Schwarzenegger urges voters to throw out 'girlie-men' lawmakers

[Kadie]

Schwarzenegger urges voters to throw out 'girlie-men' lawmakers

TIM MOLLOY, Associated Press Writer
Saturday, July 17, 2004

07-17) 16:10 PDT ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) --

With fast-food restaurants and a video game arcade as a backdrop, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told hundreds of people attending a rally Saturday in a mall food court that they should vote Democratic lawmakers out of office if they stand in the way of passing a state budget.

After saying lawmakers should put the people's interests first through bipartisanship, Schwarzenegger said Democrats were holding up the budget by refusing to back down on issues important to trial lawyers and unions. He drew boisterous cheers from mall-goers when he said the lawmakers were "girlie men" too afraid to admit they favored "special interests" over the public interest.

"If these guys won't do the job, I'm going to announce each of you a terminator," Schwarzenegger said in reference to his well-known action film. "Nov. 2 is judgment day. That's when you go to the polls."

Schwarzenegger's appearance before hundreds of cheering shoppers at the Ontario Mills mall was part of his effort to pressure Democratic lawmakers. The governor and Democratic leaders agree they're stuck on three points -- local government financing and the repeal of two labor laws.

more... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/07/17/politics1910EDT0107.DTL

[mike_c]

1. this guy has such depth....

:eyes:

[oscar111]

2. Reagan Clone? N/T

[w13rd0]

3. Call him of hackney cliche...

...does he have any other lines? I'm still waiting for "I'll be back"...after which he fades into the background.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

4. Will the Democrats keep the legislature....

to protect Cali from Adolf Gropenfuhrer!!!

Plus, isn't Ontario Mills a Freeper area?

[PlanetBev]

22. Ontario and Riverside are major Freepazoid areas

Not far from Upland, home of the most infamous Freeptard of them all, "Doug From Upland".

[Hoping4Change]

80. Adolf Gropenfuhrer..... Brilliant

[goclark]

5. What a mistake

he has been and it is no surprise.

Listen to his pompous comments. He is sounding more Hitler than the Chimp.

[aquart]

41. Well, yeah. He adds the Austrian accent.

[TankLV]

76. more SNL than Hitler - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

oh - gov beefcake was serious?!

[fdr_hst_fan]

81. Isn't there SOME WAY

to DEPORT this freakin' NAZI?
:wtf:

[gmoney]

6. Why don't people see through him?

He is such a sack of shit.

[nolabels]

47. Only people who read do, that would exclude people like bunny pants

People like bunny pants catch it on the headlines and they consider themselves informed

San Jose Mercury News (California)
Mar 18, 2004
by Dion Nissenbaum; Mercury News Sacramento Bureau

Lobbyist's ties to governor queried again

SACRAMENTO -- Although he vowed not to lobby the man he helped elect California governor, one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's closest political advisers initiated a private meeting between an insurance-industry client and the Republican leader.

(snip)
The meeting created some concern among protective Schwarzenegger aides who worry that Murphy's dual role as advocate for both the governor and his business clients could undercut Schwarzenegger's image as incorruptible.

Along with aiding his insurance-industry client, Murphy has also offered advice to an attorney representing some of the state's biggest Indian casinos. Now the two sides are in talks over whether to expand California casinos in exchange for a larger state share of the gambling money.

Murphy did not respond Wednesday to messages seeking comment. When asked about his business in January, he defended the operation and said there was a ''near Chinese wall'' separating the political consulting and lobbying operations.
(snip)
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/corporate/nw/nw004100.php3

:hurts:

Schwarzenegger adviser linked to card clubs, Nevada casinos
Rivals cry foul amid actor's attacks on Indian gaming
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/27/MN76440.DTL

Schwarzenegger names donors, supporters to Calif jobs panel

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday he will turn to a privately funded commission studded with corporate chief executives and political supporters to advise him on how to create jobs, streamline business regulation and market state products.
(snip)
"With the litany of corporate CEOs who are also Schwarzenegger donors running this private organization, it's clear their advice to the governor ... will be geared to the business interests they represent," she said.

Robert Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies, a nonpartisan group that monitors ethics and campaign finance, questioned why the governor didn't create a state commission subject to disclosure rules.

