Schwarzenegger college speech draws boos in California.

[barbaraann]

By Gina Keating and Jim Christie 46 minutes ago

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Reuters) - California Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger faced down booing, jeering protesters on Tuesday as he delivered a commencement address at his alma mater, where tuition has risen as a result of his budget cuts.

Only a handful of graduates and faculty stood and turned their backs to the stage, but spectators in the bleachers at Santa Monica Community College's stadium kept up a steady and distracting patter of chants and whistles as Schwarzenegger, dressed in a black robe, made his 20-minute speech.

Cheers and applause erupted midway through his remarks as a faculty member rose and held up a sign, referring to the cost of an upcoming special election, that read: "Honor your promise to our children ... $80 million buys a lot of books."

The noise caused Schwarzenegger to pause momentarily but he plowed through to the end, with a smile on his face and without acknowledging the jeers.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/politics_schwarzenegger_dc

The only thing I can say good about Arnold is that, unlike Bush, he will speak before a crowd that isn't purely rightwingers.

[punpirate]

1. Well, with Ahnuld...

... "speak" is a relative term.... :)

[EVDebs]

39. Corporate power and globalization are behind Arnold

Check out

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=141&topic_id=10924&mesg_id=10925

He shills for the Cato Institute's TABORs (see
www.idtaxreform.com/TABORintro.htm where he is listed as supporting TABORs ) which are a disaster in Colorado where it was enacted in 1992.

He claims multinationals are overtaxed, yet corporate welfare is alive and well in CA as it is all across the US. CA has the 6th largest economy in the world, but can't "afford" to upgrade the basics of government: infrastructure, education and healthcare. Why ? Because too much is being offshored and un-taxed and CEOs like it that way. Joe Sixpack gets the bill at the same time his job is outsourced to Bangalore.

Incomes in the US are stagnant and wives (and now the kids) HAVE to work just to pay the mortgage, which in CA eats up well over half of monthly incomes.

[proud patriot]

2. ha ha

:D

[kineneb]

3. A bit rude, but then Arnie deserves it.

What kind of greeting should he expect while he is cutting their budgets? What a jerk.

-I did not vote for the Gropinator.-

[Cha]

58. "Rude" is giving California down river to

the neocons..in fact that's beyond Rude! And so is renegging on your promise to the teachers..and trying to screw with the nurses and firemen.

[otohara]

4. I'm Surprised He Didn't Call Them Nasty Names

like he usually does w/ people who don't agree with him.

[jayctravis]

12. He's used to acting...

he probably figures just to keep going, and they can reedit the sound later.

[stanwyck]

41. Honey, this was the

best acting he's ever done. He made it through to the end without a script person, a director, a makeup person, a dialogue coach, and a first-class cinematographer. And wooden as he is, he still does a better job than the incredibly inept Bush, who can't fumble his way through a series of platitudes and line-readings most third graders would ace.

[BrotherBuzz]

5. And the resistance against Arnie grows daily...

Hey Arnie, we are your worst nightmare and it's going the get worse.

[Carla in Ca]

11. He is turning our state into a horror movie!

n/t

[tridim]

6. Poor Arnie

Remember when everyone loved you? It wasn't that long ago.

[LeighAnn]

7. I don't get your sig

But I was never that good with mathmatics.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. It's a Daily Show reference.

John Cornyn (R-Dumbfuckistan) complained about gay marriage and said that if your neighbor marries a box turtle, it doesn't affect you directly, but it puts that union on the same legal footing as a heterosexual marriage.

They lampooned it on The Daily Show by putting up the graphic illustrating that Heterosexual marriage > Gay marriage > Marrying a box turtle.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

66. ROFLMAO...I remember that graphic, and wish I'd thought to use it

as you did.

Sorry, back to the subject at hand. MKJ

[Erika]

8. He made promises & broke them

People tend to remember them.

