Recall: No Room for Public at Historic Inaugural (Arnold)

[kskiska]

Tickets will go to select groups, planners say.

Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, who asked California voters to "join Arnold" during the recall election, won't be able to extend the same offer to the masses at his historic swearing-in ceremony Monday.

The Republican's inaugural committee on Tuesday announced that attendance at the outdoor event at the Capitol will be restricted, with no access allowed for the general public.

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No tickets to the 11 a.m. event on the west steps of the Capitol will be available at the site, but some 4,000 will be distributed in advance via organizations across the state. An additional 3,500 will go to specific invitees, including members of the Legislature, other elected officials and their families. The inaugural committee initially had hoped to distribute some tickets to the general public.

"There's just not enough room," said Sean Walsh, a spokesman for Schwarzenegger's swearing-in committee. "We just want to be honest with the public. We don't want people driving in from all corners of the state and being disappointed. ... It was a tough thing. We would have preferred not to have gone this route."

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[Racenut20]

1. Don't need U no more --- Suckers.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

2. get back to your peeon lives and leave the clean-up rape of CA to Arnold

the expert

[Noordam]

3. including members of the Legislature -- Mmmm will

ALL members get invited or just the Repugs ones................

[Walt Starr]

4. And the morons that voted for Der Gropen Fuhrer thought he wasn't "elitist

Damn, he sure took those idiots for a ride, didn't he?

[madrchsod]

5. maybe they realized that the

"great unwashed" would storm the steps when they found out he`s going to try and borrow 20 billion dollars thru bond issues...opps another 20 billion in debt for california....

[hatrack]

6. Second thoughts, Schwarzenegger voters?

You see, Ah-nold wants to be a governor for all Californians - just as long as you don't show up and spoil his carefully arranged inaugural.

So, please stay home, watch Fox and CNN, and await further instructions.

[gratuitous]

7. Whoof! Dropped that "populist" rhetoric like a hot bratwurst, didn't he?

Proposed new slogan for California: The state of buyer's remorse.

[tabasco]

8. Guess Arnie doesn't like eggs.

He has vowed to terminate the ungrateful non-supporters!

[Emboldened Chimp]

9. What was Herr Arnie's campaign slogan?

Oh, that's right: "I vant to be the people's governor." Join Arnold, indeed.

[gasperc]

10. so much for giving government back to the people

fuck you david drier

[supernova]

11. Heh. Why am I not surprised?

:eyes:

I'm sure there was a way to have a public event or two, if not the actual inagural if space is a ligitamate concert. I'm surprised Maria hasn't thought of it.

[tom_paine]

12. Of course it was all a lie

Did anyone really think Her Gropenfuhrer was going to be Imperial Gouvernor of all the people?

Of course, most who voted for Herr Gropenfuhrer didn't think at all.

Talk about Schadenfruede, I must confess that the Imperial Province of Kallie-Fornia, like the rest of the Imperial Subjects of Amerika, will be shortly getting what they deserve.

[Zech Marquis]

13. thanks for being our ass wipe towel folks

now go and watch your new Governator on tv and do what we say :eyes:
Oh California, I fear you guys haven't seen the worst yet!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

14. First his people said...

that he was going to be having a very small, low-key innaguration to reflect the State's current budget crisis.

Since when is 7500 small and low-key????

I guess Small and low-key counts of you're inviting the public....

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[MUAD_DIB]

15. Anders tag, dasselbe scheiss.

And we should be surprised because....?

Face it. The glorius minority of voters elected the actor, and like his movies and candidacy the inaugural is going to be so painfully scripted so that there is no chance of the random surprise. Go figure.

You Californians (Ahh-nold supporters only) are lucky if the inaugural doesn't turn out to be a pre-recorded media-fest circle-jerk.


Suckers.

[xxqqqzme]

16. I've been 2

Sacramento. I've visited the capitol. How is outside not big enough 4 callee-four-knee-yawns 2 view 'their gup-in-nour' getting set 2 screw us all. We R so in trouble here.

[realFedUp]

17. An invitation only event again for Republicans

Sure Ahnold's for "da peeple" only if they donate
big bucks to paying off his loans. Any news story
covering this should have a Big Asterisk saying
this was "by invitation only"

[The_Casual_Observer]

18. It will be a day worthy of wearing a black arm band

not a day to rejoice.

[kimchi]

19. But of course there is no room for the peons at an OUTDOOR event!

How silly of you to think the Gropinator gives a rat's ass about you, the people who unthinkingly elected him.

[neverforget]

20. Unless you're Ken Lay or someone else from the energy industry

you're not invited. Welcome to the State of Enron!

[cally]

21. There is a protest:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=106&topic_id=3848