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Schwarzenegger To Attend GOP Debate... (As Guest)

CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will attend the first Republican presidential debate at the Reagan library on Thursday.

There are plans to introduce him to the audience before the debate begins. [MARC AMBINDER]

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Arnold! At a REPUIBLICAN Debate? A joke!
r!

Wow a Democrat is attending a Republican debate!

Gag!!!!!! All those Republicans on stage - yuck!

I would not present him! He ran as a Republican, he serves as a liberal. He does not have an ounce of Conservative blood in his body!

I voted for the damn turn coat! Just goes to show you---libs and others are not that far apart. He sleeps with a Kennedy, the most liberal antil American faction in the United States.

Yes, I am disappointed with Arnold. He fooled me. Damn turncoat!
Ted Pierce
Folsom, Ca.

Why would he be there? He isn't even a Republican!

Who cares? Another liberal phoney from Hollywood will be showing up at a public function for press purposes, what a surprise.

Who gives a care that this RINO shows up? He's merely a Democrat masquerading as a neo-con. And a coward to boot.

Why bother? It's not like he's actually a Rupublican!

I would think he would feel more at home in the Demorat's debait

Tell Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to go to the Democratic debate or to EU debate where he belongs with the rest of the girlie men.

RINO's are invited???

Why?

Is Arnold visiting the debates as an observer for the Democratic Party?

Hey Arnold! Why? What's the point? You can't become el Presidenti Mein Herr. But I'll be watching you and your Papers had better be in Order!!! Verstehen sie? Nicht wahr?

why???

he's no republican....should've gone to the demwit debate.

Great acting Ahnald, way to fool the people, I am so glad your liberal self cannot run for the presidency!

I just hope he gets up there and yells a line from Predator, "Do it! Do it now! What are you waiting for???"

If Arnold read the comments from the conservatives on this website, he would switch parties.

Once again Arnold is trying to act. This time he is trying to act like a republican.

Maybe he'll learn something from the candidates?

Arnold is a winner! Always has been, unlike our current president. Change the law......ARNOLD FOR PRESIDENT!!!!

Why is Arnold going to the debate when he cannot ever be President or VicePresident because he was not born in the USA?

Per the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, the only way I can see that he could become President is if he was a Cabinet member (Sec. of State, Sec. of Defense, etc.) and the President, VicePresident, Speaker of the House, and Speaker of the Senate were removed from office or die. I am not even sure if he could ever serve, because the USA Birth requirement may over ride the 25th amendment.

whats he going as, a spy???

All of you think Arnold is a trader,liberal,or democrat. None is true. He is a politician who realized that in an almost all Democratic state, you have to be a wolf in sheep's clothing to get anything done. If he made no great accomplishments, then how can he move on to higher office. The answer is he could not. Stop being quick to judge others as soon as you think they don't lash out at politics that you feel are wrong for America. He is a great Republican and politician with great ambitions. In today's climate of liberism and alledged global warming hype, we need a leader that plays the game to win.

Go the Governator! Arnold for President!!

Gary,
No, you are wrong.
Arnold is an unmittigated liar. By running during the election as a Conservative representing his party's Conservative values, yet runs turncoat to the far left after the votes are counted.

Typical...and sadly the game plan nowdays for too many so-called Republicans.

This is news?

He is the governor after all, I wouldn't expect less of him.

He'll be taking notes for his uncle Ted.

My underpants are now filled with the sweet nectar of politics. I can die a happy hombre.

Demsa should watch and get educated .
END THE CYCLE OF IGNORANCE DEMS!
GROW AS PEOPLE... finally

I love Arnold. He represents the normal side of the GOP, not the looney tune far right. If more republicans were like hime we wouldn't be in the mess we are in today. The GOP has been hijeacked by the insane far right neo-con movement. I pray in the name of Jesus that the law will be changed and Arnold could run for president.

Good thing that you have to be a citizen to be electable to the presidency or this ego maniac would be running on a republican ticket as the liberal that his wife made him.

Julie Anna, McCain, Romney....and Arnold. Birds of a feather...flock together.

None of them are conservatives. RUN FRED RUN!!!

No surprise here. Anything for press, and sadly for CA.

