Mark Steyn: The Gubernator?

The Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 08/10/03 | Mark Steyn

[FairOpinion]

"Perot didn't give us Clinton"

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Perot didn't give us Clinton -- all the deluded Perot VOTERS did.

And the same ones are about to give us Bustamante.

[ambrose]

You sound a lot like Common Tator.

[You Dirty Rats]

Now that Ah-nald is in, is there anybody out there who believes any other Republican candidate has any chance of winning?

So it's either Ah-nald or a 'Rat. Realistically, it's between Cruz and Ah-nald. Voting for anybody else is a waste.

As Congressman Billybib said in his brilliant post of July 2, the minute Ah-nald enters, it's his race to win. The reaction to his dramatic entry and these last few days confirms that.

You can bet your bottom dollar that Karl Rove is overjoyed at the prospect of Ah-nald(R) in the Governor's chair during next year's election.

[Not gonna take it anymore]

pleasenatly=pleasantly

I did preview. I hate when I do that.

[torchthemummy]

"If it's beating up a pre-op transsexual hooker, you're in business."

Stellar, stellar!!! Like a great comic, Steyn realizes that "transexual hooker", although right on in the context of the point being made, is all that much funnier with the qualifier "pre-op" tagged at the front to totally spoof the liberal ideal of supposed victimization before the actual victimization has been brought to it's fruition.

[Agnes Heep]

For one thing, there's no primary election in a recall campaign. In a normal election, Arnie wouldn't stand a chance of getting his watered-down "moderate Republicanism" past the death-before-electability crowd who dominate GOP primaries in California.

I can't understand why this is. As George Will observes, it's the skinny end of the wedge that you put in first. Once that's in place, you just start hammering away.

[tet68]

Had to laugh!

Arnold has been married to Maria Shriver for 17 human years, which in celebrity years is the equivalent of a Diamond Jubilee.

Steyn Bump!

[wardaddy]

He sounds a lot like Realistic.

[aculeus]

Bump!

[ambrose]

Michiavelli was "realistic."

[Aquamarine]

If this race is anything like Arnold's movies it should be entertaining with alot of action.

[prairiebreeze]

LMAO! Excellent from Steyn. This is going to be so great!

Prairie

[gcruse]

And who best to chronicle the coming follies?
A man who made his chops writing theatrical
reviews and is now the premier global political
columnist. This circus is made for Mr Steyn and
he for it. It's going to be a great summer.

[Sabertooth]

Ever since he became a US citizen in 1983, Arnold has taken care, in his marriage and business interests, to remain politically viable.

Hoo hah.

Anyway, riddle me this...

Where does Arnold stand on Drivers' Licenses for Illegal Aliens?

[Sabertooth]

rnold has been married to Maria Shriver for 17 human years, which in celebrity years is the equivalent of a Diamond Jubilee. Any dirt Democrats dig up is going to have to be nuclear. When you've been a popular celebrity for 20 years, the only way you can be damaged is with something that's dramatically inconsistent with what the public thinks it knows about you. "Womanising" won't cut it, not for a movie star. If it's oral sex with a starlet in his trailer, the public will shrug. If it's beating up a pre-op transsexual hooker, you're in business. But in a two-month campaign anyone who wants to take him down is going to have to move fast.

Getting warmer. It's certainly nuclear, if the Dems know where to look, and don't mind wounding a Kennedy in the collateral damage.

[knighthawk]

Ping

[PhiKapMom]

death-before-electability crowd who dominate GOP primaries in California

Thanks for the ping! This is my absolute favorite line of the article. Maybe if the conservatives would quit electing non-electable guys in the primary, Republicans would have more office holders. IMO, it is better to have a moderate Republican as Governor than a hard line, liberal DemocRAT. But what do I know, I am a lifelong Republican who wants to win more seats for Republicans!

[wardaddy]

ok..

[Victoria Delsoul]

Where does Arnold stand on Drivers' Licenses for Illegal Aliens?

I will keep you posted as more information comes out, but this article is a good start.

Thanks for your reply.

[lainde]

I was hoping for Steyn's take on the race...Thanks Pokey!