Ahnuld is the Guvernator!

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-10-08 07:42am

Arnie's acceptance speech:

http://media.f2.com.au/?rid=12874&site=smh

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-10-08 08:13am

i sense new song material for the kennedys

I am Governor arnold now
My aura smiles
And never frowns
Soon I will be president

dubbya power will soon go away
I will be Fuhrer one day
I will command all of you
Your kids will terminate in school

California Uber Alles
Uber Alles California

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-10-08 09:04am

Solauren wrote:Governor Davis, you have been Terminated

Hastala Vista Baby, You won't be Back

And NOW California gets really interesting.

Yeah, you're about to learn the same way that Minnesota did that celebrities make shitty governors.

I made the mistake of voting for Jesse Ventura. Times were flush, it seemed like there wasn't really all that much he could do to fuck up. I was wrong. Oh GOD was I wrong. I should have ignored the thought that "Oh, he'll never win" and just voted for Skip Humphrey.

At least Arnold isn't likely to say stupid things about organized religion.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-08 09:06am

Lord Poe wrote:
Shinova wrote:I hear most places are using touchscreens or something.
Not where I live. Still punchcards. It didn't fill me with a lot of confidence that some are still having trouble using THESE. When I voted today, a woman asked me to help her in the next booth. I chose to play it safe and asked one of the staff at the polling place to help her.

I've voted both absentee and at the location, which in the Iowa Linn county district means that both are a "pencil in the dot next to the choice" form that's a little like a scantron sheet. They're so simple that you'd have to be doing it on purpose to screw up.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-10-08 09:12am

Can't you people just .... tick boxes. Jesus Christ.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-10-08 09:12am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Lord Poe wrote:
Shinova wrote:I hear most places are using touchscreens or something.
Not where I live. Still punchcards. It didn't fill me with a lot of confidence that some are still having trouble using THESE. When I voted today, a woman asked me to help her in the next booth. I chose to play it safe and asked one of the staff at the polling place to help her.
I've voted both absentee and at the location, which in the Iowa Linn county district means that both are a "pencil in the dot next to the choice" form that's a little like a scantron sheet. They're so simple that you'd have to be doing it on purpose to screw up.

Winona County uses the same scantron ballots in Minnesota, as does Dakota County. Given that these are separated by Wabasha, Olmstead and Rice Counties, I suspect that means that the scantron ballots are in use statewide.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-08 09:27am

Vympel wrote:Can't you people just .... tick boxes. Jesus Christ.

I can. And that's what Iowa does.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-10-08 09:59am

According to political analysts in California, this election should serve as a warning to President Bush's campaign, which seeks to incorporate the trappings of populism without its most identifying trait: a sincere willingness to listen to the desires of the people (there are no feedback links on President Bush's campaign website, nor does his pseudo-blog have a comment feature).

Issues-wise, Schwarzenegger is essentially a pro-business Democrat. His election is a slap in the face to the insider political machine of the state, not to either party in particular.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2003-10-08 10:19am

This is a bleak day in the history of Caliornia, my friends, a bleak day indeed...

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-10-08 10:21am

JME2 wrote:This is a bleak day in the history of Caliornia, my friends, a bleak day indeed...

Why?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-08 10:22am

With ~97% reporting in, here are the numbers for anyone curious and too lazy to go to CNN.

Code: Select all

Recall Governor Davis
Yes  	4,092,412  	54%
No  	3,438,424	46%

Governor
Schwarzenegger	3,475,671 	
Bustamante	2,354,159
McClintock	958,274
Camejo		205,225

Proposition 53
No  	4,497,244  	64%
Yes  	2,512,660	36%

Proposition 54
No  	4,684,977  	64%
Yes  	2,615,133	36%

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2003-10-08 10:28am

BoredShirtless wrote:
JME2 wrote:This is a bleak day in the history of Caliornia, my friends, a bleak day indeed...
Why?

Because I live there dammit!

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-10-08 10:32am

phongn wrote:With ~97% reporting in, here are the numbers for anyone curious and too lazy to go to CNN.
Code: Select all
Recall Governor Davis
Yes  	4,092,412  	54%
No  	3,438,424	46%

Governor
Schwarzenegger	3,475,671 	
Bustamante	2,354,159
McClintock	958,274
Camejo		205,225

Proposition 53
No  	4,497,244  	64%
Yes  	2,512,660	36%

Proposition 54
No  	4,684,977  	64%
Yes  	2,615,133	36%

Only 20% of the state voted? Huge! The people have spoken: who cares!

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-10-08 10:33am

JME2 wrote:
BoredShirtless wrote:
JME2 wrote:This is a bleak day in the history of Caliornia, my friends, a bleak day indeed...
Why?
Because I live there dammit!

So it's a bleak day in California because you live there? Do you have some sort of odor problem or something?

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-10-08 10:36am

Actually, 20% IS huge for a governor's race...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-08 10:37am

BoredShirtless wrote:Only 20% of the state voted? Huge! The people have spoken: who cares!

Absentee ballots have not been fully counted, nor can 100% of a state's population vote.

Considering that only eight million voted in the last California election, this turnout isn't bad. Are you going to argue now that Davis's election was not the will of the people if only ~20% of the population voted in that election as well?

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-10-08 10:37am

Plus keep in mind that a great deal of California's population CAN'T vote. Immigrants (both illegal and non-citizens), children and convicts (we have a ton you know...) don't have the ability to vote.

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-10-08 10:42am

The Kernel wrote:Plus keep in mind that a great deal of California's population CAN'T vote. Immigrants (both illegal and non-citizens), children and convicts (we have a ton you know...) don't have the ability to vote.

Oh yeah I forgot about them.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-08 10:48am

Okay, according to this Reuters article, 10 million votes were predicted in total, which is about 65% of the registered electorate.

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-10-08 10:50am

phongn wrote:Okay, according to this Reuters article, 10 million votes were predicted in total, which is about 65% of the registered electorate.

That's a pretty good turnout for a non-mandatory vote. In Aussie we got to turn up, or we get fined 25 bucks!

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-10-08 11:21am

You know, Prop 53 is about the first California spending proposition that hasn't passed in ages...

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-10-08 11:23am

I don't think Arnold is going to be able to do much of anything, given that 40% of the state's budget is set before the legislature even sees it, and the legislature has to pass the budget by a 2/3 supermajority, meaning that even if the governor DOES veto it, chances are good that the legislature has enough votes to override the gubernatorial veto.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2003-10-08 02:06pm

BoredShirtless wrote:
JME2 wrote:
BoredShirtless wrote: Why?
Because I live there dammit!
So it's a bleak day in California because you live there? Do you have some sort of odor problem or something?

Do you really think it's going to be fun living in a state with the big G is a former-Austrian bodybuilder who got into Hollywood and married into the Kennedy family?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-10-08 02:09pm

Do any of those things have any bearing on his ability to govern?

theski · Post by **theski** » 2003-10-08 02:28pm

What Durran said! see above ^^^^^^^^