The Arn for Governor of California

[Agathon]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat

Any tax increase of any kind has to be approved by a supermajority,

No wonder the place is a mess.

[gunkulator]

I'm guessing Arnold already has re RE-ELECTION slogan all worked out: "Vote for me. I'll be back."

[Dis]

no it's "vote for me if you want to live"

[Japher]

I hope it's

"It's Not A Tumor!"

[Imran Siddiqui]

Peter Ueberroth, former Baseball Commish and fomer US Olympic President, may also run from the Republican side. He doesn't seem to have a bad resume for this job at all. He turned around the '84 LA Olympics, earning him "Time's Man of the Year" and headed "Rebuild LA", designed to rebuild economically depressed areas of Los Angeles.

Should be interesting.

[Boris Godunov]

It's fast become the biggest joke in politics. Schwarzy, Coleman, Huffington and Flynt all in the same race...and there's word that Gallagher and D.L. Hughley will get in on the action!

I can't think of any better evidence of pure democracy being equivalent to mob rule.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I think its a great thing .

No parties controlling the electoral process. Whoever wants to run can run. This is the best chance for third parties to show their stuff.

In every election you have your crazies running anyway, usually they are (one of) the Socialist parties. Why should this election be any different?

[Dis]

you call it mob rule. I call it democracy.

Are you saying only lefties or right wingers should run?

I think it's great you have people running who don't fit into the 2 main ideologies or political parties.

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
If Arnold becomes California's governor there won't be a "Terminator 4"!

NNNNOOOOOOO!!!!!!! **collapses into heap of quivering protoplasm**

[alva]

Hmm, an Austrian artist running for a goverment position in a different country..., that rings a bell but I just can't put my finger on it..

[Ted Striker]

Did anyone notice that Gray Davis' own Lt. Governor is running against him?

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by alva
Hmm, an Austrian artist running for a goverment position in a different country..., that rings a bell but I just can't put my finger on it..

I think the term you are looking for is Godwin's Law.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Did anyone notice that Gray Davis' own Lt. Governor is running against him?

Um, no he isn't.

Davis isn't on the ballot--he can't be, because a successful recall would end his governorship. So nobody's running against Davis, he's not running.

Bustamante isn't running out of disloyalty to Davis or anything, he's running as insurance to keep the governorship Democratic. Should the recall succeed, the Dems do need a viable choice for a replacement. Bustamante is, however, campaigning against the recall.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Oh, come on... Bustamante is basically running against Davis. Yeah, he's saying vote no on the recall like a good Democrat, but he knows Davis will get the snot kicked out of him and knows that he's in good position to win the damned thing. He has no loyalty to Davis, and I bet his 'campaign' against the recall will be lip service.

[Ted Striker]

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