"This commission can meet in private, a state commission cannot meet in private," Stern said. "It's fairly normal for governors to appoint contributors because that's what they expect for their money. ... If the governor is relying on it, you want the public to be in on what the commission is doing."
(snip)
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/corporate/nw/nw004084.php3

[bluestateguy]

7. That's not leadership

The election is in November, the new legislature takes office in January, but the deadline for a budget was over 2 weeks ago. Meanwhile the state has no budget.

[kikiek]

8. I thought that was just a Saturday Night Live line! HAH

I have never watched a Schwarzenegger movie....never will. He is on my list of banned jackasses whose movies I never will see.

[Rose Siding]

17. Ann Coulter calls dems 'girlie men'

[kikiek]

18. I haven't been able to stomach her long enough to hear the vile she spews

[SemperEadem]

63. I dont think he said that line, either.. it was a SNL skit

now, he's copping their writer's lines instead of coming up with something of his own. I'd be more impressed if he wrote his own stuff.

[Amarant]

9. WTF?

This would be amusing if it wasn't reality. When does his term expire?

[Jack Rabbit]

12. Arnold is up for re-election in 2006

!!

[jmowreader]

10. Is this a governor, or Hans & Franz?

Fuckin' girlie-men.

Maybe they'll terminate Schwarzegger's governorship next time it's open.

[Rose Siding]

11. Can we keep the girlie girls?

Will slimfast cancel his contract?

What he really wants is for them to cave and let the schools hire non-union drivers, careless of the living wage or the health care crises. Then the companies they contract with can give him campaign contributions. It's a repub racket. It's his nature.

The rhetoric in this election season is going to some trippy places.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. "Girlie men" - WOW what an insult

How pathetic is he? I realize he's a Republican, but he has an MBA for crying out loud. You'd think he'd learn how to express himself a little better and at least not insult half his electorate. I guess he thought "girlie-men" was a nice way of saying "pussies". What an incredible asshole! It still stuns me that Maria married him.

[MichiganVote]

23. I thought he was making a back-handed

insult to gay men.

[Skittles]

49. the root of homophobia is hatred of women

nt

[flewellyn]

67. Well...

You're assuming that MBAs learn how to express themselves. Indeed, most of them just major in frat hazing, rohypnol dosing, and masturbating like caged apes. Bush being an MBA is not at all surprising...

[kikiek]

14. What do people in CA think of him? He sounds like fantasy land to me!

He reminds me of Ronald Reagan when he started mixing up movies he had been in with real life events!

[Pachamama]

44. Can't stand him....I'm in total denial that he is our Governor....

...I just pretend he is acting on TV in another movie and that we temporarily don't have a Governor....

It's easier to deal with reality that way....It's bad enough knowing Bu$h and FUCheney are occupying the White House....Admiting that a stupid Austrian weightlifter/hollywood buffoon is the Governor of our State and makes statements like "girlie-men" is just something my brain and conscience can't handle....

I didn't vote for him....he lost our county badly 95% against him....

[HawkerHurricane]

15. Typical Republican Projection.

Accuse your opponents of being what you (secretly) are.

Bush called Gore a liar.
Arnie calls Democratic legislators 'Girlie Men'.
And of course, they are both 'uniters not dividers'.

[kikiek]

19. Gotta mention..How does Maria stay with him when her relatives are

"girlie men" in her opinion. I couldn't live with a man who wasn't a liberal democrat. It is too much a part of who I am. I don't understand it at all.

[T Bone]

54. Right - he just told his wife all the men in her family are girlie men

Maria is in an abusive relationship.

[zanana]

74. Maybe Maria is...

Maybe she's as much of an opportunist as he is. When you scratch the surface of these two, there's nothing left.

[tedzbear]

68. Arnold is da girlie man!

Posing in a skimpy bikini while flexing his gorgeous muscles is the height of girlie man behavior. Gimme a break.

:kick:

[fishnfla]

16. whats a terminator?

I mean, is that a violent movie? didnt they have a term like that in the wehrmacht?

[Kadie]

24. The Terminator - yes it is a violent movie

I wonder if this is how arnie see's himself.

[TheDonkey]

20. w-h-o-a

.... yikes....

