Posted on 06/24/2004 12:41:29 PM PDT by El Conservador
WASHINGTON (AFP) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) is ready to put his muscle and Hollywood savvy behind President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s re-election campaign as long as it does not distract him too much from his job.
The bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned-Republican governor told the New York Times, in an interview, that he expected to be offered a prominent role at the Republican National Convention late August in New York.
"Whether I'm speaking, I'll leave that up to them," he said. "If they're smart, they'll have me obviously in prime time."
Once the convention is over, however, Schwarzenegger made it clear he would go back to his business of being governor so as not to offend Democratic-friendly California.
He said he would have no problem in appearing with Bush when he comes to California, but that outside the state he was off limits.
"If I start flying around and not spending time here, it could backfire big time," he said, adding that Californians elected him to be their full-time governor and that he was not going to risk his standing by devoting himself to national politics.
Terry Holt, spokesman for the Bush re-election committee told the daily the convention program was not complete and that no decision had been made about a Schwarzenegger speech, but quickly added that the campaign would be thrilled to have his support.
I'm observing how many general replies are posted before in a Arnold-related thread before an Arnold-bashing one.
My average is 4.
How many will it take in this particular post???
We got Arnold they got Gore. LOL
Too bad Kerry doesn't have the same attitude. That pr!ck should be censured.
Arnold's line about "obviously" putting him in prime time....brag or fact?
Given his history, it's probably fact. A segment of America sometimes seems far more interested in what "stars" say the facts are than in what the facts actually are.
Let's hope many are undecideds and that they liked Conan & the Terminator.
I think you meant to say:
"I'm observing how many complimentary replies this thread receives before someone challenges it's appropriateness on a conservative forum"
Wouldn't you agree?
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