[pokercat999]

56. Everyone but the gropees......nt

[K8-EEE]

9. Hilariously Delusional "After Action Report" On FR....LOL!!!!

"After action report," the quasi military Freeper speak...well what is stopping the SaMo GOP club from REALLY joining up after graduation, fight their leader's glorious liberation!

Um, note to all the GOP collegiates: Your services are needed to Build The New Democratic Iraq!"

Anyhow...SF Gate says only 2 dozen Freetards even showed up, hope they had enough porta potties!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1423047/posts

[Beaverhausen]

54. "It was great freeping with you!" ewww! are they serious???

that just sounds so stupid.

That thread is funny.They are so delusional it's fun to watch.

[Tommythegun]

68. Since you asked...

I was the President of SMC Republicans this past semester (just graduated).

Here's me at graduation:


Me speaking at a campus discussion, supporting the Governor's speech (courtesy of the http://www.smccorsair.com/media/paper772/news/2005/05/25/News/Gov-Grad.Speech.Debated-954155.shtml">SMC Corsair):


Media Credit: Marie-noel Jauffret
At Santa Monica College last thursday,
Tom Olter (sic), president of the republican club,
speaks at the meeting to support the
college´s choice for having Schwarzeneger for
commencment speaker at the graduation this spring.

Me at an event meeting Ann Coulter (in the suit, wearing the patriotic tie):


And, hey, guess what, here's me too:


Our Vice President this past semester was former Army, 75th Ranger Regiment. Another one of our members is Navy Reserve, Construction Battalion (Seabees).

Just so you know.

[pinniped]

10. Too bad the article doesn't mention his 'reddened' face.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/14/state/n212622D83.DTL

--Schwarzenegger's face appeared to redden during the 15-minute speech,--

Good.

[U4ikLefty]

13. A few graduates turned their backs to him during his speech

...good for them!!!

[salin]

15. I don't recall Davis ever getting receptions like these

Boy Arnie has really gone from hero to zero in a very quick time period, hasn't he. Yet he arrogantly chugs along trying to do as much damage as possible.

[Cha]

59. "hero to ZERO"!

It has a certain ring to it! :patriot:

[ebayfool]

16. sfgate.com has some great pics!

[99Pancakes]

36. Oh...

Those are awesome!!!

[Massachusetts]

17. You will not embarrass me

I'll be back!

http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1053196509760_2003/05/19/Arnie,0.jpg

[dbt]

18. This is why bu$hler will never face a REAL audience.

Too much Freedom of Speech. Might fall into the hands of Extremists. Wouldn't be prudent.

:evilgrin:

[tjwash]

19. Oh, NOW the fucking college students are against him?

Fuck all those spoiled ass little shitheads. They are the reason that Ah-nuld got elected in the first place. That was his biggest demographic in the recall election, young college kids, many of them first time voters that flooded the polls and kicked him over the top.

You should have seen the news a couple of weeks before the election. They would be talking to students on campuses, and they all thought that arnie was the man, and just what the state needed.

Now they are pissed off that *gasp* they somehow got hoodwinked into voting against their own interest.:mad:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

20. You seem to want to blame ALL college students for getting....

...Herr Ahnold elected governor. Do you think college kids that are registered as Dems voted for him too?

Do you think it even mattered for whom they voted when the GOP controls the electronic voting machines?

[catzies]

51. I personally know a Dem kid who voted for Arnold because (get this)

She was graduating from college and "wanted his 'autograph' on her diploma."

:puke:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

52. And if she went up to him after the graduation and played her cards right

she could have a matching set of handprints on her boobs.

[catzies]

53. LOL, hilarious!

n/t

[Gay Green]

57. "...she could have a matching set of handprints..."

ROFL!!

[mitchum]

63. Why didn't that starstruck idiot just offer him a blowjob?

[catzies]

67. Thisparticular dingbat never got closer to him than casting her ballot.

n/t

[olddad56]

30. you aren't too narrow minded, are you a republican voter?

