Schwarzenegger The Socialist Giving Political Advice to GOP

J.J. Jackson* | October 24, 2007

Hey Ahhhhnold. Just keep your mouth shut. You are an embarrassment to the country and the GOP.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, has urged Republican presidential candidates to capture the political centre ground ahead of next year’s election by focusing on healthcare reform and education.

As the campaign has unfolded, leading candidates have drifted to the right to win support from social conservatives.
But in an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Schwarzenegger said the party’s candidates were “missing out on something” because televised debates had been dominated by questions about gay marriage, abortion and immigration.

Mr Schwarzenegger said candidates should challenge the questions they were asked in the debates. “Someone has to say: ‘We’ve talked enough about immigration, now I want to talk about healthcare reform’.” The candidates had to “move the agenda”, he said.

Shifting the debates to centre-ground topics would be a positive move, he added. “Being somewhat in the centre…is not a detriment. If you sell [your ideas] well and if you explain it well, that’s what leadership is all about, bringing people along.”

In other words, he thinks Republicans should start sounding like Democrats. My counter point to that would be that we already have far, far too many “Democrats” in the Republican party as is.

Repeat after me Ahhhnold. Government interference in the free markets is bad. Socialism is bad. The Nanny State (even in small doeses) IS NOT THE ANSWER!

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