Originally Posted By DlandJB *looks in AND snickers* >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Snickers are not on trial here! But they are a tasty snack.
Originally Posted By cmpaley Well, everyone knows my opinion of Scharzenegger. I used to listen to Limbaugh. I find both individuals dispicable and unworthy of my time and attention. The only reason Schwarzenegger gets watched is because he's my boss's boss's boss's boss's boss's boss's boss.
Originally Posted By DlandJB I watched Schwartzenegger the other Sunday morning on one of the news shows and was amazed at how much he has changed his tune. I came away wanting to give him the benefit of the doubt. I think he knows how to play politics and I do think he knows that the people he has to please are the voters. He may be learning this the hard way, but as I said, he made me want to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Originally Posted By cmpaley We'll see what benefit of the doubt he gets when our contracts come up again for negotiation. That's when we'll see his true colors. I'm betting on anti-worker.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_032107/content/01125106.guest.html" target="_blank">http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/ho me/daily/site_032107/content/01125106.guest.html</a> Today's interview on the EIB network around 10:30 PDT >>BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: We have now with us Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from California. He just touched down in Fresno. Governor, thanks for making time for us today. GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER: Absolutely. How are you today Rush? RUSH: Never better, sir. It's nice to have you. GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER: Terrific. RUSH: It's nice to speak with you. GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER: It's nice to talk to you. The last time I think I saw you was at a fund-raiser for cancer research. RUSH: Yeah, prostate cancer research. GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER: You were seated next to my wife. RUSH: Right, it was Michael Milken's thing. It was at the Bellagio. GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER: That's right, exactly, where they raised millions of dollars for cancer research. It was just a terrific event. RUSH: Played a lot of golf that weekend, too, out at Shadow Creek. GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER: Right. So if we don't meet at the Smoke-Out, we meet at the cancer research fund-raiser so here we are, and here we are talking today. First of all I want to just say thank you for covering me yesterday after, you know, what I said about you. You explained exactly what I meant. I really appreciate that. RUSH: You mean the "irrelevant" comment? GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER: Exactly. RUSH: Well, I know you, and I knew... See, I think you just probably get a little flustered. Every time you go on these shows they throw my name up at you, and my interpretation was that you're governing California. I don't live there, and you're going to do what you're going to do regardless what anybody says. GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER: Well, I think that the point also is when you have a radio show or a TV show or you write papers, and you write your editorials and all this stuff, your objectives are different than mine. You know, I have to, ultimately, make decisions that are based on bringing people together, bringing Democrats and Republicans together, and to really working for the people and trying to resolve issues. If it is issues that have to do with health care or environment, if it is creating more jobs, getting more businesses to California, all of those things, I have to make tough decisions every day -- or prison reform, and so I'm building more prisons. So all of those things. So what you guys are talking about and the ideology and philosophy and, you know, the right versus the left and all of those things, I cannot deal with that as much because to me what is important is that I bring both of the parties together and make things work to serve the people. This is what I do, and this is why I pay very little attention if someone criticizes me or calls me, you know, that I'm turning left and that I'm selling out or whatever. I have to stay focused on results.<< Much more at the link....
Originally Posted By DlandJB I read the whole transcript is that Rush is stuck in a "conservative good/liberal bad" sensibility. He doesn't want to consider compromise - only a take no prisoners approach. I don't think he'd last long at all in government (and I think he knows it) so he can remain the blowhard he is. The Governor rightly says that he is responsible to the people of California and that compromise is what makes things happen.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan You said it, DlandJB. You read that transcript and you can see that Arnold isn't reading from Rush's script, and he doesn't buy into that jazz. It also underscores that it takes a real lunkhead to be one of Limbaugh's faithful fans.
Originally Posted By DAR <"Schwarzenegger being able to pronounce irrelevant is news in itself." <<<What the --- does this mean?>>> <<He's making fun of Schwarzenegger's Austrian dialect. Isn't that funny?>> Yeah things sometimes sound funny coming out of Arnold's mouth. Sorry to offend the high and mighty Jim in Merced and SingleParkPassholder.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/21/arnold.rush/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITI CS/03/21/arnold.rush/index.html</a> Score Round 2 for Schwarzenegger. "Yeah things sometimes sound funny coming out of Arnold's mouth. Sorry to offend the high and mighty Jim in Merced and SingleParkPassholder." So you're all put out because we think making fun of his accent (something he can't help) is in poor taste? Okaaaayyyy....
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Still, by the time the Limbaugh-Schwarzenegger radio chat had ended, the two had agreed to smoke a stogie together.<< Thereby fueling the fondest wish of millions, that they both get cancer and die.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I hasten to add that this is not MY fondest wish. I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone. For that matter, I wouldn't wish smoking a stogie with Rush Limbaugh on anyone, either.
