Should we run a hot movie star for governor in 2004?

Personally, I think Phil Angelides is great and I'd like to see him as governor. But Arnold got his way on all the props and I don't see him losing unless we pull out the star power. Pierce Brosnan (James Bond) just became an American citizen and I bet Pierce or Ashton Kurtcher could beat Arnold. Or how about Bob Redford? The public doesn't care about the issues, just the star power as far as I can tell. Arnold's the worst gov we've ever had.

in Mass.

I'm just saying... The guy is undeniably bright and charismatic. Keep an eye on it.

Apparently there's a giant double standard. (SHOCK! GASP!!!)

It's OK if you're a movie star politician, as long as you're a REPUBLICAN (Arnie, Ronnie). In fact, we should even AMEND the Constitution so that foreign born Republican movie stars can someday run for Prez.

However, if you are a liberal movie star, you HAVE NO BUSINESS STICKING YOUR RICH SNOBBY ASS INTO POLITICS. STICK TO ENTERTAINMENT YOU WHINY LIBRUL ELITISTS.



Sometimes I really hate the Puke-controlled media and the double standards they perpetuate.

But we've been somewhat anesthetized (you've got to be impressed that I spelled that right) by Arnold's run.

If they bring that up, an effective democratic party could beat the Republicans over the head badly with the double standard.

And then there is that stripper thing and the gambling.

Might not work out.

A little carpetbagging? John Edwards has name recognition AND star power. John and Elizabeth could move to California (ala Hillary & Bill), and make a run for either the Gov spot, or if Feinstein declines to run in 2006, the Dem spot in that race (which is where I think Ahhhnuld is going to make a run).

Either way, it would keep CA safe, and possibly put JE in the position he needs to be, to run in 2008.

I hadn't thought about Ahhhnold trying for a senate seat. Ugh. He is very popular. I'd DIE if I thought our beloved Feinstein would lose to that sagging bag of overstretched muscles.

who has at least been active, it might work. Personally, I love Robert Redford and admire and respect the work he has done to protect the environment, but you know there would be the obligatory face-lift jokes. Or has Arnie had some work too?

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all just hollywood. It might work for them, but not us.

Lucy Lawless for Governor. I don't know if she's gotten her citizenship papers as an American, but she is married to an American so she could.

Not only that Lucy is a liberal with a capital "L". Time for some barbarian butt kicking I say.

I don't know how to make this clear.

YOU CAN'T OUT CELEBRITY ARNOLD!

Arnold is a professional celebrity. If you send an actor up against him, you are playing right into his strengths! The election becomes about who is the bigger star, who gets off the better one liners and we lose miserably.

What we need to find in CA is a business person. A non-celebrity, non-careeer-politician. Someone who claims to offer practical solutions to CA problems. You want to throw Arnold off his game, DISCUSS ACTUAL ISSUES! Focus on CA's outragious debt load, energry prices, the fall of silicon valley, etc. Arnold's one liners will get very tired, very quickly if he can't offer actual answers to intelligently posed questions.

Arnold won the recall because the damn thing was a circus sideshow and he was the strongman!

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, if you want to get rid of Arnold, don't turn the 2006 election into a another circus with a celebrity death match!

Start looking for democratic leaning companies and see what sucessful business people may be interested in fixing CA. Not a movie producer, not a director, but a real nuts and bolts pragmatist, who isn't in it for the ego boost!

than to stand next to a real JFK type. Someone intelligent, with the total package.

Though, there are all of those campaign shots where he's wearing a bad shade of lipstick.

He already has experience as mayor and president (on tv)....
Or is he too short?

We need an antidote. Put your braincap on think about it for awhile and come back to this tread in a day or two even you cant figure out an answer just to kick it if necessary. File a google alert for it somehow, the answer will come :kick:

runs on two issues (1) public education, and (2) making the tax code more progressive and less easy on corporations.

Or even Alec Baldwin if he can manage to overcome the "Hollywood Liberal" label...both men are politically astute and very charismatic.

Goddess...could you see Cluney as governer with his sense of humor?

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Haele

Perhaps ah-nold will come in handy and object, when bush tries ending the tax deduction for state taxes. Ending that deduction would hurt California.