H.L Mencken is attributed with various statements along the lines of: "No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public" and "There is no underestimating the intelligence of the American public"
Arnold Schwarzenegger made his fortune starring in films such as "Junior", "Kindergarten Cop" and "Conan the Barbarian"
Arnold Schwarzenegger will probably be elected governor of California by campaigning on the following platform:
[Schwarzenegger] contended in response to questions that he did not have to be specific before the election.Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at August 21, 2003 01:52 PM"The public doesn't care about figures," he said. "They've heard figures for the last five years, figures and graphs and percentages and all those kinds of things. What the people want to hear is, 'Are you going to make the changes? Are you tough enough to go in there and provide leadership?' That's what this is about, and I will be tough enough."
You aren't going to want to hear this, but he's right.
The average person doesn't know economics. They can;t read a chart. At this point they know that they were mislead. They want someone who espouses the right principles. Bush embodies principles, and he stands by them. Arnold is saying that he believes in less regulation, lower taxes, and a more business friendly environment.
He has not ruled out a tax increase because short term, he might need to raise taxes to get the budget balanced. Remeber that the perfect is the enemy of the good. Even though it would be better, in the long run, to just cut everything to balance the budget, that would throw the short (and medium) term into disarray. Can the CA econmy handle 500,000 state employees being laid off all at once? Nope. So you do what is necessary to balance the budget right now. Then you work on making the CA economy better in the long term.
You also have to be pragmatic. You might be able to get where you want to go, but not all at once. And sometimes you have to make sacrifices along the way (Bush's drug program is a bad sacrifice).
Byna, planning on vaoting for the Repub with the best chance of winning, whoever that is.
Posted by: Byna on August 22, 2003 01:20 PMOK, I'm willing to accept that I'll make some typos, but how did I type "vaoting"?
*smacks forehead*
Posted by: Byna on August 22, 2003 01:23 PMArnold has something no other candidate has, and is essential to reforming California. Arnold can bypass the press and speak directly to the voters.The media is dead set against anything except more socialism.
Posted by: curtis kreutzberg on August 22, 2003 06:24 PM"Are you tough enough to go in there and provide leadership? That's what this is about, and I will be tough enough."
Schwarzenegger sounds like he's pumping up for a body building competition! Is he seriously the governor of California, or am I dreaming?
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Posted by: Scarlett on July 22, 2004 06:33 PM