Schwarzenegger looks back on his seven years in Sacramento

[cowcommander]

Source: LA Times

State government was failing at every level. There was an electricity crisis, a water crisis, a prison crisis. Car taxes had tripled. State contracts were tainted by corruption. Financial ruin loomed. In the state's historic recall election, voters turned to Arnold Schwarzenegger, a movie star whose brand was blowing stuff up, flexing muscles and delivering goofy one-liners. Seven years later, with Schwarzenegger's tenure in its final day, the state's schools are in poor shape, the public university system is losing its sheen, the federal courts have taken control of part of the prison system.

The deficit keeps growing. In a recent interview in his stately Capitol conference room, his "Conan the Barbarian" sword resting in a case behind him, the governor looked back. He defended his record but admitted to errors that were key to his inability to fulfill the promise of tearing up the state's credit card and "ending the crazy deficit spending." One crucial misstep came in the first few months, he said. Instead of confronting voters with the pain of dealing with the deficit he had inherited, Schwarzenegger shied away, backing a ballot initiative to borrow $15 billion to paper over the accumulated budget problem.

"It was a mistake," Schwarzenegger said. "I should've gone the other direction to early on solve the budget problem and use the political muscle I had in that first year in office."



Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-schwarzenegger-legacy-20110102,0,3870155.story

[Hawkeye-X]

1. You, sir, are a mistake.

You should have never replaced Gray Davis.

You should be in prison for 50 years, then immediately deported back to Austria. Why? You committed a criminal act when you made the deal with Enron.

Hawkeye-X

[Skittles]

2. Arnold, you SUCKED - now please FUCK OFF

[Raine]

3. When does Brown take office

does anyone know? It can't come soon enough for me. :thumbsup:

[FreakinDJ]

4. + 10000

[RandomThoughts]

5. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuhG52GnTgo


He did push for the hydrogen fuel cell car, but then the media feed was cut, so not about Arnold but about some presentation of what he thinks from that article.


Arnold is being treated like a trophy, as is Conan in that article.


Should add this also.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=103601&mesg_id=103604

Since they added some advertisement 'after' posting. Try to add that in before uploading it. And also one more thing, you remove things from that clip, that is destruction based.

[craigmatic]

6. Here's the summary. The economy sucked and Ahnold made it worse.

At least when Gray Davis was in the state didn't pay people with IOUs.

[gratuitous]

7. Well, at least car taxes have gone back down

So, the Republicans can point to that "accomplishment."

[NV Whino]

8. Bye bye. Arnie

Can't see the back of you soon enough. Fucking creep. And take your pal, Dale Issa with you.

[Yavin4]

9. Who Would've Thought That An Action Movie Hero Would Be A Lousy Governor?!?!

Man, who saw that coming?

[demwing]

10. The Best Thing About Arnold's 2 terms?

He WON'T Be BAHK!