Arnold on CNN: "I will be 100% behind Obama, the time for rhetoric is over."

[RollWithIt]

Just reporting it.

[votetastic]

1. I bet he wishes he hadn't made a fool out of himself

a few days before the election, when Obama's win was inevitable.

[okieinpain]

48. well at least his bit was just standard rah rah rah stuff and not the

obama terrrorist crap.

[anigbrowl]

50. Nah, they'll play a game of basketball and it'll be cool.

I wasn't offended by Schwarzenegger's skinny comments...light entertainment as far as I am concerned.

[Hawkeye-X]

2. If you're 100% behind Obama, make sure you're at least 100 feet away, Republican.

I can't wait to see his ass kicked in '10.

Hawkeye-X

[RollWithIt]

3. He was extremly supportive of Obama... talked about being touched by his election....

Just reporting.

[Engineer4Obama]

6. Thats cause of his marriage

Arnold wants to "be allowed back in the bedroom". Maria has done her share of gloating which makes me happy.

[rvablue]

44. It's not JUST b/c of his marriage if you watch the whole interview

John King several times tries to get him to say that whether Palin was qualified and if McCain had made a mistake.

He WOULD NOT say that she was qualified and he wouldn't deny that it was a mistake.

Palin and the rethugs that back her openly are all knuckle dragging, mouth breathing, bigoted know-nothings and Ahnold knows it.....

[msongs]

4. sure he is cuz he has failed to get a CA budget and will soon want a 'bailout" nt

[JaneQPublic]

7. Yeah, and he'll need to suck up to that guy with the skinny arms and legs (nt)

[Clio the Leo]

5. Actually, you have to hand to the Governor......

... he was the ONLY person in the ENTIRE campaign to find something even remotely funny to say about Obama.

Sucks to be the SNL writers.

[ROh70]

9. Good point! That actually was funny. But only because it came from him.

Arnold's okay. He didn't engage in really vicious attacks against Obama, like one supposed democrat we know and hate (Joe Lieberman). And he's a frickin' Kennedy by marriage! I bet he may have even voted for Obama.

[No Elephants]

32. According to Maria, they fought all the time about Obama and McCain.

[JVS]

13. What did he say?

[Clio the Leo]

15. Said he had ..... GASP!!! skinny legs.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qXR9WhgcUc

Looks fine to me........

[Raine]

18. I thought it was funny too

wasn't really mean-spirited ... probably one of the most mild things said by anyone on the other side toward Obama.

[TheDonkey]

8. Fuck you arnold? WTF go to saying the man is a socialist and now you are 100% for him

people like him make me sick.

[Rob Gregory Browne]

10. Okay, I'm from California

and the truth is, Arnold isn't doing much worse than the guy before him. I don't love Arnold, but he IS at least a social liberal who voted NO on Prop 8 and came out publicly against it.

The more I lurk on this board, the more I get the sense that, for a lot of you, it's ALL or NOTHING. Everything is black and white. That's no better than some of the freepers I've seen.

At least Arnold is saying he'll back the guy 100%. That's more than you can say about some Republicans -- and some of us, at this point.

rgb

[TheDonkey]

16. I'm also from CA and Arnold is planning to raise the sales tax and threatened to veto gay marriage

legislation from the Assembly. The man is a coward.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090702020.html

[roody]

27. Hasn't he already vetoed gay friendly legislation?

[Hellataz]

37. According to CNN story Arnold seems to be pro gay rights.

"Speaking on CNN's "Late Edition" Sunday, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed disappointment at Proposition 8's passage.

"It is unfortunate," Schwarzenegger said. "But it is not the end because I think this will go back into the courts. ... It's the same as in the 1948 case when blacks and whites were not allowed to marry. This falls into the same category."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/10/gay.marriage.protests.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

[InvisibleTouch]

17. He has turned out okay, IMO.

Not nearly as bad as most of us were expecting, and surprisingly good in some ways. Yeah, he made stupid remarks a few days before the election, but I think it shows some character to say publically that the campaigning phase is over, and it's time for us all to get on board together and fix the broken country.