[K8-EEE]

33. Not The SanMo College Kids, Come On -- THEY Didn't Vote For Him!

Arnie didn't win with any segment here in L.A. & the westside -- he should have gone to the suburbs for his little speech, or to Orange County.

I would not call your average Santa Monica college student "spoiled." Many community college students work full time while they attend college. USC students are generally from rich GOP families but don't hange that on these students.

[Cha]

60. We need them now! I'm one of

those people who welcome drifters back into the fold or just into the fold.

David Brock, Ariana, Andrew Sullivan come to mind and now the college arnie voters who have turned on him. :grr:(the kids):)

[Ripley]

21. Grads boo Schwarzenegger

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/15/schwarzenegger.booed.ap/index.html

SANTA MONICA, California (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to his alma mater turned into an exercise in perseverance when virtually his every word was accompanied by catcalls, howls and piercing whistles from the crowd.

Schwarzenegger's face appeared to redden during his 15-minute commencement address Tuesday to 600 graduates at Santa Monica College, but he ignored the shouting as he recalled his days as a student and, later, his work as a bodybuilder and actor.

snip>>>

Inside the stadium, the drone from hundreds of rowdy protesters threatened to drown out the governor's voice at times. Many in the crowd erupted in boos when a police officer pulled down a banner criticizing the estimated $45 million cost of the November 8 special election that Schwarzenegger proposed Monday.

snip>>>


Schwarzenegger left the stage almost immediately after his speech, speeding across the infield in a golf cart surrounded by sprinting security guards. Across the field, he pulled up toward a waiting SUV and a large steel gate was closed behind him.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Shoeempress]

22. Let me guess, he won't be back

[glitch]

45. LOL! Morning tea-spewing LOL!

:spray:

[bushisanidiot]

23. Glad to hear dissent is still allowed in California. The rest of us

have to shut up or get shot if President Nosepicker's tricycle brigade rolls into town.

[Elidor]

24. Schadenfreude!

What a great way to start the day. :)

[xchrom]

25. feelin the love, arnie?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

26. .....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Guckert]

27. there has got to be a video of poor boobengrabber and his reality check.

[William Seger]

32. Boobengrabber!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Der Boobengrabberslackenjawzer

[Pirate Smile]

28. I nominated this because it will bring a smile to the face of many DU'ers.

:D

[Guckert]

29. Even faculty on stage had signs and turned their backs on him. what a hoot

Channel 9 news reporter Dave Bryan said "Arnold was showered with Boos". They showed footage of audience yelling at him. Several members of the faculty on stage turned their backs while he spoke as did some of the graduates. Two students had "We deserve better" printed on the backs of their shirts.

The faculty also held signs up behind him. One read, "80 million dollars buys a lot of books"....in reference to the cost of a special election.

[Cha]

61. How many times has this happened

in the history of our Nation?

"Inside the stadium, the drone from hundreds of rowdy protesters threatened to drown out the governor's voice at times. Many in the crowd erupted in boos when a police officer pulled down a banner criticizing the estimated $45 million cost of the November 8 special election that Schwarzenegger proposed Monday."

A "police officer" for cripes sake?

[readmylips]

31. Gawd, how much I pray for Warren Beatty to run for Gov....

Warren Beatty would kick that stupid idiot Ahhnold's butt out of politics. Gawd, I hate that Ahhnold and that carrot stick wife Maria. California is way too beautiful to have those two idiots running the state.

[0007]

46. That would be tits!

[dave123williams]

34. I drove by the college where he was speaking last night...

...on the way home from work; there were hundreds of people out on the street in protest. They were simulcasting his remarks to the college on KCRW, and yeah - there was booing.

To the Governator's credit, he did actually attend Santa Monica College (took his first ESOL classes there), and he did have the guts to go before an inarguably unfriendly crowd.

