Schwarzenegger: "Hasta la vista special interests."

[Cannikin]

(San Diego, California) In an appearance before supporters at the Cheesecake Factory in San Diego's Fashion Valley Mall, Wednesday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger implied he has no intention of repeating his recent "girlie men" remark.

"There's a new comment: We're here to pump you up," Schwarzenegger said when asked about the earlier remark. "Hasta la vista special interests."

Schwarzenegger has accused Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento of holding up passage of the state budget because they are beholden to special-interest groups such as unions and trial lawyers.

Speaking at a mall food court four days earlier in Ontario, Calif., Schwarzenegger had said, "If they don't have the guts to come out here in front of you and say, 'I don't want to represent you, I want to represent those special interests, the unions, the trial lawyers' ... if they don't have the guts, I call them girlie men."

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[lapfog_1]

1. So is that all we are going to get

for the rest of his term?

A recitation of catch phrases and throw away lines from his movies
AND SNL skits that were doing parodies of Arrrnold?

Geez.

I can't wait for him start saying "I'll be back" after we kick his
ass out of office.

[DaveSZ]

2. Kick his ass out seriously

Get some ads together about how he scammed Californians on Enron.

[lapfog_1]

4. I have a suggestion

Show a picture of the gropenfuher... with a caption of
"Met with Ken Lay and other Enron executives while developing
a position on California's energy policies..."

And then play the Enron trading tapes as audio.

And then move the caption to "Reduced recovery amount in the
suit against Enron from 9 Billion to under 2 Billion".

and the closer "Can we afford a second term?"

[tom_paine]

3. Given the debased and slavish condition of Imperial Amerika

that might be enough.

I have little faith remianing in the Imperial Subjects of Amerika, though I hold out hope.

[tommilator]

6. You get the politicians you deserve..

Arnold's campaign was a friggin circus and not much of a political campaign from what I saw of it, catch phrases and rock'n'roll. But at least the weather in California is nice.

[lapfog_1]

7. By your logic

I guess we all "deserve" Bush, too.

BTW, welcome to DU.

And the weather is nice here.

[fujiyama]

5. Republicans

are awfully immature (and I'm not talking about their daughters, ie Bush's)...

So let's here. Ahnold is incapable of actually discussing anything so he spouts off a bunch of catch phrases from his movies. Cheney, OTOH shows he can't even do that. He just mouths of an obscenity.

Where the hell are the RW moral purists? Should they be asking, "What about the children?".

[SalParadise]

8. via LA Times columnist Steve Lopez

Total dollar amount of the 2003-04 budget signed by ex-Gov. Gray Davis: $99.1 billion.

Total amount of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's first budget after promising to shrink government: $103 billion.

....Number of employees on Gov. Schwarzenegger's staff who make $100,000 or more: 14.

Number of employees on Gov. Davis' staff who made $100,000 or more: 8.

....Schwarzenegger's whereabouts just hours after vowing to stay in Sacramento and fight like a warrior to end the budget stalemate: Beverly Hills fund-raiser.

Amount raised at Beverly Hills fund-raiser by Schwarzenegger, who earlier promised to end fund-raising during budget season: Roughly $400,000.

....Number of the top 100 donations to Schwarzenegger that came from businesses or their executives: 87.

....Number of people at Stockton mall food court who cheered Schwarzenegger's criticism of legislators beholden to special interests: Hundreds.

[Cannikin]

9. kick

[Massacure]

10. "Hasta la vista special interests"

Reminds me of a old doll.

[Q]

11. Special interests: Defense and energy industry...

...HMOs...Insurance...religious right...

- Who is Arnold and the GOP to lecture about special interests? Unions and trial lawyers represent the common person...whereas the GOPs special interests represent corporations trying to enslave the people.

- This is part of the GOP's plan to make sure The People have no one representing them in the workplace, in court and (in congress). Arnold is simply a robotic mouthpiece reciting talking points.

[Mr_Charlie]

12. Whatever, Ahnold. Just keep writing those checks to the Dems

i love this. Arnold has donated way more to Democrats than to his own party. This oughtta fire up some freeps:
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=Schwarzenegger&first=Arnold