Knuckleheaded politics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1344566,00.html
His merciless opportunism on three-strikes shows Arnold
Schwarzenegger's true colours, despite the odd liberal sop, writes Dan
Glaister
Friday November 5, 2004
At a Beverly Hills victory party on election night, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, crowed that he liked
nothing more than an election. "When the people flex their muscles,"
he declared in the now compulsory reference to his body-building,
action-hero past, "then the state gets much stronger."
Come Wednesday, Schwarzenegger had good reason to feel pleased with
himself. While the presidential election was a distant irrelevance for
California - the result may matter but the biggest state in the
country had little influence on the outcome - voters did have a chance
to "flex their muscles" on a variety of propositions, ranging from
medical insurance to gambling to stem cell research.
Dan Glaister
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Schwarzenegger
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California
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