The Official California Recall Thread

“Darn - I wish I'd seen this while the election was on:

http://www.rawilson.com/prethought.shtml">"http://www.rawilson.com/prethought.shtml"

Key quote: "After refusing many pleas to run for governor, I have reconsidered and now enter the race as an unofficial write-in candidate. After all, why should I remain the ONLY nutcase in California who ain't running??”

“Free Beer?


My kind of candidate.”

“Hass der "Recall Ahhhnold" movement yet begun in Calyforneeya?”

“Ja, dat iss kool!”

“And how much more money is this going to waste?”

“I think Arnold wants to be a hands-on governor.”

“Campaign loan illegal -- 'fantastic,' says governor

Sacramento -- A $4.5 million bank loan Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used to finance his own campaign is illegal, according to a Superior Court judge, but the Republican governor said Tuesday the decision was "fantastic" in a statement that contradicted his position in court.

Judge Loren McMaster's decision late Monday found that Schwarzenegger violated Proposition 34, which prohibits a candidate from receiving a loan of more than $100,000. At the Sacramento Press Club on Tuesday, Schwarzenegger said the decision was OK with him because he always intended to use his own money to repay the loan.

Lawyers who sued the governor were highly skeptical of his delight and said he was changing his mind after losing an important campaign-finance case.

The law is written so that candidates cannot get large loans for their campaigns and repay the money through contributions raised after an election. Campaign finance watchdogs said voters needed to know all of a candidate's contributors before an election.

Schwarzenegger on Tuesday contradicted weeks of statements by his staff members, who repeatedly said the governor had not made a decision about how to pay off the loan. But the governor said there was never any doubt.

"First of all I said to myself, 'This is great this decision, it's fantastic,' " Schwarzenegger said. "We never intended to pay back the campaign debt that we had. We never wanted to raise the money to pay it back. I myself paid for that."

The statement raised an immediate question about why Schwarzenegger spent months defending himself in court after he was sued by Bill Camp of the Sacramento Labor Council, which has strong ties to Democrats. Lowell Finley, a Berkeley lawyer who represented Camp, said if Schwarzenegger was delighted with the judge's ruling, "he is on some kind of medication that I would like to have a prescription for."

"I don't buy it," Finley said of Schwarzenegger's statement. "I think he held out hope of being able to pay himself back and only changed his mind when the judged ordered him to."

Schwarzenegger was asked Tuesday why he simply hadn't written himself a check instead of getting a loan. He said he needed "the money very quickly, and I was out on the campaign trail, so I wasn't there to write those checks. I am a hands-on guy when it comes to money."

Schwarzenegger, who reportedly is worth at least $100 million, obtained the loan from a bank without collateral and with a low interest rate.”

“"I am a hands-on guy when it comes to money."
der Gropenfuhrer

Hmmm, I guess he means to steal with both hands.”

“Proof that Arnold really is a politician.”

“He's a prevaricating sack of sinew.”

“What this story fails to disclose is that Ahnold tackled the judge.”

“So quit heckling him. You may be next.”

“Ja, iss der troot Buck, Qvit mit der monkey-shinens!

Ahhhnold, usink Cheobeet's computerator.

Danke, Cheobeet.”

“Chia-beet?”

“Ha ha ha, Mister Geobeet! I hope effryvon knows zat it vas not really me on his kompyooter. Yah, I am kind uff on ze hot seat right now, eh? Ah vell, it vill blow ofer. Zen maybe I kan get back to gropink some vomen - ha ha zat vas just a joke; I do not grope vomen. Any more, anyvay. Glad to hear people are still interested in vat I am doink - good bye for now!”

“Hah, zat ist ein imposterator. I am der true Ahhhnold vat iss usink Cheobeet's computerator to keep der news houndens here in Calyforneeya at bay.”

“Well at least Arnold straightened everything out:



SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to ask for an infrastructure bond issue of $25 billion to $27 billion, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday, quoting administration sources.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-12-29T200707Z_01_SIB972350_RTRUKOC_0_US-ECONOMY-CALIFORNIA-BONDS.xml&archived=False”

“This will be interesting!!”

“You mean, intereschtink, ja!”

“WASHINGTON - A California produce company recalled bagged fresh spinach Wednesday after it tested positive for salmonella.

There were no immediate reports of illness linked to the tainted spinach, distributed by Metz Fresh LLC of King City, Calif. The recall comes nearly a year after an outbreak of another pathogen, E. coli, in fresh spinach killed three people and sickened another 200.

The recalled spinach was distributed throughout the 48 states and Canada and sold in both retail and food service packages.

The recall covers 10- and 16-ounce bags, as well as 4-pound cartons and cartons that contain four 2.5-pound bags, with the following tracking codes: 12208114, 12208214 and 12208314.

Consumers with questions can contact Metz Fresh at 831-386-1018.”

“Dang...I saw the title and I thought the Mexicans were recalling California as being defective.....”