Posted on 07/27/2003 10:39:44 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed
Arnold Schwarzenegger
An exclusive interview with the manliest man about his plan to help California's youth.
By Joe de Wolk, Youth Radio
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YR: Some critics argue that in your movies, there's a lot of violence and killing...you smoke cigars. So how can you be a role model for kids with this kind of example?
AS: That's a good question. But that question, you cannot ask me. Because I don't pick myself as the role model. You can't pick yourself. You can't say, this is what I want to do: I want to smoke stogies and do things to be a role model. The role model is picked by youth. You kids are the ones that admire me. You kids are the ones that see my movies. You kids are the ones that say, "This is really cool, Arnold with his muscles. I like his bodybuilding. I'm going to watch pumping iron.''
It's the kids that do it. They think it's cool when you have a stogie in the mouth. So when I go on the talk shows, I always tell the kids: don't smoke. Because what I do, I do to make it part of my character. It's an image thing. And the movies, with the gun in my hand? I don't run around every day with a gun in my hand. So I want kids to understand the difference: one is make-believe, like we do in movies. But in reality, I'm for gun control. I'm a peace-loving guy. I hate violence amongst the young kids.
http://www.youthradio.org/politics/021017_prop49.shtml
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Pigsty Politics Dirties Davis More Than Actor
By Robert Scheer
Published March 13, 2001 in the Los Angeles Times
Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor!
Well, why not? I hadn't thought of putting in a plug for the actor's political career until Gov. Gray Davis' top political operative, Garry South, conducted one of the meanest political smear jobs in recent memory.
South took the lowest of the low roads when he personally made sure that an article in Premiere magazine got into the hands of a host of reporters as well as potential Republican backers of a possible Schwarzenegger gubernatorial campaign. Not content with attacking Schwarzenegger as a womanizer, as the magazine did, South baited Republicans for even considering supporting a man whose political views might be described as more moderate than theirs.
As South told me, Schwarzenegger "defined himself as a social liberal, pro-choice and pro-gun control, plus he's married to a Kennedy." What a crime. But South sputtered on, adding that Schwarzenegger also is pro-gay rights, pro-immigrant and supported Clinton during the impeachment farce.
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http://www.robertscheer.com/1_natcolumn/01_columns/031301.htm
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After flexing political muscle, will Schwarzenegger be back?
Success with child-care proposition spurs talk of run for governor
11/29/2002
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There are obstacles between Mr. Schwarzenegger and the Republican nomination. GOP primaries in California tend to favor conservative candidates, and Mr. Schwarzenegger describes himself as "very liberal" on social issues.
He favors legalized abortion, some gun control measures and gay adoption. His wife, Kennedy cousin Maria Shriver, is a Democrat.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/nation/stories/112902dnnatschwarzenegger.61b0b.html (Requires password. Use "annoying" for username and password.)
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Six Degrees of Hypocrisy
Ignorance runs deep in Hollywood, where guns are only accetable on the big screen. . .when there is profit to be made.
By David Codrea
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"Gun controls should be stiffer."
--Arnold Schwarzenegger
There is a sense of let-down with some of the stars. Schwarzenegger, who claims Republican leanings (despite supporting in-law gun-grabber Ted Kennedy's campaigns) is described by the press as "moderate on guns," meaning your rights have been terminated.
http://www.gunsandammomag.com/second_amendment/six_degrees_hypocrisy/
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From the "Sixth Day" press kit...
Arnold: "My biggest complaint with the politicians is that the first thing they do is point the finger at Hollywood, which is moronic because that means that you're saying: I have the answer. Nobody has the answer. Therefore what you have to do is take the ten things that could be wrong in our society that you can never pinpoint. You have to say: Okay, let's just say it's the movies, rock music lyrics, the parents' failure to deal with the kids, the politicians' failure to create after school programs to keep them busy and create the right environment. Let's look at any of these different things, any one of which can apply to the influx of violence in our society and respond to all of them. Therefore, if we in the movie business should pull back, so should the rock and roll music. Gun controls should be stiffer, parents should start working harder with their kids, have more control over them and spend more time with them rather than going out to work or being on a golf course five hours a day instead of spending three hours helping their kids with their homework."
http://ganeshyamalabittu.tripod.com/heroes/id3.html
For example, make sure you aim correctly, that the gun is loaded, in a handy place (that kids cannot get to) and that you hit what you shoot at.
Yep, I support keeping your gun(s) under control.
Maybe Mah-ree-uh is playing subliminal message tapes at night. He needs to hunt for dem und smahhsh dem.
;-)
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