Patterico’s Pontifications

10/15/2006

L.A. Times Endorses Arnold

Filed under: Dog Trainer, General — Patterico @ 2:44 pm

In perhaps the surest sign of the political emasculation of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the L.A. Times has endorsed him for Governor.

Oh, well. He ain’t great, but he’s better than Angelides.

29 Comments »

  1. Well, of all the low down dirty tricks the LA Times could pull, this takes the cake. They expect their endorsement of Arnold to have the same effect Osama’s endorsement of John Kerry had in the last election, the kiss of death.

    Arnold don’t need no stinkin’ LA Times endorsements.

    Comment by Black Jack — 10/15/2006 @ 2:56 pm

  2. I can’t stand Arnold. Glad he’s your ruler and not mine.

    Comment by Christoph — 10/15/2006 @ 3:00 pm

  3. Arnold isn’t our ruler, he works for us, and he’s applying to remain in our employ for another term.

    Comment by Black Jack — 10/15/2006 @ 4:29 pm

  4. Christoph: That is about the level of political expertise I would expect from you. Perhaps you should stick to analyzing politics in Quebec, and leave Kalifornia to us?

    Comment by Another Drew — 10/15/2006 @ 5:10 pm

  5. Wow. Just … wow.

    Comment by Xrlq — 10/15/2006 @ 6:30 pm

  6. I suppose I could make all kinds of nasty remarks about a man who shaves himself all over and then has the nerve to call other men “girly-men” but I will take the high road and just speculate that the LAT is just looking for an advertising contract for “Nair for Men”.

    Comment by nk — 10/15/2006 @ 7:10 pm

  7. Never ever ever try Nair. What a disaster. Seriously, shaving your body is way better.

    Now, Arnold used to do 20-rep set after 20-rep set of squats and then he used to make “love” with California girl after California girl. And that’s pretty manly to me.

    Comment by Christoph — 10/15/2006 @ 7:13 pm

  8. NK, even if Schwarzenegger’s manhood were in doubt, your point about “girly-man” would be not-taken. That phrase originated with S&L’s two-man Schwarzenegger parody, Hans und Franz, not with Schwarzenegger himself.

    Comment by Xrlq — 10/15/2006 @ 8:02 pm

  9. But didn’t he appropriate it to refer to California legislators?

    Comment by Patterico — 10/15/2006 @ 8:04 pm

  10. Hey as the sailor said in the ongoing joke in the Aubrey Maturin series by Patrick O’Brien—”Ahnuld is the lesser of two weevils.”

    Does even the Daily Dog Trainer want a stiff like Angelides as governor?

    One of the ongoing travesties of California state politics is that not very talented hacks like Lockyear, Garamendes and Cruz Bustamante get shuffled among statewide offices after they’re termed out. It’s not a pretty sight. Now Phil Angelides wants to run for governor. It may be just a leetle step too far insofar as Phil is concerned.

    Comment by Mike Myers — 10/15/2006 @ 8:20 pm

  11. Double bind: Ifn the LAT is for Arny, theys emasculating him. If they dont pull fer em, then its them librul media fellers at it agin.

    [It's not that they're emasculating him. It's that their support indicates he has been emasculated. -- P]

    Comment by Psyberian — 10/15/2006 @ 8:38 pm

  12. I do not doubt the manhood of a man with four kids. He’s four times the man I am on that measure alone. Patterico, #9, has it right. I was referring to Ahhnold’s calling Californian Democratic legislators “girly men”. Cheap shot in return for a cheap shot. He had to be hairless as a bodybuilder and robot and it leads to … .

    Comment by nk — 10/15/2006 @ 8:51 pm

  13. OK, OK, OK, enough! He’s a fiscal conservative and a social liberal. Now if you you could tell me how how that is different from a “country-club republican” and “limousine liberal”?

    Comment by nk — 10/15/2006 @ 8:58 pm

  14. It’s not that they’re emasculating him. It’s that their support indicates he has been emasculated. — P

    That’s beside the point of the double bind though P.

    Comment by Psyberian — 10/15/2006 @ 8:59 pm

  15. Hey, as a Californian, if I have a choice between any Democrat California has to offer and Arnold…I’m going with Arnold each time.

    Comment by The Stout Republican — 10/15/2006 @ 10:32 pm

  16. That’s beside the point of the double bind though P.

    No comprendo, senor.

