The Governator Sides with Anti-8 Protestors!

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As protesters took to the streets for a fifth day, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday expressed hope that the California Supreme Court would overturn Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that outlawed same-sex marriage. In an interview with CNN, Schwarzenegger also predicted that the 18,000 gay and lesbian couples who have wed already would not see their marriages nullified by the initiative.

"It's unfortunate, obviously, but it's not the end," he said about the same-sex marriage ban. "I think that we will again maybe undo that, if the court is willing to do that, and then move forward from there and again lead in that area."

Whoa. Whadda know?

You know when Arnold first took office I was neither enthusiastically for him or against him (I didn't vote for him). I was willing to see how he did--and hoping he didn't make California into too much of a joke--always the danger when a state elects a movie star into that kind of position. At first, he fell flat as a pancake and was, indeed, a joke (that embarrassing "girly-man" comment of his!). Then he got better, and during the fires he really came through.

Now...now I'm going to be sad to see him go. His none-too-good speech calling Obama "skinny" aside, he's become a pretty practical politician.

 

[Stella_Omega]

You mean the guy who gave McCain piggy-back rides all the way across Ohio? The guy who said that Obama is a socialist and that, in the country he comes from-- socialism isn't so good for go-getters?

You mean the guy who kept his lip zipped on this subject before the day-- when he might actually have done some good?

yeah, right.

I think he's suddenly realised that 48.2% of the state are really. pissed. off, and that he'd better throw them a sop or so.

 

[3113]

You mean the guy who gave McCain piggy-back rides all the way across Ohio? The guy who said that Obama is a socialist and that, in the country he comes from-- socialism isn't so good for go-getters?

You mean the guy who kept his lip zipped on this subject before the day-- when he might actually have done some good?

yeah, right.

I think he's suddenly realised that 48.2% of the state are really. pissed. off, and that he'd better throw them a sop or so.

You're such a girly-man

 

[Stella_Omega]

You're such a girly-man

Only on the full moon, remember?

the rest of the time, I'm a manly-girl...

 

[voluptuary_manque]

*Pulls up lawn chair and huge tub of popcorn, opens ice chest and pulls out a Winter Lager*

Gee, this is better than television any day!

 

[Guest]

*Smacks VM.*

Hush.

You gonna share that Sam Adams?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

*Smacks VM.*

Hush.

You gonna share that Sam Adams?

Gotta entiiiiiiiire case in hyeah. Hep yerse'f!

 

[3113]

If you're expecting Stella and I to argue...or mud wrestle you're gonna have a long wait. We only flirtatiously trade insults and tussle in jello now and then.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

If you're expecting Stella and I to argue...or mud wrestle you're gonna have a long wait. We only flirtatiously trade insults and tussle in jello now and then.

Y'all thank Ah need mor'n that? Ah'm quite enjoyin' the festivities as they is, thenk yew.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Y'all thank Ah need mor'n that? Ah'm quite enjoyin' the festivities as they is, thenk yew.

Ain't democracy great?

Brother Bear, can I join you and Sister Sarah? I'll contribute a big bag of fried pork skins and a case of sacramental Shiner Bock from Shiner, Texas to off-set the ill effects of all that Yankee beer.

The Right Rev. Rumple Foreskin http://bestsmileys.com/religous/1.gif

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Dayum, Rev, all we'un's need now is a bubblin' pot of gumbo and some cherry bombs. Whee-Hawken!

 

[shereads]

I think he's suddenly realised that 48.2% of the state are really. pissed. off, and that he'd better throw them a sop or so.

Agreed. Arnold's change of heart on Prop 8 is nothing if not conveniently timed.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Agreed. Arnold's change of heart on Prop 8 is nothing if not conveniently timed.

C'mon, folks. There're rumors of Feinstein running for gov and that leaves a place in the Senate. Do not doubt what's running through some people's minds. There isn't anyone on the Dem side of the same stature who doesn't want the governor's mansion, instead, so it's nearly a walk-in role for Arnie. Shoot, he wouldn't even have to run against Boxer, not that he wouldn't clean her clock. Feinstein, he can't beat.

 

[Safe_Bet]

Like I said in another thread "Arnold, go ask Maria if she will lend you your balls back, dude!"

Or maybe she should just keep them. SHE already used them when she came out several times in opposition to Prop 8 BEFORE the election and said things like, "I believe in people's right to choose a partner that they love, and that's a decision that I have come to, and I have felt that way for a long time."

ETA She also came out for Obama. Bet ol' Arnold wasn't getting any for a while!