[meti57b]

21. Last I heard he has a 70% approval rating here in CA.

He's a popular movie star and not just a movie star but one that plays heroic-type roles... sort of a muscle-man James Bond. That is the basis of his popularity. So far, he has broken every one of his campaign promises... so his performance in office certainly isn't the basis of his popularity.

[Kadie]

25. Really? 70%

I haven't heard any poll numbers about arnie. I am sure he will start to drop fast, especially if he keeps talking like he did today.

[bogey18]

46. You are really overestimating

the intelligence of the electorate. This kind of stuff makes his numbers go up, not down.

[Kadie]

60. I have more faith in my fellow California's than that

His numbers may be high for awhile, but he will keep talking, saying nothing new, just lines he memorized from a movie, and people will get tired of it. I can't see a 70% approval lasting long.

Welcome to DU bogey18 :hi:

[mitchtv]

70. I hope you are right

He must be met with Jeers. But you know I live in RVSDE co. Give thse people a big SUV and a cell phone to glue to their ears. They can't even drive out here. Fatalities all the time. That's how groper got in, this crowd here can't afford to pay the taxes on these monsters.Fast food heaven.

[droidamus]

40. Gropenators Ratings

You wouldn't happen to have a link to that poll. I live in Sacramento and I haven't seen any polls on this guy.

[meti57b]

55. No, I don't have a link to the poll, they mentioned it on the news.

I would highly advise not underestimating the popularity of this creep. It's going to take a lot of work to get him out of office.

[Downtown Hound]

45. I'm a Californian

and the 70 percent number was before this whole budget mess, when the honeymoon was still going on. Maybe I'm wrong, but I haven't seen any new polls since this started happening, whereas before the media was constantly gushing over him and pointing out how popular he was. I felt like I did right after 9-11 when everyone was saying how wonderful Bush was, and I'm like, what are you crazy? There were articles saying that California was "enraptured" with Arnold. Enraptured? Ewwwww. Could they lick this man's ass any more?

If anyone has any links to polls taken after this budget mess began, I'd like to see them. I wouldn't expect them to be down too much, but I'm willing to bet they are down. And I think that they will continue to go down as the media stops kissing his ass and more of his true colors appear.

I know one thing though, Arnold has now forever alienated the California legislature. Part of all the gushing media coverage that was going on earlier was about how he was so charming and that he could win over Democrats in the legislature. No doubt, that's the last time we're going to hear that said about him.

[MisterP]

26. Ahnuld hits the call "elevator button" in Sacramento

several women are on their way to this floor, so when the door opens, he gets all excited about the "vimmin dispensah," and reaches in with his ham-fists. One lady hits the "close door" button, squishing the groping tangerine-colored meathook heading her way, and it is withdrawn with a final anguished cry of "vimmin!"
--end of non-child-suitable bedtime story--

[DaveSZ]

31. His hero is Raygun

Why should it surprise anyone he's anti-union?

[lapfog_1]

34. Yeah

except for SAG and other movie industry unions.
I'm sure he is a member of a number of them.

but school bus drivers? People making only a minimum wage for
survival in California... screw them!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

61. His Hero Raygun was WORSE than the worse Mob Boss!!!

:puke:

[Rose Siding]

27. This is the issue (remember those?) that he's ticked about

Schwarzenegger has been losing patience with Democrats' unwillingness to budge on two issues important to Republicans: repealing a pro-labor law that makes it easier for workers to sue employers and expanding school contracting laws to allow private firms to bid for services such as busing....
...
...the governor said he supported Republican efforts to give schools new privileges to sign outside contracts for bus and cafeteria services — something staunchly opposed by unions and Democrats.

"Why would we go and give the money so much needed for education in this state to the union drivers rather than keeping it right in the classroom?" Schwarzenegger asked. "I always said in my campaign the children should have the first call on our treasury, not the drivers. They should be able to contract out to the lowest bidder."

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget16jul16,1,544997.story?coll=la-home-local

Union busting. Some dems are in the way and he's using the louder voice to beat them down. Who knows? It may work in CA.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

30. Why is this NAZI so powerful?

[rocktivity]

28. You left at least $6 BILLION on the table

when you re-settled the energy company lawsuit, Arnold--what's "masculine" about THAT?




rocknation

[NuttyFluffers]

85. love your bumper sticker, i want one

exactly where is our nine billion dollars, girlie governor?

