Schwarzenegger: Dems Are Girlie Men

[Bosh]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Yeah, it's funny... everyone is laughing at the Dems for their reaction rather than at Arnold.

Exactly, god can us lefties be a bunch of weenies some times

[Seeker]

"people respect *******s."

I think you've made the common error of thinking "you" = "people".

Boshko: I demand new avatar! Preferably Battle Royale related!

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker

And then he tries to insult them by using a phrase that pokes fun at low-brain, muscle-bound freaks. So he ends up looking like an idiot.

Do you really think he was seriously insulting them?

It's from Saturday Night Live, for heaven's sake! It's a frigging joke! And, btw, it's funny as hell in an Arnie voice.

Note that I said he "tried" to insult them.

You're young so you probably haven't seen the SNL routine, but it was laughing at the Arnie-types. The fact that Arnie used it in his speech shows that he is so thick that he doesn't get it.

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Yeah, it's funny... everyone is laughing at the Dems for their reaction rather than at Arnold.

Over here, we're laughing at both sides. American politics is great entertainment.

[The Mad Monk]

Greatest Show On Earth.

[Timexwatch]

I'm still amazed that talking heads have characterized the "Girlie Man" joke as misogynistic and homophobic at the same time, as if every homosexual was a characature.

[Ben Kenobi]

The fact that Arnie used it in his speech shows that he is so thick that he doesn't get it.

Or the fact that he can make a joke at his own expense.

To Arnie.

[DanS]

Arnie is trying to get a budget passed. To do that he needs the support of Democratic state politicians. So to get their support, he attacks them with wild accusations. Yeah, brilliant move. That'll get their support.

Maybe he knows that his budget won't get passed and is setting it up to campaign against the legislators.

[Dinner]

Japher: The south isn't liberal. LA is liberal but places like Orange County, Imperial County, Santa Barbara, and Riverside counties elect far more Republicans then Democrates.

[Dinner]

DanS: The state has a difficult time passing a budget each year because of the requirement that 2/3 instead of 50% plus 1 are required to pass the budget. They was supposed to reduce partisanship but it has meant that a minority can stall the budget.

[DanS]

Why do they have this supermajority system? Was it a proposition?

[Dinner]

It was changed in the late 1970's to slow down the rate of tax increases and to force the politicians to work together. All it has really done is give the special interests veto power if they can buy off enough politicians.

[Bosh]

Originally posted by Seeker
"people respect *******s."

I think you've made the common error of thinking "you" = "people".

Boshko: I demand new avatar! Preferably Battle Royale related!

Ooooh, I should dig up a pic of the narrator girl...

[Drake Tungsten]

I need to watch that movie some day.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Oerdin
It was changed in the late 1970's to slow down the rate of tax increases and to force the politicians to work together. All it has really done is give the special interests veto power if they can buy off enough politicians.

we have a super majority in my state.

but because the left claimed the schools would close if they didn't pass a budjet, our supreme court ruled that law can be bypassed.

Apparantly the people aren't allowed to decide how their goverment operates. And now the goverment can do whatever it wants no matter if the people like it or not.