Help me convince my mom that Arnold sucks!

[Sirveri]

My mom has been brainwashed by the local media to think that Gray Davis was responsible for all of our budget problems and that Arnold is curing everything. So if possible I would like all the dirt you can dig up on Arnold from good reputable sources in order to convince her that he actually sucks. My main aim is his ties to the Energy fiasco and everything that happened therein. Basically that Gray was doing a decent job and that he was poached by the GOP. My mom is a pretty strident democrat, but she lives with her fiancee who happens to be a Repuke (a Repuke who hates Bush though). So she's probably open to information.

[punpirate]

1. Google...

... "Schwarzenegger" "Enron" and "California energy crisis" and see what you come up with. Schwarzenegger was present at a meeting with Enron people (including, I think, Ken Lay) before the recall election and none of the participants will admit to what was discussed.

Note, too, that Schwarzenegger is not exactly hot to go after the energy dealers in court. California, I think, settled, rather than stick the tort club up Enron's ass, which it and others richly deserved.

Cheers.

[Sirveri]

2. I was actually hoping that someone would have just a large collection

of links and information pertaining to this subject...

that might make a good DU project, Make a giant link collection and organise it for varied subjects.

[punpirate]

3. Maybe time for you to start that project, eh?

:P

Cheers.

[MalachiConstant]

4. i posted this earlier

and i'm not sure if you want your mom reading it, it is quite explicit. but check this out: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/arnoldoui1.html

[erpowers]

7. Why did Maria Marry Him

How in the world can a women marry a man like this? I do not understand why Maria married him. I just do not think I would ever marry a man like that.

[Journeyman]

5. Here's an interesting article from a few days ago. . .

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/07/11/MNGNE7JQQQ1.DTL


Sacramento -- For the first time, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn't look like an unstoppable political force.

After scoring early successes that clearly established him as the dominant power in Sacramento, Schwarzenegger has stumbled in his effort to fix the state budget mess that helped propel him into office.

Government finance experts say his proposed budget borrows too much money, postpones difficult decisions and looks strikingly similar to Gov. Gray Davis' final budgets, which were derided by Senate President John Burton as "get-out-of-town-alive'' plans.

Some lawmakers and Capitol insiders say the political food fight that always accompanies budget season has shown the actor-turned-governor to be thin-skinned, and, after eight sure-footed months in office, exposed him as a beginner struggling to learn the ins and outs of statehouse deal-making.

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[Beaverhausen]

6. go here - lots to hate about ahnold

http://www.dailybreeze.com/content/regstate/nmwebbudggtrs.html

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/latimests/20040630/ts_latimes/loopholeyoucansailayachtthrough

[marlakay]

8. Forget Arnold and concentrate on Kerry!

My mom works where Arnold lives these days, at the Hyatt. She sees him and his wife and thinks his wife is sooo cute...yuck! But she is a dem and is going to vote for Kerry. I don't down play Arnold even though I think he sucks. What I do, is downplay Bush...and Cheney and the whole rotten repubs...but not in a heavy way, moms don't like that. My mom is NICE, you know to everyone, so I have to be NICE to! So I sort of sneat little comments in and then think of nice things about Kerry and Edwards to say. My mom likes both the Kerry and Edwards women. So try that on your mom. Think of things you know your mom is into that Kerry or his people are and work on that. Ignore the Arnold stuff. He is just like Reagan...using his popularity to be in office. I don't think he'll make it again. He is blowing it big time with the budget. But best not to fight with mom. Stay positive...moms like that!!

[AndyTiedye]

9. Take Your Mom to a Nice Movie...

...made by that nice man, Michael Moore.

[Sirveri]

10. She already saw it.

The issue is not Bush, she hates Bush.
Hell her Republican fiance hates Bush too!

the issue is Ahrnold, she seems to think that all the problems with this state were Gray Davis' fault and that even though hrnold is doing almost the identical stuff to fix the problems, he's somehow better.