Ah-nold, the gov-ah-ner?

[paulcs]

Originally posted by Jammrock
Correct. Unless the Constitution was ammended Ah-nold could never become President.

I don't know if he could be Vice President, or hold any office in the direct line of leadership, like Secretary of State. I think the highest office he could hold in Congress.

[snip]

Jammrock

Henry Kissinger, 56th US Secretary of State, was born in Germany. He became a citizen of the United States during WWII.

Paul

[paulcs]

Lots of California bashing here. Not very nice. And from some pretty wacky places.

Gov. Davis has made plenty of enemies to his left for sucking up to the right. I suspect he had political aspirations beyond the State of California. While I doubt anything along those lines is going to happen, I wouldn't bet on a successful recall either. If no prominent Democrats support the recall movement, it's going to look an awful lot like sour grapes. The only Democrat I know of who supports it is a consultant for the West Wing TV series. Not exactly an elected office.

Like a good Kennedy, Arnold may just have to wait his turn and run during an election year.

Paul

[KvHagedorn]

Originally posted by GT98
Jeez this is starting to sound like something out of Ray Bradberry books, was it Fahrenheit 451 or one of his short stories where the wife of the protagonist is basing her voting on how good the candidate looks LOL

You might be thinking of "The Candidate" with Robert Redford. There is too much truth to this sort of thing. IMHO any woman who behaves in such an irresponsible manner doesn't deserve the right to vote, and spits on all the suffragettes who won women this right. Haven't you noticed how Democrats try to always field some good looking guy? Ever since Kennedy they think they have it all figured out.

Some of the greatest leaders in history would never have been there if they had had to depend on their photogenic qualities.

[MultimediaMan]

Paulcs: I am a native Californian who lived in the state for 24 years. That state starved me out of house and home because of stupidly written laws.

No problems in the states I have lived in since (Arizona, Arkansas). Granted, Arkansas is a work in progress, but you could do far worse to live here.

[paulcs]

My mother voted for Ronald Reagan (R-CA) for President because she thought he was a good actor. (Heck, Bedtime for Bonzo still brings a tear to my eye.) If she had the opportunity, she probably would have voted for Sony Bono (R-CA) for Congress because she thought he was a good singer. Or Fred Grandy (R-IA) because she liked Gopher on the Love Boat.

I'm sure they were the best and the brightest the Grand Old Party had to offer.

Paul

[KvHagedorn]

Originally posted by paulcs
My mother voted for Ronald Reagan (R-CA) for President because she thought he was a good actor. (Heck, Bedtime for Bonzo still brings a tear to my eye.) If she had the opportunity, she probably would have voted for Sony Bono (R-CA) for Congress because she thought he was a good singer. Or Fred Grandy (R-IA) because she liked Gopher on the Love Boat.

I'm sure they were the best and the brightest the Grand Old Party had to offer.

Paul

Yeah, but were any of them good looking? Nooo...

[MultimediaMan]

Now, now...You inferred I didn't know what I was talking about.

You Forgot Fred Thompson (R-TN).

Fred Grandy did a fine job by all accounts, for Iowa. Interesting fact: He was a personal friend to the son of Dwight Eisenhower, in fact, I think he was his best man.

Sonny Bono, Started out as mayor of Palm Springs...went to on to Washington. Help craft the Home Audio Recording Act.

So what if they were actors? They were all decent politicians, and actually accomplished a few good things along the way. Fred Thompson is said to have quipped that Senatorial politics were weirder than the worst Hollywood B movie.

Who would you compare them to on the other side of the aisle? Martin Sheen? Nope, he just demonstrates...poses, if you will. Acts presidential.

Warren Beatty? Thought about it...held a rally, then decided to get Annette Benning pregnant again (Good choice, that!).

Any more? Maybe young Natalie Portman, but in which country?(U.S. or Israel)

Democratic politicians come from near-dynastic bloodlines, or percolate to the top of a political hierarchy based on popular views.

[paulcs]

Hey! Congressman Grandy wasn't a bad looking guy, and Ronald Reagan certainly had his day. I'm sure my mom thought thought he was a MAJOR babe.

Now Fred Thompson wasn't especially good looking, but at least he had the skills. I'm just not buying him as the DA of Manhattan, however. I think he's turned Law & Order into a science fiction show.

Our current governor is from the Bronx. One of our two US Senators is from Brooklyn. Being a transplanted New Yorker, I can live with that. I'm just having a problem with a governor from the future.

I think he'd win if he got out of the primary. Then we could say stuff like "our governor is a Kennedy" and "your governor is a girlie-man. Our governor can beat up your governor."

If we really have to have a Republican actor as governor, I'd prefer Clint Eastwood. "Governor Eastwood." Doesn't it just make you tingle a bit?

Paul

[paulcs]

MultimediaMan, I was chatting with KvH. I think we're having a misunderstanding. I didn't infer anything about anything you said, and I didn't forget Fred Thompson. He's just not a lame pretty boy, and I was writing about him when you posted.

Actually, Harry Belafonte was the big, scary, Democrat 800 pound gorilla that never happened. He was approached several times to run against Alphonse D'Amato and refused. My mother would have voted for him in a heartbeat.

I'll give Fred Grandy his due, but Sonny was a bit a boob. And how old was Cher when he started sleeping with her?

That's another thing! He slept with Cher. I can almost get over the Gopher thing, but Sonny Bono slept with Cher.

Paul

[MultimediaMan]

It's cool... I wasn't sure if it was sly or honest...it's honest.

[paulcs]

I edited my post to take a couple of gratuitous shots at Sonny and Cher.

Paul

[MultimediaMan]

Point Taken

It had to be love, didn't it? The Cher of the 60's and 70's was downright homely.

Now, many a celebrity have put forth themselves into things that they shouldn't have (Pun Intended). Including, as we found out recently, JFK.

[paulcs]

I just can't blame JFK for sleeping with Marilyn Monroe. There should be special dispensation for sleeping with Marilyn Monroe. If I were the messiah, I'd still sleep with Marilyn Monroe.

Monica Lewinsky was just really bad judgement, but if Marilyn offered herself to JFK and he refused, they'd be writing books about how JFK was gay.

Paul

[DentyCracker]

ROFL

[Gurm]

JFK _was_ gay.

Oh no wait...

Addison's, not homosexuality. My bad. I keep making that mistake.

- Gurm