Question for Republicans about Schwartzenegger

davefoc,
(Good game? :) )
Posted by davefoc

I have heard Riordan, interviewed and he says it never happened. He says that he told AS that he should run, that he was the guy with the "fire in his belly".
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I guess we'll never know for certain, and Riordan is apparently a very nice guy. However, just fyi, I -did- want to just give you Newsweeks version:
Newsweek, August 18, 2003

Not only did (Schwartzenegger) keep the public and reporters guessing up until the moment the words were out of his mouth, but he also seems to have misled his friend and political mentor, former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan.

An authoritative source told Newsweek that Riordan and Schwartzenegger agreed in late July that Riordan, not Schwartzenegger, would run. Schwartzenegger would endorse Riordan--as he had in last year's Republican primary, which Riordan lost to Bill Simon.

Arnold's advisors deny there was such a deal, but Riordan believed he had a clear field as late as the weekend before last, when Schwartzenegger visitied the Riordans in their Malibu estate. So Riordan, along with his aides, was shocked when he learned from CNN that Schwartzenegger was in the race. After Schwartzenegger left his backstage press conference, he put in a call to Riordan.

"I just want to make sure you know I was running."

"I heard," Riordan replied tersely. But any resentment he may have felt had dissipated by the next day, when he pledged his support for Schwartzenegger's campaign."
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CFLarsen said:
Donald A. Novello:

What campaign slogans will he use?
"Just the Ticket"
"Head Office"

Will there be any areas of politics he won't touch?
"Nothing Sacred"

How does he describe California?
"Atlantis - The Lost Empire"

What's his reaction to budget deficits?
"Histeria"

What is his stand of affirmative action for women?
"Touch"

What's his housing policy?
"Rent Control"

What's his excuse, when caught with another woman?
"Just One Night"

Favorite action hero movie?
"Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle"

Favorite horror splatter movie?
"Casper"

What will he call the annual report on how things are going?
"Tales of the City"

I should charge for this.... :)
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Yay.

You rock!
 
Clancie said:
davefoc,
(Good game? :) )

I guess we'll never know for certain, and Riordan is apparently a very nice guy. However, just fyi, I -did- want to just give you Newsweeks version:
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Hey, Clancie, Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci) is also running.

Got anything to say about him?:p
 
Hi Clancie, as to the raquetball it went pretty well. I'm the old fart in the group I play with and if I can win a few games and avoid serious injury I'm happy. Well I was on the winning side in four doubles games in a row so raquetball was good.

I did read the article that you linked to. I agree that the article was balanced and attempted to be fair, but I would at least quibble with some of it.

I didn't think too much of this line:
"But while analysts say Davis may have been indecisive and slow to act, many believe he is the victim of voter wrath over circumstances at least partly beyond his control."

What analysts? How many did she talk to? Who are these analysts that are studying the governor to determine how well he's doing. My sense is that she made the line up or at most was thinking of a few people that she talked to and called them "analysts".

As to the energy crisis she said this:
"California's energy crisis, meanwhile, was made possible by a flawed energy deregulation scheme approved by Pete Wilson, Davis' Republican predecessor. "

And to support this notion she said this
"It's hard to blame Davis for a deregulation plan that both parties basically adopted and that was taken advantage of by energy companies," said Raphael Sonenshein, a political scientist at California State University, Fullerton."

Why quote this guy? Has he studied the power crisis? How about instead of quoting this guy she quoted the professor at Stanford (James Sweeney) that has written a book about California's power crisis. He places substantial blame on Davis for the problems.

Overall I can certainly understand how one might agree with the well-it-might-not-be-his-fault-but-he-might-have-done-better tone of the article. And in truth I can't say that it is wrong with certainty.

But in life there is virtually never certainty about anything, and for me we are way past the point where there is enough information out there to decide that getting rid of Davis is essential.
 
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