The bar is so low by now, my dog would be a great US president. And I don't even have a dog.
No more celebrities.
In fairness, Arnold Schwarzenegger already has political experience as governor of California. He'd be the most qualified celebrity for the Whitehouse if he was a naturally born citizen.
Reagan was an actor, and he was instrumental in the process of fucking up our society to the degree that it is now. He spearheaded deregulation. One of the direct outcomes of that is the rampant increase of wealth inequality, as well as the now-“normal” boom/bust economic economic cycle that started with Black Monday in 1987 and has been getting markedly worse with each crash.
That was not because he was an actor. That was because Reagan was stupid enough to listen to the wrong people.
I think the point is that Schwarzenegger, unlike Reagan, has political experience. He has proven himself not to be as much as a puppet as Reagan was, at least.
That said, good thing he can't run.
Reagan was also Governor of California before he became president.
All I really remember from The Governators time was how many parks got built.
It was actually kind of ridiculous because the signs went up into all kinds of places I had been using for hiking for years, dirt lots or unmanaged areas that connected to wilderness. Then bam, sign goes up with a big green ✅ and Swartzennegers name. No park at first just the signs. And a shit ton of them. Like a ridiculous number. It took time from there but they were all eventually turned into parks and green spaces.
He gets a lot of shit because he is an over the top character, but California has done far worse. Newsom is worse. Davis did less.
Also, no more septuagenarians.
Celebtuagenarians
over 75 years old
white male
independently wealthy
tough guy image
media-famous for something that has nothing to do with politics
not allowed to run according to the Constitution
Well, he checks all current boxes for a Republican candidate
He is probably the only republican I could see myself supporting
While I like Arny a lot more than anyone else I have seen looking for the position please, no more celebrity politicians.
I've talked to a person IRL who didnt understand that Arnold is a US citizen, was the governor of California, but was born in Austria and cannot be president.
To some people, they also think foreigners can't be governors and were convinced one of his parents were American because he "looks American"
It's not necessarily related to this post, but a personal anecdote about my experiences with stupidity
because he “looks American”
That's the issue Obama had in the Republican's eyes. He looks African.
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Meh. I like him better as a commentator. His run managing California wasn’t that great. That said, I think he’s a damn sight better than anything the conservatives have in line for president.
Too bad you can't run
Yes he can but I don’t think he’s very fast
If you hear Arnold on various podcasts, his ideas in general are pretty meathead.
He talked about solving the lack of a House speaker by "Locking everyone in a room with no bathroom until they have a solution."
His solution for his child forgetting to turn off a light was to "Throw the mattress out of the window into the pool."
This is a dude who has more experience banging his fists demanding things than actually leading. Where I think he'll do some progressive things, just like Reagan, he'll do some thing that sounds good on paper but not at all researched and then fuck over the country for decades after their death.
He talked about solving the lack of a House speaker by "Locking everyone in a room with no bathroom until they have a solution."
The solution the came up with? Piss.
Why unlock the door when they reach a solution? Just leave them in there.
Yeah, in the recent podcast with Rob Lowe there was a lot of "industry good, government bad" with an extra helping of "both sides are the same". He was also praising Reagan several times. Arnie is a conservative boomer through and through.
People realize Demolition Man was a dystopia, right?
That was Stallone, Arnold was Running Man
There’s a line in Demolition Man where they talk about the fact that Arnold becomes president after a change in laws that allows him to run. That’s what GP is referring to.
Well, he's old enough now...
He can't be anyways. He wasn't born in the U.S.
They got around it in Demolition Man.
Why did they use a 30 year old photo?
From his time campaigning to be governor?
Old but relevant?
Laugh all you want, but honestly? I believe him. He would be leagues better than most politicians we have.
In a movie, yes.
I want Arnold Schwarzenegger to become a host of a cooking show featuring pastries
Wouldn't that require an amendment to the Constitution?
No.
Could he be speaker? Anyone can right? Or is that not allowed because of succession?
I believe he could be Speaker of the House. If a succession issue appeared, he would simply be skipped over.
Pretty sure Biden and Harris and their teams are making sure that only one of them at a time is on a plane, and that they both stay on completely different tectonic plates at all times.
Something that happened or was uncovered recently anywhere in the world. It doesn't have to have global implications. Just has to be informative in some way.
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