 

[Stella_Omega]

If you're expecting Stella and I to argue...or mud wrestle you're gonna have a long wait. We only flirtatiously trade insults and tussle in jello now and then.

She won't indulge me, dammit! ... I don't have a jello fetish.. Except for orange flavor. Now, that was a good tussle.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Quote:
Originally Posted by shereads
Agreed. Arnold's change of heart on Prop 8 is nothing if not conveniently timed.

C'mon, folks. There're rumors of Feinstein running for gov and that leaves a place in the Senate. Do not doubt what's running through some people's minds. There isn't anyone on the Dem side of the same stature who doesn't want the governor's mansion, instead, so it's nearly a walk-in role for Arnie. Shoot, he wouldn't even have to run against Boxer, not that he wouldn't clean her clock. Feinstein, he can't beat.

I'm not sure exactly, but I believe Arnie is not eligible for another term as governor, under term limitations. He served three years after Gray Davis was recalled and will serve one term of his own. There is a two tem limit but I'm not sure whether the first thee years would be counted as a term. I could pobably google the initiative and find out if I thought it was worthwhile.

Jerry Brown is certainly of sufficient statue. He is currently AG and served two terms as governor already. Since this was before term limits were effective, he could probably legally seve two more. I hope not. Probably the worst thing he did to California was saddle the state with the most fatheaded judges he could find. Personally, I wouldn't vote for him to be city dogcatcher.

I don't know if Di Fi could beat Arnie or not. He is from LA and she is from SF. which would make more difference than it should.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Under the current Rumorocracy, both Moonbeam and DiFi are after the governor's seat. That would make quite a fight on the Dem side. In the GOP there's only the Controller who made his mark fighting back the Legislature's attempt to overturn term limits. Arnie's next logical step is towards the Senate, IMO. Whether he goes after Di's seat or Barbie's, only time will tell.

And Arnie and Maria have agreed to disagree ever since they met. She introduced him to the family, it is said, thusly, "Uncle Ted, don't look at him as a Republican: look at him as the man I love. And if you can't do that, look at him as a man who can crush you to death with one hand."

 

[Guest]

Ain't democracy great?

Brother Bear, can I join you and Sister Sarah? I'll contribute a big bag of fried pork skins and a case of sacramental Shiner Bock from Shiner, Texas to off-set the ill effects of all that Yankee beer.

The Right Rev. Rumple Foreskin http://bestsmileys.com/religous/1.gif

Oh, dear Rev.

You, of all people, know how deeply I require some churchin' up.

Please join us. I'll even forgive the porn skins.

 

[rgraham666]

And Arnie and Maria have agreed to disagree ever since they met. She introduced him to the family, it is said, thusly, "Uncle Ted, don't look at him as a Republican: look at him as the man I love. And if you can't do that, look at him as a man who can crush you to death with one hand."

Sounds like the foundation of a solid relationship.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Sounds like the foundation of a solid relationship.

It's worked so far!

 

[Safe_Bet]

Under the current Rumorocracy, both Moonbeam and DiFi are after the governor's seat. That would make quite a fight on the Dem side. In the GOP there's only the Controller who made his mark fighting back the Legislature's attempt to overturn term limits. Arnie's next logical step is towards the Senate, IMO. Whether he goes after Di's seat or Barbie's, only time will tell.

And Arnie and Maria have agreed to disagree ever since they met. She introduced him to the family, it is said, thusly, "Uncle Ted, don't look at him as a Republican: look at him as the man I love. And if you can't do that, look at him as a man who can crush you to death with one hand."

1. DiFi could kick Moonbeam's ass. Mentally, politically and physically
(with a distinct possibility of him enjoying the last one)

2. Maria may have said that to Uncle Ted, but she also told Arnie, "I might love you, but look at me as a woman who can crush your balls to death with one hand!"

 

[voluptuary_manque]

LOL

Large, very strong men as a general rule treat their wives very tenderly and usually do what they say for fear of hurting them if they behave any differently. Vasily Alexieff, the super-heavyweight Russian weightlifter was married to Olympia, all 5'1" and 105 lbs. of her. "I do everything she tells me."

And I agree with you on point 1 . . . all of it.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Oh, dear Rev.

You, of all people, know how deeply I require some churchin' up.

Please join us. I'll even forgive the porn skins.

ha ha ha, you said...

 

[Guest]

ha ha ha, you said...

Whoa.

I actually meant to say -

Oh, never mind. I like this better.

 

[Safe_Bet]

Whoa.

I actually meant to say -

Oh, never mind. I like this better.

Muahahahaha! Somebody's Freudian slip is showing!