Schwarzenegger urges GOP left turn

[MIKE BURN]

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BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested in a German newspaper interview published Saturday that the Republican Party should move "a little to the left," a shift that he said would allow it to pick up new voters.



Schwarzenegger, a Republican, has taken an unorthodox approach since winning office last year -- standing by a promise to toe a conservative line on fiscal matters while veering leftward on social issues such as gay rights and the environment.



In an interview with Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily, Schwarzenegger said that "the Republican Party currently covers only the spectrum from the right wing to the middle, and the Democratic Party covers the spectrum from the left to the middle."



"I would like the Republican Party to cross this line, move a little further left and place more weight on the center," he was quoted as saying. "This would immediately give the party 5 percent more votes without its losing anything elsewhere."



Schwarzenegger was guarded on suggestions that he harbors presidential ambitions, saying only that a debate on whether the constitution should be amended to allow foreign-born citizens to run was "overdue."



Schwarzenegger became an American citizen in 1983, 15 years after he emigrated from Austria. He has said he'd consider running for president if such an amendment passed but has also taken pains to say it shouldn't be created specifically for him.



"I would like people to remember me as someone who raised standards, wherever I got involved." he was quoted as saying.

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[Seismic Anamoly]

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.....place more weight on the center.

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To me, Arnold's showing he isn't the big muscle-bound dumbox many people think he is......he has become a smart, savvy, businessperson and a "stupid....like a fox" politician.



This is the name of the game in American politics, since there are only 2 controlling parties (unfortunately).....you walk as close to the center of the road as you can, at least during the election year, and garner as many votes as possible......then veer off left or right after you win. Happens so often you can set your watch to it.



AND......you can bet your A$$ his wife Maria and her family (Shrivers, Kennedys) will push for that amendment.....she'd LOVE NOTHING MORE than to be first lady...the proverbial "second coming" of Jackie Kennedy.....

[Rev9Volts]

dubya is wat to far to the left as it is...

[Seismic Anamoly]

REV!!!!!



Innocent as a Lamb my EYE......

[Rev9Volts]

welll he has not done anything to close our borders... illegals coming over like ants at a church picnic...



he has run the iraq war about as well as kerry.... too many wounded and too many soldiers killed... not enought bombs...



he should have cut out things like national endowment for the arts, department of education and let states do it as they have their own dept. of education... he could have whacked the budget a bunch... cutting these federal burocracies...



our debt has gone way up. we must finance that debt with selling treasury bills most of which are bought by asian countries and china has most if i am not mistaken... thus we are borrowing money to fund the iraqi war from china.



oh and the dollar has gone down which means marshalls and vox amps have gone up in price... and the europeans get to buy vintage fender amps lower...

[Rev9Volts]

yea have bush turn to the left and let foreign born people like arnold run for prez...

[Seismic Anamoly]

Tell it, Rev........Tell it!!!!!!

[Galmin]

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dubya is wat to far to the left as it is...

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Heh. Well dubya is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about 'right' or 'left'. He is nothing of the sort.



He's the guy for the special interest.

[Rev9Volts]

no doubt... as probably all are just his "image"...

[Seismic Anamoly]

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He's the guy for the special interest.

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Brother, let me tell you.....there's not a SINGLE ONE of them (Senators, Representatives, Judges) that AREN"T over here.



MONEY, in particular PAC Money, is the Name of the Political Game.



Republican, Democrat, it don't matter.......all bought and paid for.

[Rev9Volts]

there is a story where someone asked his friend about a newly elected politician is honest...



the other replied... well let's wait for years and see if he is reelected his isn't...

[DreamTone7]

Sad but true, Rev9...but the reality is even worse. Most honest men are kept out by the system now in place...so they never even get a chance to be re-elected.

[Rev9Volts]

or elected the first time...