[Coexist]

35. good for them!

Arnold's embarssment should make news somewhere.

[99Pancakes]

37. Ahhnuld in Bakersfield today!!

This was a Repuke secret plan to bring Girlie Boy to Bakersfield, California (in the central valley). Of course, we Dems had to read about it in the friggin' paper this morning and now we're scrambbling to get reality-based people out there to protest. He's goin' be at a car wash around the corner from where I live, so I'll be there, Girlie Boy!!! I'll try and get photos of protestors IF a small crowd makes it. Crossing my liberal fingers.

[jokerman93]

38. Did this muscle-bound clown

Did this muscle-bound clown really believe that California would just bend over for him and his corporate sponsors and believe his BS just because he's a famous movie star? Seriously! I was wondering the other day, just exactly what qualifications and experience does Arnold have to hold the highest political office in the state of California?

His running for Governor in a cynical, staged recall election - and somehow winning - was an insult to the intelligence of most Californians who were paying attention. I just wonder when Americans (in general) will WAKE THE F*** UP and stop being led around by the nose with flashy PR and content-free sound bytes.

We have to wise up!

</endrant>

[ananda]

40. actually, yes

((Did this muscle-bound clown really believe that California would just bend over for him and his corporate sponsors and believe his BS just because he's a famous movie star?))

He did and he still does. I bet he could still do the celebrity star route and win re-election. Yes, even Californians are that stupid.

Sue

[ronnykmarshall]

44. Not THIS Californian.

Nice slam.

[Beam Me Up]

55. Ditto -- Not THIS Californian, either.

And I wonder how many votes he REALLY got in SF and Contra Costa counties.

GropenNazi putz.

[4_Legs_Good]

47. It will be harder next time

All the stars in our eyes have been dimmed. It's not to say that he *couldn't* win (or won't), because we Californian's can be insanely stupid and are VERY susceptable to ring wing propaganda. This whole thing, we must recall, was as a result of Davis allowing car registrations to go back up to their normal rate, which meant $300 more out of the average new $20,000 vehicle owner's pocket a year in order to help pay off our $20,000,000,000.00 debt.

Because of $300/year we threw a corporate owned conservative Democrat out of the government and installed a wacked-out Hollywood bad actor moderate Repulibcan so he could heap the $20B on our kids instead of our cars.

Yes, we're that F*cking stupid.

Thank God for the special interests out there actually telling people the truth. Nothing is giving me more satisfaction that watching this @sshole burn. I just hope the dimwits who put him in power do the same.

david

[ronnykmarshall]

42. Arnie's getting taste of what's to come.

If he fails in this upcoming election he's toast.

He won't run in 2006.

[4_Legs_Good]

48. He's a total wuss. It'll be fun to see him run away rather than run

in 2006.

If there's a reasonable chance he won't win in 2006, I bet you $300 he won't run for re-election. He's that much of a wimp. That'll be fun to watch.

david

[ronnykmarshall]

50. Then watch the GOP scamble for a candidate.

To honest, I think they'd have a better chance w/o Arnie.

[geckosfeet]

43. Good to see Ahnie dealing with reality.

[monobrau]

49. No quarter

Nail that fucker to the wall. He doesn't go anywhere without getting called on his bullshit. And fuck any of the scum that wants to support him. Invite him to your event and we shut it down.

[Cha]

62. Go Monobrau!

Go California! :patriot:

[mitchum]

64. I wouldn't be too upset if someone took a shot at him...

but I'm certainly not advocating THAT...

[Disturbed]

65. I didn't vote for the Gropenator.

I voted for Cameo but knew that he wouldn't win. He did get the most % of any Green Pary candidate in any state election. With over 100 candidates it was a real circus. Many who voted for the Gropenator are now real sorry about it. He has turned out to be as big of a liar as most Rethugs and is a traitor to the Middle Class, the Working Poor and the Poor. I hope he decides not to run again.