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Arnold Swartzenegger runs in your state/country.....

Posted: 2003-06-18 10:59pm
by BlkbrryTheGreat
Would you vote from him?

Why?

Posted: 2003-06-18 11:01pm
by Joe
Fucking hell yes. He seems to be a pretty intelligent guy and would probably make a good politician.

But more importantly, he's the fucking Terminator.

Posted: 2003-06-18 11:01pm
by Pablo Sanchez
He's a fairly smart guy and a moderate Republican. I'd do it.

Posted: 2003-06-18 11:02pm
by Wicked Pilot
I want a governor who could beat the crap out of your governor.

Re: Arnold Swartzenegger runs in your state/country.....

Posted: 2003-06-18 11:02pm
by AdmiralKanos
BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:Would you vote from him?
Yes.
Why?
For precisely the same reasons why most people would not. He is NOT an experienced (or worse yet, career) politician. He is NOT slick with diplo-speak. He is NOT likely to operate the way most politicians would.

Of course, it helps that our local politicians are buffoons; the conservative party is buckling under constant bombardment from a ridiculously one-sided media, the liberal party is run by a complete idiot who promises to reverse a decade of fiscal responsibility by spending his way to glory, and the other parties are just more extreme versions of the first two.

Posted: 2003-06-18 11:03pm
by Gandalf
His re-election campaign could be "I'll be back."

Posted: 2003-06-18 11:05pm
by Spanky The Dolphin
Yes.

Why not? :mrgreen:

Re: Arnold Swartzenegger runs in your state/country.....

Posted: 2003-06-18 11:14pm
by Pablo Sanchez
AdmiralKanos wrote:Of course, it helps that our local politicians are buffoons; the conservative party is buckling under constant bombardment from a ridiculously one-sided media, the liberal party is run by a complete idiot who promises to reverse a decade of fiscal responsibility by spending his way to glory, and the other parties are just more extreme versions of the first two.
The only thing worse than American democracy is Canadian democracy :P

Posted: 2003-06-18 11:28pm
by Death from the Sea
Wicked Pilot wrote:I want a governor who could beat the crap out of your governor.
So who would win between Gov. Ventura and Arnold?

I would vote for him.

Posted: 2003-06-19 12:09am
by brothersinarm
His re-election campaign could be "I'll be back."
lol and the thing is it would probably work.[/code]

Posted: 2003-06-19 12:17am
by Sea Skimmer
I'd vote for him, heck I'd activity support his campaign. He's intelligence, not a politician, I agree with his views, at least the ones I know of and in general I just hate the current governor. He left Phily in shambles and the state isn't doing very well either. He only got elected because the alternative was just awful.

Posted: 2003-06-19 12:22am
by Gandalf
brothersinarm wrote:
His re-election campaign could be "I'll be back."
lol and the thing is it would probably work.[/code]
You could use clips from his movies as campaign ads.

Elect Schwarzenegger as Governor, he'll kick ass and lower taxes.

Posted: 2003-06-19 12:36am
by Vertigo1
Fuck yeah I'd vote for him. He's not a money grubbing politician like what we have in office now. Plus, unlike current politicians, he actually gives a shit about what happens to the people.

Posted: 2003-06-19 01:50am
by Sr.mal
He is running in the recall of Gov. Davis. Would I vote for him? Hell yes, he is far better the the moron we have now. I have also met him and have engaged him in conversation, and he is a very intelligent man. From all that he stnds for, he makes me think that he would be far better than our current Gov. Grey Davis ( No offense intended with this: his nickname here is Gay Davis).

