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Schwarzenegger Elected New Governor
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mali replied on Tue Oct 7, 2003 @ 11:55pm |
 Coolness: 202795 | Schwarzenegger elected new governor
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Californians banished Gov. Gray Davis just 11 months into his second term and elected action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger to replace him Tuesday -- a Hollywood ending to one of the most extraordinary political melodramas in the nation's history. Voters traded a career Democratic politician who became one of the state's most despised chief executives for a moderate Republican megastar who had never before run for office. Davis became the first California governor pried from office and only the second nationwide to be recalled. Schwarzenegger prevailed despite a flurry of negative publicity in the campaign's final days, surviving allegations that he had groped women and accusations that as a young man he expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler. The 56-year-old Austrian immigrant -- husband of television journalist Maria Shriver -- finds himself in charge of the nation's most populated state with an economy surpassed only by those of several countries. Schwarzenegger promised to return the shine to a Golden State beset by massive budget problems and riven by deep political divisions. Voters faced two questions -- whether to recall Davis, and who among the other candidates should replace him if he was removed. They chose to get rid of the incumbent and put Schwarzenegger in his place. About seven in 10 voters interviewed in exit polls said they had made up their minds how they would vote on the recall question more than a month before the election. Long lines were reported at polling places through the day. By late afternoon, Terri Carbaugh, a spokeswoman for the Secretary of State, said a turnout of 60 percent appeared likely, higher than the 50.7 percent who voted in last November's gubernatorial election. It would be the highest percentage to vote in a gubernatorial election since 1982. Re-elected last year with less than 50 percent of the vote, Davis fell victim to a groundswell of discontent in a state that has struggled with its perilous financial condition. As colorless as his name, Davis was also known as a canny politician with sharp elbows. Once chief of staff to Gov. Jerry Brown, he rose through the political ranks as a state assemblyman, controller and lieutenant governor, before becoming governor in 1999. By contrast, Schwarzenegger's political inexperience seemed a virtue to many voters. The actor's improbable rise to political power played out before a rapt international audience. He announced his candidacy in August on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" after aides said it was certain he wouldn't run. Other major candidates seeking to replace Davis were the Democratic lieutenant governor, Cruz Bustamante, conservative Republican state Sen. Tom McClintock and Green Party candidate Peter Camejo. The campaign included a parade of bit players among the 135 candidates, including Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, former child actor Gary Coleman, a publicity-hungry porn actress who wanted to tax breast implants and an artist who dressed in all blue and described his candidacy as the ultimate piece of performance art. The cast of characters and outsized ballot gave the campaign a carnival-like atmosphere and provided late-night comics with a stream of material. But to many Californians, it was serious business. "I'm horrified at the thought that Schwarzenegger can be our governor," said Gretchen Purser, 25, of Berkeley, who voted against recall. "I'm sick of Republicans trying to take over the state." Ed Troupe, 69, of Thousand Oaks, voted yes for recall and for Schwarzenegger. "As far as I'm concerned," he said, "Gray Davis is one of the dirtiest politicians I've ever encountered." Though Schwarzenegger held a commanding lead over his rivals going into the final week, his campaign was shaken by allegations published in the Los Angeles Times just days before the election from six women who said he groped them or made unwanted sexual advances. Allegations continued to surface over the weekend, and by election day a total of 16 women had come forward. Schwarzenegger also was confronted with reports that he had praised Hitler as a young man -- accusations he disputed. Responding to the sexual misconduct charges, Schwarzenegger acknowledged he had "behaved badly sometimes." But he attacked the newspaper and some of his accusers for what he called a last-minute effort to derail his candidacy. Also Tuesday, voters considered ballot propositions to prohibit state and local governments from collecting racial data and dedicate money to public works projects. [ www.canoe.ca ] thats funny. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» G__ replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 12:49am |
 Coolness: 142045 | i'm estatic about this...he'll be elected president and Danny Devito will be Vice Prez |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 12:51am |
 Coolness: 340345 | he can't be prez. he wasn't born in the US. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» G__ replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 12:52am |
| Coolness: 142045 | fuck that, he wialll chrush any obstaclllles een hees wAAAY!!! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mali replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 7:27am |
| Coolness: 202795 | hes groped like 6 woman! WHAT A STAR! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Miss_Amanda replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 10:06am |
 Coolness: 161225 | im sure glad i dont live in california |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 10:09am |
 Coolness: 2749320 | I groped more... I should be president!!! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 10:11am |
 Coolness: 201905 | yes, noah, yes you should. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 10:43am |
 Coolness: 300005 | I wanted it to be larry flint as new governor :( |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 11:15am |
| Coolness: 340345 | bah, larry flint is just a sex crazed freak.
he's not a good polititian. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 11:21am |
| Coolness: 300005 | who gives a shit. he could start a civil war and i wouldnt care |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 11:23am |
| Coolness: 340345 | well, if a civil war was started, and the nigger haters (ah, the irony in that statement) were to take over, you'd see them trying to conquer the world soon after. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BA_Baracus replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 12:08pm |
 Coolness: 121715 | time to rent kindergarten cop!
and red communist damn what was that moviecalled |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 12:16pm |
| Coolness: 340345 | in persuit of comi-nazi's |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 2:54pm |
 Coolness: 472485 | Damn conspiracy |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 3:05pm |
| Coolness: 149495 | i think arny is god |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» wisp replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 4:29pm |
| Coolness: 98000 | IT'S THE GOVERNATOR! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 5:56pm |
| Coolness: 472485 | Tha was gold C. ! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PoiSoNeD_CaNdY replied on Wed Oct 8, 2003 @ 6:45pm |
 Coolness: 92370 | i keep wating for the punch line to this joke, but apparently there isn't one
go figure |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» G__ replied on Thu Oct 9, 2003 @ 3:12am |
| Coolness: 142045 | shwartz is starting to look old, he's got wrinkly old hands, and soon he'll have lime spots |
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