California DUers! INUNDATE the Governor's office with calls & e-mails!!!

[VOX]

This has also been posted in the California Forum, but it's a matter of extreme urgency and importance!

Let Arnold **know** that you don't appreciate his taking time off from California state matters to campaign for a Republican president in the battleground state of Ohio.

RIP INTO the SOB at:

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

To send an Electronic Mail please visit:
http://www.govmail.ca.gov

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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/20/MNG789CNP41.DTL&type=printable

CAMPAIGN 2004
STAR POWER: Schwarzenegger plans Ohio trip to boost Bush
- Carla Marinucci, John M. Hubbell, Chronicle Political Writers

San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans a high-profile trip to the presidential battleground state of Ohio on the weekend before the Nov. 2 election -- an effort aimed at pumping up GOP voters and leveraging the governor's star power to boost President Bush's chances of success.

Though the governor downplayed the idea Tuesday of campaign appearances for Bush, insiders said plans are under way for a trip the weekend of Oct. 29 -- enabling the former Mr. Olympia to maximize his influence in Ohio, where he has real estate holdings and a following thanks to his annual Columbus- based Arnold Classic bodybuilding competition.

Some political insiders have wondered aloud why the most popular GOP politician in the nation -- who publicly broke ranks with Bush and his party on the issue of stem cell research this week when he endorsed California's Proposition 71 -- has been noticeably absent from the campaign trail for the Republican president.

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"He's obviously very careful about how he spends his political capital. He's very focused,'' said Carrick.

And if the governor campaigns in Ohio in the final days, "he's out there when you're guaranteed to get the most electronic exposure you possibly can, and at a time when there's very little accessibility to any of the media.''

The trip would come at a time when Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry has lavished attention on the Buckeye state, which has 20 electoral votes. Kerry has been there twice this week alone.
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Calif. Forum Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=141&topic_id=3167#3170

[Eloriel]

1. You oughtta tell him to quit dissing Native Americans too

the racist bastard.

[VOX]

4. I'll add that to my excoriating missive...

I am really pissed off at this. I was horrified at the way that he and his backers grabbed the governor's office (again, Republicans reversing the outcome of a legitimate election), and he pulled it off because he is enormously popular (for now) with the business and Hispanic communities.

This guy, like McCain, works both sides of the street. But in the end, he knows that his bread is buttered on the right-wing side, if I may mix metaphors a bit.

:grr:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Cruz Bustamante should threaten to make appointments to posts while

he is gone. Bustamante is the governor while the governor is out of town and can legally do so :evilgrin:

[Cleita]

3. Why is he not doing so?

Cruz should be taking every advantage he can until we get the carpetbagger out of Sacramento.

[Robbie67]

5. Someone should ask

whether any state funds will be used for his trip

[wiggs]

6. Emailed

...a short letter expressing my disappointment.

[VOX]

8. Great! Thanks!!!!

Way to go -- :toast:

[MisterP]

7. he's too busy steaming his own nipples to soften them

[proud patriot]

9. glad to help n/t

[Senior citizen]

10. done and kicking n/t