? What are the issues that have brought about Gray's fall so soon into his re-election (if i've got that right)

-In what way is Arnie suitable to sorting out financial/economic problems? (was it his political stance i.e. "semi-republican" as r3 has put it, that helped him see of the others? And were they really THAT BAD that arnie seemed like the wisest choice?)

This is all very worrying for democracy as far as i can tell. I heard today there's some move to change the born-and-bred-Presidents-only law as well. Anyone know anything about this? (and anyone planning to vote Arnie for president a few years down the line?)

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OUR Russ, no i think we gave him back to new zealand after we tried him out for a while and he was no good.

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I think this is cool....but then again i dont live in America or even California...or even have a slight interest in poilitics of any sort so i would think this is cool.

What are the rammifications of ARNIE being govenor?

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No one knows because he is apparently not very experienced.

I'd rather see you defend your decision to refer to him as a "sick, immoral, hitler-loving freak." Got any sources? Whacked-out conspiracy theory websites don't count.


Wha? You're implying that a booming economy in American's largest state can be transformed into an economc wasteland simply because of "dissatisfaction" about the Enron debacle?

I hope I'm misunderstanding you.


His strength, at least in the mind of most of the voters, I'd imagine, is that he's an outsider. He's a Republican, but a moderate. His policy is, more or less, that politics as usual got us into this mess, and it's unlikely to get us out.


Why, pray tell, is any of this "worrying for democracy"?

I haven't heard of the movement you speak of. I don't think it'll garner much support, though.

Alright, here's what i (half)understand to be the set-up...

the prob:

-huge defecit (despite being the 4th biggest economy in the world, or some such thing)
-increasing (manufacturing?) job losses in this area. [tho i read the other day that "service" employment is rising nation-wide, to join other small rises in the american economy across the board. Even if they're rising in California too, the state seems to be in a sticky mess]

Arnie's promises:

-an end to Gray's car-tax
-a promise not to cut education funding.
-to get 2 billion (i think i heard million, but it'd have to be billions wouldn't it??) out of the native indian gambling casinos etc. [i think that boy's gonna face some stiff resistance there - but i guess politically they might not be that well defended. No idea really ]

Erm, and that's about it as far as i can see. Can't see any huge solutions on the face of it. I think their defecit is pretty big. But what i REALLY want cleared up is....

What are considered to be the main causes of the current deficit? It seems the energy crisis/Enron's deregulation-bill really hit the area hard (having to "import" energy inefficiently/expensively etc). But beyond that, what's caused this crisis? And can Arnie REALLY fix it? My doubts are bigger than his biceps

NB - Legislation has been proposed that would allow someone like Arnie to run for president.

The more I read about this, the more upset I am getting with Mr. Terminator...

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Here's hoping Gray Davis starts making action movies.

That California mess was the greatest thing ever - democracy run amok. It's what the founding fathers were trying to prevent. It's amazing that the people chose Arnold, though. I'd have voted for Terrell Owens. I don't quite think he's a Hitler-loving freak - sounds to me like ethnocentric mischief! Release the hounds, Yoda! And I think we need not bring up Bill Clinton to rebut the charges of sexism and sexual harassment. Where he stands on policy, nobody really knows yet...but he's no monster. Get a hold of yourself, Monkeypunch.

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