Grey Davis' solution to California's budget is to increase crime. The state of California makes money off of it's prison system. TO help out in our current budget shortfall, Davis has cut the budget to education, a proven way to INCREASE CRIME. By increasing crime he increases the revenue gained from the prison system. What a solution. :roll:

Grey Davis: :finger:

Posted: 2003-06-19 01:50am
by Shadow WarChief
I voted "maybe so" because I haven't really heard too many of his views. What I've heard I like, but if the other candidate is more in tune with my views, I'd vote for him. But the fact that he's taken part in so many violent movies is a big fucking plus for me. The fact that he's not some kind of "the media is corrupting our children" soccer mom certainly makes me prefer him against some other random snake oil politician. I'm definately intersted in at least seeing him run for my state....which he might be doing btw, so this is poll might not just be wishful fantasy for us californians. :twisted:

Posted: 2003-06-19 01:53am
by Howedar
I'll take an honest guy who I disagree with over a dishonest guy who shares my views.

Posted: 2003-06-19 02:13am
by Alex Moon
Death from the Sea wrote:
Wicked Pilot wrote:I want a governor who could beat the crap out of your governor.
So who would win between Gov. Ventura and Arnold?

I would vote for him.
Ventura < Predator

Predator < Arnold

You do the math. :D

Posted: 2003-06-19 02:27am
by Lord of the Farce
Yes. At the very least, he'd be at least as competent as half the clowns who currently run the show.

Posted: 2003-06-19 05:05am
by Dahak
No, he's Austrian.
*shudder*

Posted: 2003-06-19 05:08am
by Robert Treder
Dahak wrote:No, he's Austrian.
*shudder*
Waitaminnit, aren't you German? And aren't Austrians just Catholic Germans? ( :P ) What's wrong with them, really?

Posted: 2003-06-19 05:41am
by Dahak
Robert Treder wrote:
Dahak wrote:No, he's Austrian.
*shudder*
Waitaminnit, aren't you German? And aren't Austrians just Catholic Germans? ( :P ) What's wrong with them, really?
I'm German. And Austrians are the one's living in that funny little country next to our country, speaking in terrible dialect...
Generally, we hate them, and they hate us :mrgreen:

Posted: 2003-06-19 05:59am
by Robert Treder
Dahak wrote:I'm German. And Austrians are the one's living in that funny little country next to our country, speaking in terrible dialect...
Generally, we hate them, and they hate us :mrgreen:
So you hate them because they speak poorly? Now, that's not a very mature thing to -- *realizes that he hates southerners for talking like retards* -- nevermind, as you were.

Oh, and on-topic, I'd vote for Arnie. Lucky me, I live in California, so I just might get my chance. He wouldn't do everything right, and I wouldn't agree with him on every issue, but it'd be a nice change of pace, and like Mike said, he's not a career politician (yet), so that would be a breath of fresh air.

Plus, he's the motherfucking TERMINATOR. Imagine, a politician who I quote regularly. Why, I'd sound like a genuine intellectual. Every time I jack a motorbike in GTA: Vice City and say to the computer, "I NEED YOUR CLOTHES, YOUR BOOTS, AND YOUR MOTORCYCLE." (which I do each and every time), I'd be promoting political debate and discussion.
And if some lame-ass lobbyist came to Sacramento and started bitching about how much they need such-and-such, he could just select "FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE." from his eyeball drop-down menu. It would be classic.
And every time Arnie devastates a political opponent, he would humorously reassure us by saying "HE'LL LIVE."

And, best of all, we'd get to hear more of Arnie saying "GUBERNATORIAL."

Posted: 2003-06-19 07:24am
by Darth Gojira
The best that can happen if I vote? An excellent improvement on the mediocre regime.
The worst if I don't? My head will be reduced to 1 mm in diameter chips of broken bones and flesh.
Any questions? :P

Posted: 2003-06-19 07:56am
by EmperorMing
Vertigo1 wrote:Fuck yeah I'd vote for him. He's not a money grubbing politician like what we have in office now. Plus, unlike current politicians, he actually gives a shit about what happens to the people.
I'm more worried about the jokers under him...

Posted: 2003-06-19 08:07am
by Superman
I'm betting that, once we recall Davis, he will be our next governer here in California.