Arnold is in Gray on way out!

Wake up CALL · #1 08-06-2003, 11:23 PM

Kull the Conquerer has found a new country to conquer, well at least a new state. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Dynasty · #2 08-07-2003, 12:41 AM

Anybody who underestimates Schwarzenegger is a fool. It takes a hell of a lot more than muscles to reach the top of two radically different professions (body building and acting). I think he can win this election.

brad · #3 08-07-2003, 02:41 AM

i posted about a week ago that bohemian grove (republicans) had selected arnold. san fransisco newspaper (times, tribune, whatever it is there, the big one)

ChipWrecked · #4 08-07-2003, 10:06 AM

Q: What will happen to Governor Davis?

A: Terminated.

Posted by a petition-signing voter of California.

andyfox · #5 08-07-2003, 12:12 PM

Jerry Brown remarked today that his father made the same mistake with Ronald Reagan, assuming that an actor would not be taken seriously.

Anyway, now it's a Total Recall.

nicky g · #6 08-07-2003, 12:28 PM

Acting? I think you must mean starring, featuring, appearing on screen or something like that. Arnie doesn't do acting.

HDPM · #7 08-07-2003, 01:03 PM

Ray Zee · #8 08-07-2003, 01:54 PM

he is a repub. not likely to win in the new very liberal california of asia and mexico. but he has charisma and that wins votes. in any case this stuff makes life fun.

TimTimSalabim · #9 08-07-2003, 03:29 PM

Arnold may not be the best "actor", but he is undisputably a big-time movie star with enormous charisma and appeal to a wide variety of people. That is what counts when running for office. A la Ronald Reagan.

Ragnar · #10 08-07-2003, 08:47 PM

Actually Ray, Arnold has a significant chance to win. My understanding of the electoral mechanism is this. There are two votes--1. Whether to remove Gray Davis--2. Who to replace him with if he is recalled.

They are taken at the same time. If Davis loses the first vote the second vote is tabulated. The winner is the person with a plurality. There is no run-off.

The Democrats so far have not entered a candidate in the second vote, because they think that it would negate the effort to keep Davis in. Thus, if he loses you essentially have the winner coming from a Republican primary with perhaps 25% of the vote. I think Arnold can get that due to name recognition and charisma alone.

I agree with you that this will be fun. Maybe Kobe should enter [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Ragnar