[glitch]

29. Wait, I am confused. Doesn't he want to be governor anymore? nt

[TaleWgnDg]

32. can you imagine . . .

the Austrian government is about to (or recently has) issue(d) a
postage stamp with the likeness of Arnie . . . supposedly Arnie picked out the photo himself.

. . . how are the visuals here? Do the Austrians have the pre-sticky stamps, or does one hafta lick the back of the stamp? :puke:

[OneBlueSky]

33. it boggles the mind . . .

when a third-rate actor is governor of the nation's most populous state and uses a line from a SNL satire of himself in a political speech . . . surrealists must be creaming their pants . . .

[DaveSZ]

In a sense

In a sense, Arnie is one of the most powerful men in the world with the state of California having the sixth or seventh largest GDP in the world.

And you know he was in on the Enron scam, so this simply proves how easily Americans will overlook policy that harms them in lieu of personality/charisma. Reagan and Clinton also proved this.

At the very least Jessie Ventura had some good ideas, and I think we can mostly agree he was perhaps the best of the worst of celeb politicos.

I used to like his show on MSNBC, but I'm sure he made the GE board nervous and was canned for that reason.

[TankLV]

77. Ummm - Clinton had brains, depth AND chrisma.

We wouldn't EVER lump him in with repuke losers!

[DaveSZ]

36. dupe

dupe

[tabasco]

59. Truly strange days.

- I'm wondering if the human race will ever become truly rational. If we do not become extinct, it will probably take more evolution to separate ourselves from the Apes.
- When the people of a so-called progressive state elect a chest-thumping cartoon character as their governor, what should they expect - - - thoughtful leadership??????
- Please Oh Brothers and Sisters of California, show this idiot the unemployment line ASAP and restore my faith in your great State.

[shanti]

69. we're trying, friend

we're trying!!

[MisterP]

66. banana cream or whipped?

they're surrealists, after all (as am I)

[truthisfreedom]

35. he's taking his cue from bush... blame everyone else for your failures.

then call them names. bush teaches all rethugs to be whining playground bullies.

[allalone]

37. look who's talkin'

He posed nude for Robert Maplethorpe and in various muscle boy mags.

[LiberalFighter]

38. If he wasn't an actor...

wasn't famous...
was just some smuck

and made a statement like that about girlie men...

where would he be?

[moondust]

39. Hans and Franz for Goobernators!!

Yah. Dey can goobernate! Yah.

[markses]

42. Here me now and believe me later

This is becoming a farce.

[glitch]

43. Is it just tonight or does it seem like The Onion is writing the news

first Arnie using girlie-men, reminding everyone he's a SNL joke, then Cheney appearing with 'almost youthful spirits' to compete with Edwards. Followed by dress codes for undercover air marshalls.

What's going on?

[NuttyFluffers]

86. it's a world gone mad

the Dadaists were right all along.

[Skittles]

48. misgynistic asshole

that's what he is

[Scairp]

50. Oh Gawd

Ahnold was at the Mills and I missed him?! Geez, I may not sleep tonight!

[Tight_rope]

51. When is CA going to EX-terminate him out of office...He "MUST GO"! n/t

[The Animator]

52. So how long do you think it will be before rest of the cast of Predator

... will become Govenors... Ahnald's in Kaleefournya, Jessie "The Body" Venture, is in Montana (though I've heard better things about him) What state would be best run by Apollo Creed?

[Solly Mack]

53. good old arnold, playing to ignorance and fear

a true republican.

[warrior1]

56. The democrats

Need to hit this jerk back and hard. If he doesn't want them to be girlie men then why can't he get the budget passed. They seem like tough old broads to me. LOL.

Anyway this can of name calling doesn't bode well for arnie the ass.

[PROUDNWLIBERAL]

57. Union Bus Drivers

I wonder how the union bus drivers feel about Mr. Pete Johnson the teacher from Walnut, CA. He loves the Governor---claims he got his raise from the Governor and not his Union. Well he may be taken care of , but he wants to slash the throats of the people that bring his students to his classroom---what a selfish pig!

