California governor 'not worthy' to be Austrian

VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should be stripped of citizenship in his native Austria for approving the execution of a convicted killer, a leading Austrian politician said Saturday.

Peter Pilz, a top official with the environmentalist Green Party, said the Austria-born Schwarzenegger no longer is worthy of citizenship in his homeland because he broke the law by clearing Donald Beardslee's execution on Wednesday.

Capital punishment is illegal here, and Schwarzenegger -- who holds dual U.S.-Austrian nationality -- should be stripped of his Austrian passport for "heavily damaging the reputation of the republic," Pilz said.

He told Austrian media he sent the Interior Ministry a letter formally requesting that the government begin the process of terminating Schwarzenegger's citizenship.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/22/austria.schwarzenegger.ap/index.html

Thanks for this!

That could backfire into a sympathy for Schwarzenegger--but what a potent signal.

Bryant
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the constitution to allow his sorry ass to be president!!
Woo-Hoo!

/sarcasm :eyes:

elected Kurt Waldheim predident AFTER it was revealed he was an officer in a German Army unit that was responsible for atrocities in Yugoslavia during WWII.

And, of course, they drove out the Von Trapp's though that's morally ambiguous ...