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PFVA · Post by **PFVA** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 3:30 am 0

Mike_Vox wrote:Arnold definately has enough money to retire. It's not like he has to have a job in the first place, let alone be a politician.

Isn't that the case with most politicians, though? Actually if you need to work 40h/week to live you don't have much time left to be a politician. Bush is not living of his wages as President, in the same way as Gray Davis is not earning his living with Governor's wages.
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Saint Sandy · Post by **Saint Sandy** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:09 am 0

maybe he could just say bollocks to it...pick up his big Conan sword and declare himself Emperor...
...stranger things then that have happened before.

ach-chew-a-lee .... I do remember seeing a tv prog years ago where-in sone American lad did say something very similar

...honest!

Muttley · Post by **Muttley** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 2:23 pm 0

Saint Sandy wrote:maybe he could just say bollocks to it...pick up his big Conan sword and declare himself Emperor...
...stranger things then that have happened before.

...honest!

Errr, I got the picture of him as Terminator in mind, asking "Sarah Connor?" - You know the rest of the story....

_fatgraham · Post by **_fatgraham** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 2:43 pm 0

what worries me is that if he wins (which wouldnt suprise me) you may see many other stars running for governers.

"America, run by celebrities!"

I mean, just imagine if Jordan had won and become mayor of London...

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 3:34 pm 0

_fatgraham wrote:I mean, just imagine if Jordan had won and become mayor of London...

If people are that stupid I'm leaving the country

Muttley · Post by **Muttley** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:22 pm 0

DutchLlama · Post by **DutchLlama** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:31 pm 0

We can all remember the llast time America had an actor president:

If Duh-bya hadn't been around, Reagan would probably have ranked as the worst (and most stupid) president ever, one who supported fascism in Latin America, underminded American-Soviet relations till the brink of war was nearly reached (and we have only the tolerance of Gorbatchev to thank us that WWIII didn't happen) and wrecked the American economy with "Reaganomics".

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:48 pm 0

Spirit wrote:
_fatgraham wrote:I mean, just imagine if Jordan had won and become mayor of London...
If people are that stupid I'm leaving the country

See ya!

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 6:54 pm 0

I was thinking today that Arnie surely must have his eyes on the presidency. Maybe in a couple of terms or so. When I was in the States a few weeks ago there were rumours going round some circles that Hilary would run this year, but of course the Clintonesque Rhodes scholar and fellow Arkansas boy Wesley Clark has stepped up to that one.

Maybe Arnie is the Republicans weapon of the future should the Democrats hold office for several terms. I mean, look at the example of the UK, the Conservatives could certainly do with Arnie. Beaming down, naked, in a hail of lightening one dark cold night during the Brighton conference.

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BYE BLAIR
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Sadistic Toaster · Post by **Sadistic Toaster** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:02 pm 0

I`d vote for the `blowing people away with an Uzi-9mm while shoulting asshole in an Austrian accent party`

Anyone remember that old radio programme?

PFVA · Post by **PFVA** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:16 am 0

I just hope California doesn't end up with a chad problem, and recounts going on forever. The polls are giving the numbers pretty close since the story of Arnold being a nazist plus his not always welcome approach in dealing with women. They are already saying that the absentee votes may end up determining the final result, and that the count may take several days.
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fflip · Post by **fflip** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:17 am 0

Sadistic Toaster wrote:I`d vote for the `blowing people away with an Uzi-9mm while shoulting asshole in an Austrian accent party`

Anyone remember that old radio programme?

Yes...

Would like to hear it again with what's going on topically though can't find it on the net (surely that can't be possible

)... I have it on an Amiga disk... I'll attempt to transfer it up here tomorrow if no-one has a more ready copy of it...

Sadistic Toaster · Post by **Sadistic Toaster** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:12 am 0

I`ve got five of therm on tape - hadn`t realised there were more. Slightly suprised I haven`t heard any mention of the election one in the various news stories circling the net.

Whats all this about Dalek ones? I like Daleks ...

DutchLlama · Post by **DutchLlama** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:38 am 0

PFVA wrote:I just hope California doesn't end up with a chad problem, and recounts going on forever. The polls are giving the numbers pretty close since the story of Arnold being a nazist plus his not always welcome approach in dealing with women. They are already saying that the absentee votes may end up determining the final result, and that the count may take several days.
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Arnold wasn't a member of the Nazi's was he? He was born after the war IIRC. Or do you mean neo-Nazi's?

I read his dad was with the SS though.

In the Netherlands someone can forget about being in politics if they have such a background even if their are born after the war. It's just too sensitive.

Don't know how that plays in the US but there must be a lot of people who have lost family members in WWII who wouldn't vote for him because of his background, because he's from a family that was wrong during the war.

Wibble · Post by **Wibble** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 4:17 pm 0

DutchLlama wrote: Arnold wasn't a member of the Nazi's was he? He was born after the war IIRC. Or do you mean neo-Nazi's?

I read his dad was with the SS though.

If I remember correctly, Arnie expressed his admiration for Hitler. Not sure if he referred to anything specific. As people like to do, this was blown way out of proportion -- You have to give it to the moustached midget, he did have mad skillz, even if he used them for bad things.

With regards to the US, I think a communist will have a harder time than a Nazi-descendent (though I think it's highly unlikely either of those will rise to power anytime soon). Unlike Europe, their biggest trauma seems to deal with the Pacific ocean. Europe, on the other hand, just has a collective Germanophobia, and likes to ignore the fact that Italy was almost as bad

-M