[roody]

28. He has vetoed health care for all at least twice. Now he wants to tax

veterinary services 10%. Not taxing yacht sales though! Arnold stinks.

[cooolandrew]

19. I second that in the world of politics you have to let things go to move forward. I'm all for that.

[merh]

20. welcome to DU

and yes, sadly for many, it is all or nothing. Everything is black and white - with us or against us and worse of all, it has to HAPPEN NOW DAMNIT.

Just imagine what DU and the world would be like if they truly used the understanding they so demand from others, if empathy and compassion were more than just a part of their vocabulary.

[SwampG8r]

21. arnold has an interesting history

he was the son of a sheriff in austria who was socially coerced into nazi party membership
for a long time he shopped a script quietly based on his fathers story but no one would make a movie about a sympathetic nazi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger

Schwarzenegger commissioned the Simon Wiesenthal Center to research his father's wartime record, which came up with no evidence of atrocities despite Gustav's membership in the Nazi Party and SA.[

[symbolman]

25. Maybe he should have Saved the 20 Billion fucking dollars

he let Enron shine on when they created false brown outs in Cal.. That's the real reason he was installed, to let that lawsuit by a Fine Liberal Gov get kicked to the curb.. Plus they proved they can install a right winger with only about 17% of the populace voting..

Yeah, no real difference, my ass..

[Rob Gregory Browne]

30. And I can point to some pretty shitty stuff

that Gray Davis did, like his last education budget, for one.

The point is, Democrat or Republican, there are going to be things they do that we don't agree with. But for Arnold to say he backs Obama 100% is, I think, a step in the right direction.

rgb

[symbolman]

31. There are going to be things You don't agree with..

backing a scumbag and saying you want to meet in the middle has never been a fair exchange and people are wise to it now..

Gray Davis was a fine politician, the Terminator is a Right Wing shill, full of Hypocrisy and related to actual Nazis, it's not a matter of agreeing to disagree, pols installed by rotten right wingers and corporate interests are traitors and need to be rooted out, exposed and sent packing..

It's them or us and this is war.. Whether we agree or not, it's HOW these bastards get around the voters actual wants that in the end reveals their real objectives - to drown our fellow poor countrymen in a small tub by destroying Govt protections, and handing the money to corporations..

You telling me that Gray Davis was FOR "Leave No Child Behind?"

Busted.

[Rob Gregory Browne]

52. No, I'm saying

that the last budget Gray Davis gave to the education community was abysmal, which had nothing to do with Leave No Child Behind. Gray Davis also rolled over and let this state get fucked by Bush and the energy companies, so I'm not sure what your definition of "fine" is.

But smearing Arnold with the Nazi reference is disingenuous. His father may have been a member of the party (reportedly by force), but that doesn't make Arnold himself a Nazi and I think his approach to social issues proves that. Like his support of the anti-Prop 8 groups. And suggesting that he is one makes you, to my mind, no better than the people you're trying to call out.

We live in a society of differing philosophies and opinions, and the problem with your hard line "them or us" approach to the world is that it doesn't help solve any problems.

Obama was elected based largely on his appeal to those of us who want to see a bipartisan approach to solving them. And in that spirit, I will take Arnold at his word -- even if I disagree with some of the stances he has taken in the past.

[symbolman]

53. Don't forget the KY Jelly.. though he's probably shrunk some by now..

Davis ROLLED OVER? DO the Unicorns bite on your planet? He was SUEING ENRON for about 20 BILLION dollars for their FALSE Brownouts, of course the TERMINATOR was installed with 11% of the public actually voting, a republican TRICK, so that he could RECIND those lawsuits..

But let's meet in the middle somewhere..

horseshit. Don't bother answering my post, I've wasted all the time I have with Excusionists..

[Rob Gregory Browne]

54. Davis's lawsuits were too little too late

Foresight was obviously not his strong suit.

But this isn't about Davis. It's about Arnold and the spirit of bipartisanship, which you seem to want nothing to do with.