[leesa]

58. What an ignorant knuckle dragger! How do people get this dumb?

[Endangered Specie]

62. The Groppenfuhrer has SPOKEN!

[fdr_hst_fan]

64. The Gropenfuehrer should

stick his HEAD up his ASS and JUMP!
:evilgrin:

[The Zanti Regent]

65. The legislature should impeach Arnold

Charge:

FAILING TO PRODUCE A BALANCED BUDGET.

Are there any Democratic legislators who will stand up to this phony steroid shootin Nazi?

[Kadie]

71. **Democrats are outraged over the remark directed at them - LINK

Governor calls foes 'girlie men'
Democrats are outraged over the remark directed at them, calling it sexist and anti-gay.
By Gary Delsohn -- Bee Capitol Bureau

Published 2:15 am PDT Sunday, July 18, 2004

snip...

"About a fourth of the Senate are women," Sen. Gloria Romero, a Los Angeles Democrat who's been working with the Schwarzenegger administration on prison reform, said in a telephone interview. "This is offensive for women. It is offensive to gays and lesbians in the Legislature because of the way that term historically has been applied. 'Girlie man' is a negative term. It is inappropriate for a governor or anybody to name-call someone who, whether he likes it or not, has been elected by a majority of people in a district to represent them."

Assemblywoman Sarah Reyes, D-Fresno, said Schwarzenegger should issue an apology for the "crude and inappropriate" comment. "I think we're seeing the real Arnold Schwarzenegger," she said. "It was alleged in the campaign that he was sexist and that he behaved inappropriately toward women and had no respect for them, and now we're seeing it's true."

Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco and chairman of the five-member Legislative Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus, called the governor's remark a "third-grade insult."

"By playing to certain voters' discomfort with gender and sexuality, the governor has exposed himself as a divider, not a uniter," Leno said.

more... http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/10044671p-10965850c.html

[MODemocrat]

72. Schwartzenegger, is a chauvanistic idiot

who likes girlies only when he can feel and fawn over them. :silly: :dunce:

[mockmonkey]

73. He has used the girlie-man thing before,

while campaigning for Daddy Bush. I don't recall if it was in '88 or '92. He makes me want to "frow up".

[TankLV]

75. This is from SNL, right?

Actually, I'd prefer to look at only babes and beefcake - but we're not all so blessed in the body department!

He sure proves the stereotype of "no pain - no gain, and "no brain, no pain" that is a common affliction amongst body builders!

I feel sooo sorry for the crap that CA has to now put up with.

Just think - there are almost 4 more years to put up with this!

[4_Legs_Good]

87. Heh heh heh, try almost 8 more years

It would take a miracle to oust him in 2006.

Well, a lot could change, but I'm willing to bet his approval rating is in the mid 70s at least over here.

I don't hate the man, though I don't respect him either. I might respect him a little more if he would just leave the bad-movie persona behind and try to be a governor.

At least he's not executing run-away dogs 10 seconds after they sneak out of the house anymore.

david

[Piperay]

89. Davis used up

a year, groper will be up for election in 2006.

[kohodog]

78. Californians have taken too much acid!

How else could this guy be governator?

(Or maybe they haven't taken enough acid, I'm confused, help me here).

[gasperc]

79. Ontario-mills, I used to live near there

I would have been protesting his ass, I bet there were people I knew from the '92 and '94 campaign's there. Democrats "girlie" to favor the special interests. Who's sucking on that ENRON cock?

[eablair3]

82. wants to repeal labor laws allowing workers to sue employers of violations

yeah, ... the Terminator wants to repeal a law that allows an employee to sue an employer who violates labor laws. So, if, for instance, an employee works OT and doesn't get paid, that employee would no longer be able to sue for his wages. Rather, they'd likely be forced to recover through a state agency that is overworked, underfunded, and understaffed with the officials appointed by the Gropinator. And, no one does that because it's useless.

[question everything]

83. hmmm.... "girlie men" - will he now try to grope them? n/t

[Gregorian]

84. That's right! Every politician must be able to bench 400 pounds.

And do the limbo. And run a marathon. It will only stop when all politicians are HE-MEN.

But then, I've always said what a wonderful world it would be if musicians were politicians.

[Piperay]

88. "Hans & Franz"

right off of "Live It's Saturday Night" next thing he will being hollering about "pumping you up", these repukes don't have an imaginative bone in their bodies. x(