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| Thread ID: 38470 | 2003-10-08 03:03:00 | OT: Did he win just coz hes famous? | csinclair83 (200) | Press F1 |
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| 181318 | 2003-10-08 03:03:00 | Arnie Elected governor (onenews.nzoom.com) | csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 181319 | 2003-10-08 03:08:00 | That's California, which has always been a bit strange. Florida elected a Bush as governor, and he appointed his big brother President. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 181320 | 2003-10-08 05:40:00 | He would've got the majority of the votes that previously wouldn't have been voted. He won partly just because people know who he is. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 181321 | 2003-10-08 05:41:00 | Well, I reckon he won because his opponent said that he (Arnie) didn't have any political experience and folks knew the shambles that real politicians had made of Calif. At least Arnie won't be able to stand for el presidente as he's not a real American merely an import! | Martina (4232) | ||
| 181322 | 2003-10-08 06:03:00 | Unfortunately being well known is the key to being elected in modern society. Gone are the days of open debate on a street corner or in public halls. Even if a good person tried the public wouldn't turn up. No, televisual presentation and glib word bites are the ticket today. Lets face it, if Judy Bailey decided to be Mayor of Auckland or an MP she'd bolt in. Mind you she might be very competent. Nevertheless the point is that being well known for something which has no element of intellectual rigor or leadership is sufficient for a person to get elected. Ability doesn't come into it. Hey sufficient wasn't a bad President, Arnie could be the best thing since sliced bread. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 181323 | 2003-10-08 08:08:00 | damn he cant be president... would have been good to get rid of bush next year and clean up da mess |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 181324 | 2003-10-08 08:54:00 | Does this mean there will be no more Arnie movies? | PoWa (203) | ||
| 181325 | 2003-10-08 09:43:00 | >Hey sufficient wasn't a bad President, You have me there? Well we can assume that he is not popular here,which doesn't tell us much,I say give the chap a go,then if no good by all means say so.. Taking the argument that one needs to be famous to get into government,I would say if 10% are known here in NZ I would be surprised. Being a good speaker doesn't make one a useful politician,I think of Muldoon with his think big and price freeze escapades,he set the country back 10 years. |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 181326 | 2003-10-08 09:52:00 | something was mentioned a while ago that terminator 3 was his final movie as he wanted to go into politics... seems like he got a good start... and there was another rumour...that if bush wants him 2 do speaking etc for money..he would make sure californa gets 65% of the raised money or he wont do the speaking....or 5% if it was for a charity.... seems like bush is in for a hard tme.. |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 181327 | 2003-10-08 10:12:00 | And then Roger Douglas got in and set it back another ten years so we ended up twenty years behind. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
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