Time Well Spent
by matt at 8:30 am on August 26th, 2005 in Ahhhnold: Turd
They didn’t vote for him.
Shorter Arnold Schwarzenegger: If you would just let me win, I could do my job rather than fundraising:
“I am not concerned about the polls at all. It’s all about messaging and educating the people, and we will do that the last six, seven weeks of the campaign. It is too early to go out and do the full-blast campaign.”
Schwarzenegger has been heavily criticized for his recent fundraising efforts because they have extended into the final weeks of the legislative session — the time when the governor must decide whether to sign hundreds of bills into law.
Thursday, the governor maintained that large donations to his opponents by labor unions had forced the multi-millionaire former movie star into the unusual position of “begging” for money.
“Let me tell you, this is very hard for me to do. I have never, ever asked anyone for money, not ever in my life. Now I have to go out there . . . and beg people for money, and it’s tough to do,” Schwarzenegger said. “But I have to because it’s the only way we get the message on television and communicate with the people.”
I can’t be the only one chuckling at “former movie star.” Ouch.
Daniel Kreiss wrote:
Hey guys, any recs on the November special election…I am transplanting myself from NYC next week and have been a bit lax in my reading on the questions, particularly the redistricting.
Plan on doing a progressive voters guide?
Posted 26 Aug 2005 at 8:50 am ¶
matt wrote:
we will absolutely have a full rundown of the special election ballot measures. make sure to register asap.
Posted 26 Aug 2005 at 8:55 am ¶