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Thread ID: 15693 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2004-11-18
2004-11-18 23:34 | User Profile
Fans Campaign To Clear Path For President Schwarzenegger By Marcus Warren in New York The Telegraph - UK 11-18-4
A campaign to change the American constitution to allow Arnold Schwarzenegger to run for the White House has begun as the film star ended his first year as governor of California yesterday.
Fans of the Austrian-born actor have swamped the airwaves of his adopted state with television advertisements calling for an end to the ban on citizens of the United States born abroad becoming president.
The move has in theory been launched on behalf of all naturalised Americans but the name of the group behind it, "Amend for Arnold", leaves little doubt as to its main thrust.
"You cannot choose the land of your birth," its principal backer, Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones, says in the advertisements. "You can choose the land you love."
The advertisement says: "Twelve million people have chosen America", a reference to the country's naturalised citizens. "Help us to amend the constitution. Help us to amend for Arnold."
Mr Schwarzenegger, 57, has not explicitly supported the initiative but has coyly hinted that he might consider standing for the presidency if so allowed by the constitution.
Amending America's basic law is a major, but not impossible, undertaking.
The Senate and the House of Representatives must both approve the change by a two thirds majority and 38 of the nation's 50 states must ratify the move too. While there is no direct link between the action film star and the "Amend for Arnold" group, Mrs Morgenthaler-Jones has been an enthusiastic donor and volunteer working for his new career.
The new campaign calls on supporters to "give 10 to amend", $10, 10 days, 10 hours or just 10 minutes to lobby the cause nationwide.
The former bodybuilder confirmed his status as one of America's top political stars with a barnstorming speech to the Republican convention this summer demanding "four more years" for President George W Bush.
The son of an Austrian policeman, Mr Schwarzenegger moved to the West Coast in 1968 and took American citizenship in 1983.
His accent is still so thick that his strangled efforts at pronouncing the name of the state he now governs raise a laugh to this day.
Apart from changing Article Two of the constitution ruling that only "natural born citizens" can be president, the campaign to elect Mr Schwarzenegger to the highest office in the land faces one more obstacle, late night comedians joked this week.
The "Terminator" has successfully reinvented himself as the "Governator," they pointed out. But what would his role be in the White House, the "Presinator", "Presidentor" or the "Presidentator"? they asked.
é Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2004.
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2004-11-22 23:13 | User Profile
An insider of Feds.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Though either Bush or Clinton are politicians cultivated by inside group, they more or less belong to a party and sometimes must stand for Party's interest. So the best way is to have a candidate of their own. We can see now how intelligence have their own people to join the campaign. Such like Wesley Clark, Lieberman, Edwards. (Clark was pro GOP before, and was said not even registered as Demo the night before he became a president candidate of Demo Party), and Arnold Schwarzenneger.
Though he rides the boat of GOP, Schwarzenegger is propaganded more as a man of both parties. The tactic inside group used is:
Make Schwarzenegger keeping a distance from Bush because Bush is becoming notorious.
Emphasize his personal relationship with Demo. That his wife Maria is a niece of former President Kennedy. Reporting he was received warmly by Senator Edward Kennedy in DC.
To create a figure of a successful politician, inside group activated their resource in Demo to support Schwarzenegger. When Arnold became the governor, he turned over two bills, "Drive license for illegal immigrant" bill, "Automobile license fee" bill. These important bills signed by former Demo Governor Davis and supported by Democratic Party, now are abolished without trouble in a governmet dominated by Demo. Those Demos, once have voted yes on these bills, now vote no.
Another big event is the "Bond bill". The way Schwarzenneger suggested to solve California finance problem is borrowing money. Which was once opposed by Demo. Later it was passed without trouble too. Here we can see there is no opposing Party. Any opinion could be easily changed to master's will. When there is a demand from inside group, the opposing party became tame sheep.
After they stole California, they are preparing to take over the US with their own candidate. You probably will see in near future they change the constitution the rule that only native born American can be US president. To pave the way particularly for their own candidate, Arnold Schwarzenneger.
2004-11-23 00:34 | User Profile
Here's the URL for those of you who think this is a great idea.
[url]http://www.amendus.org/[/url]
The Stupid party might consider this instead. If they get this amendment passed instead of running Guilliani and Condi, they dump Rice in favor of:
[SIZE=4][COLOR=DeepSkyBlue]"Bibi" Netanyahu![/COLOR][/SIZE]
Oh, wait. He already is a U.S. "citizen" holding a "dual citizenship!"