    Comment by Patterico — 10/15/2006 @ 10:44 pm

  17. California: Democrats learn how not to win a gubernatorial race…

    Would you vote for this man? Not many will.
    California’s Democratic party has learned once again how not to win a gubernatorial race. It is certain that they will once again lose in a most-decidedly Democratically state. How?

    1. Failing to f…

    Trackback by Independent Sources — 10/15/2006 @ 11:16 pm

  18. Hey, thanks for the trackback, Independent Sources. I didn’t realize what a douche Angelides truly is.

    Comment by Christoph — 10/15/2006 @ 11:32 pm

  19. nk, forget shaving, he did a photo layout wearing a speedo that was pretty obviously intended to titillate gays. But your point is still not-taken because the jibe was intended to be funny and over-the-top, not serious. It’s like calling someone a maroon; if you got snarky at that and said, “It’s ‘moron’, you idiot.” you just prove that you didn’t get the joke.

    Comment by Doc Rampage — 10/16/2006 @ 1:07 am

  20. A double bind means that if a person or group does x, then there is “proof” that they are wrong or evil. If they do not x, there is also “proof” that the person or group is wrong or evil.

    I suppose you would have patted the LAT on the back if they’d come out against Arny? That is, you would have criticized the LAT whether they supported him or didn’t support him. Both bases are covered.

    Comment by Psyberian — 10/16/2006 @ 5:02 am

  21. Well, if I’d lived there, I would have voted for McClintock, which pretty much should tell you why California is on my “never live there, no way” state list.

    Comment by rightwingprof — 10/16/2006 @ 6:42 am

  22. don’t you want to run for governor someday too patterico? inside every prosecutor, there’s a little congressman or governor struggling to get out.

    [Not a chance. -- P]

    Comment by assistant devil's advocate — 10/16/2006 @ 7:30 am

  23. This is differnt especialy froma liberal leftists rag like the Smell A Times

    Comment by krazy kagu — 10/16/2006 @ 8:31 am

  24. Patterico, if ‘assistant devil’s advocate’ speaks as an authority about “stuggling to get out,” I’m not gonna question the old timer’s wisdom.

    Comment by Desert Rat — 10/16/2006 @ 10:02 am

  25. Patterico: I might vote for Arnold. As usual, i’m running late in making my decisions, and probably won’t make all of them until I go to vote.

    But i’m *not* voting for Angelides, and neither are most of my liberal-leaning friends and family; the man would be a disaster as governor. Arnold, while he hasn’t been what I want in a governor, has also not done a bad job, all things considered.

    Comment by aphrael — 10/16/2006 @ 11:51 am

  26. The problem isn’t just that Arnie seems to be relying on Maria for advice. It’s also that one of his top advisors is an ally of Karl_Rove. And, he’s cozying up to far-left Aztlan partisans like Antonio_Villaraigosa and Fabian_Nunez. If you do some research into Arnie’s new buddies, looking at their past actions and statements, you’ll see that instead of working with them he should be trying to drive them from office.

    I strongly suggest a protest vote for Art Olivier: 2006gov.com

    Arnie’s going to win, so a protest vote here or there isn’t going to do that much damage.

    And, BTW, I used to be a strong Arnie supporter as a search at my site will reveal. But, working with Karl_Rove’s buddy and collaborating with far-left racial_separatists goes just a bit too far.

    Comment by TLB — 10/16/2006 @ 1:58 pm

  27. Patterico:
    Arnie versus Phil is an easy one.
    How about some help on the 3 pages of CA and LA County judicial nominees on my ballot.

    Comment by kaf — 10/16/2006 @ 5:08 pm

  28. TLB: I’m not sure it’s reasonable to describe the current and former Speaker of the State Assembly as far-left. Unless you want to say that a majority of Democrats in the Assembly are far-left, which strikes me as depriving the term “far-left” of any comparative value whatsoever.

    These men, like it or not, represent the mainstream of the state Democratic party; and the state Democratic party, judging by election results, does a better job of representing the mainstream of the state than does the state Republican party.

    Comment by aphrael — 10/16/2006 @ 5:12 pm

  29. Psy, you’re discription of a double bind is reasonable but your application is faulty. It wasn’t the case that Patterico was going to criticize the Times no matter what. In fact, the Times endorsed Arnold and Patterico didn’t criticize them for it; he criticized Arnold for it. And it seems unlikely that he would have criticized Arnold if the Times had not endorsed him.

    Comment by Doc Rampage — 10/17/2006 @ 2:43 am

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