That's your right. Go ahead and take your toys and play somewhere else.

[political_Dem]

35. A-men. That's why folks cannot have a short memory.

Arnold's a crook and has been since the very beginning of his time in office. I won't also forget his "groping" of women as well.

[damonm]

45. Fine Liberal Gov - GRAY DAVIS?

You Gotta be kidding me.
Liberal yes. Fine? No way. We haven't had a GOOD liberal Gov here in CA since...ever.
Jerry Brown might be OK now, but he was WAY too young for the post when he took it in the '70s.

[Beacool]

40. Yep, you said it.

Those who were not 100% for Obama must be destroyed. Give them a few months before they start complaining about Obama too. Politics is about compromise and not about absolutes.

:eyes:

[Bake]

41. Hehe heh ... welcome to DU!

Yep, it's all cut and dried, black and white here. Stick around though, it does get interesting at times!

Bake

[No Elephants]

33. Me, too. I had trouble not strangling people who were saying "I voted for Bush twice. Now, I'm

against him." Who cares? You helped inflict him on the country twice and now you want some kind of credit? Take a flying leap.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. I love that. I love how so many repukes are saying - I am behind

him (Obama) and he is "My President." Never heard any dem say that about Bush.

I hope they mean it and are not just trying to selfishly ride the O wave

[my3boyz]

24. They are saying it so they can appear to be supporting this historic moment.

Let there be no doubt..they will rip Obama to shreds after he makes his first major decision.

[InvisibleTouch]

39. But let's face it, there's a universe of difference...

...between Dubya and Obama.

I'm reminded of the scene on South Park (SPOILER ALERT!) where the barricaded McCain supporters come out the next morning to find their town is still there, bathed in a beautiful sunrise, and come to the conclusion that "Maybe Obama won't be so bad after all." Contrast that with the days after Dubya's selections. There was never any cause for a Dem to say "Maybe Bush won't be so bad."

If there are former rethug voters coming to the realization that hope is better than fear, creation is better than destruction, and that maybe life will be better for them now too, then more power to them, I say. Should we deny people their awakening? I used to be big on holding grudges and extracting revenge, myself, but more and more I come to the conclusion that we need to focus that energy on the future, not the past.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

12. Arnold who?

Am I supposed to know if this is a first name or a last name?

I guess everyone here just "knows."

:(

[TheManagement]

14. schwartzengagger

[gauguin57]

22. So Captain Steroid doesn't think Obama is a girly man anymore?

What a waste of protoplasm. Maria ... Girl, you have my sympathy!

[trayfoot]

23. Maybe I am idealistic.......

but, WHY is RHETORIC necessary?????? Why not just say what you mean?

[arewenotdemo]

26. Fuck that Nazi.

[roody]

29. Hear, hear. eom

[knixphan]

34. Gavin Newsom!!

[damonm]

46. Now, THERE'S an idea for Governor!

[knixphan]

51. now we're talkin'

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/09/MNKQVE80K.DTL

[No Elephants]

36. So, now that the election is over, is Ahnuld admitting that his endorsing McCain was only

rhetoric? Traitor to country to be loyal to his Party?

[democracy1st]

38. LOL Arnold pissed the right off by saying blacks have been held down in that interview

even Obama wouldn't say that LOL

[frickaline]

42. Did his wife have him in a half-nelson at the time?

just curious ...

[Bullet1987]

43. My initial interpretation of Ahnold was that he probably always supported

Obama...but came out for McCain for political reasons. He's a moderate Republican, not part of the neocon wing of the Party (of course he can't be in a moderate-left state like California).

[TexasObserver]

47. Ambassador to Austria, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Get his sorry ass out of the governor's mansion.

[Beacool]

49. Hmmm, I'm wondering how many other women put their partners on ice

during the primary or the GE? I know someone who supported Obama, but his girlfriend was for Hillary and she would wear a Hillary T-shirt to bed to tick him off. So he would have to overlook the T-shirt to get some nookie. Of course, being a guy, sex was more important than politics. LOL!!!

:evilgrin: