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Originally posted by seretogis
In my opinion, we need more, not less, "common" citizens to hold office. Arnold is definitely not "common", but he is not tied up in the bureaucratic nonsense yet, and so is more a represenative of the people than a career politician.
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I dunno; as a liberal, I've always been suspicious of "limousine liberals," people like Streisand, Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and so on. They speak well on the big issues, but that's all they are: nice voices, spokespeople. They don't really have the staying power to do anything important except rally the troops, and a lot of them don't really identify all that well with "the little people." So in that sense I don't know how representative of the people Arnold is. Can a guy who gets his prepackaged airline meals custom made by gourmet chefs (saw this on TV) really step into the shoes of a poor couple in Bakersfield who's trying to raise three kids on two min-wage salaries? Does he have a clue about what would help them most? (might not be money)
Roughly ten years ago I saw Arnold in person at the grand opening of the gym I belong to (it's owned by an old buddy of his). Arnold and entourage flew into a nearby airport in a Gulfstream exec jet and then drove over to the gym in five stretch limos. There were flunkies and bodyguards everywhere. There was a phalanx of southland bodybuilders. There was Grace Jones, migawd. I have nothing against Arnold, and I think he means well; but I don't think he's really got a clue of who all "the people" really are. How could he?