What an actor we have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

All you conservative extremists need to stop whining!! Arnold is the greatest American politician of the 21st century. He came from nothing in Austria and achieved dominance in three totally unrelated pursuits; bodybuilding, acting, and politics. His ability to forge compromises is his greatest political virtue; thereby serving the needs of the people of California, rather than the insignificant few who post on "The Hotline."

Arnold should not be allowed in the same room. Turncoat is the best comment that can be made of him. Gary, with that kind of thinking, wow, you are my idol another spine-less rino, just what we need.

Funny how many of you spew hate on the Governator for pursuing a moderate agenda even though he is one of the most popular republican governors in the country. Republicans could learn a lot from this movie star turned politician...hm, reminds me of someone.

The polarization never ceases to amaze. To some, if you believe in the free market you may as well have a picture of the Three Amigos (Cheney, Pearle and Rumsfeld) on your wall and carry a chainsaw to destroy as much virgin forest as possible. To others, if you believe in the separation of church and state you may as well fly your rainbow colored flag and provide porn to fetuses.

Arnold has it right; there's too much partisanship. In so much as is possible, the government should stay out of our wallets, stay out of our churches, our synagogues and our mosques, stay out of our doctor's offices and stay the "f" out our our bedrooms.

You are all fooling yourself if you think he ran as a conservative. Anyone who listened to what he was saying new that he was no conservative before he was elected.

Arnold a Republican ? Give me a break. Keep him away from anything republican. His wife pimped him up and down the state to get him into the Governors house. When we needed her to support the special election she said she'd support she hid in the closet. Arnolds always been a democrat at heart. The skull full of mush California voters were hood-winked into believing Arnold was a man by the media and radio hacks like Hugh Hewitt, Roger Hedgecock,and Sean Hannity.

It is so good to see the big Republican tent of acceptance and tolerance welcome Gov Arnold. I am warmed by the fact that the diverse ideas Republicans pontificate about is so well demonstrated herein.

Wil said he/she prays the law will be changed so Arnold can run for president! If that prayer is answered with a yes, then that opens the door for any legal or illegal (after they are granted amnesty/citizenshp) to be our president. As soon as these individuals get the numbers, the USA could be 'run' by anyone from anywhere!

He should have stuck to acting. Just because it worked out rather well for Ronald Reagan (Renauldo Maximus) doesn't mean it is going to work for him.

Now Fred Thompson, that may be different.

Off tangent - but on the George W. Bush library and "way forward" policy institute planned for SMU campus. I think we can find jobs for some of the poor fellas getting hammered in administration immediately. They'll need a paycheck once they leave government. Let's staff Paul Wolfowitz and Alberto Gonzales there to start. There's a need for instructors, fund-raisers, librarians, and adminstrators.

republicans are useless in the modern world

go be a wasp on your own time

I see that Wil mentioned the Neo-Cons being the loony far right part of the Republican party. Actually Neo-Cons are the more liberal part believing in more welfare programs, open boarders and foreign involvement. They are conservative on some social issues. They are more akin to JF Kennedy Democratic party days in their thinking. - Dan

Be great for the TV ratings

Blather!!!

I will never, ever, vote for this Republicrat again. He is not a Republican, nor does he have any kind of backbone, girlee-man political wimp.
Declare yourself a Democrat and be done with it.
Global warming fool. God, was I stupid to vote for him. And there are lots of Republicans and conservatives in California, don't believe the media hype. The Liberals are in L.A. and San Francisco, and in between are the conservatives, fending off the illegal aliens.

Wow, john, you learned some new words this week. No john, Republicans never have said we have a big tent for everyone because we know not everyone shares our values. You are the ones who want freedom of everything except decent against DimocRATS.

Wow, let's be original and make another joke about The Governor being liberal, so funny!!!

I have a better idea, why not realize California is a blue state so only a moderate Republican can win here.

Or maybe you like watching Tom McClintock and Bill Jones lose over and over again

Oh wow! All these Arnold haters!! Yet he is the ONLY popular Repub in the state. Is he a Republican? Ask Nancy Reagan who invited him!!!

Knowing California as I do, I am not surprised at the pragmatism Arnold has had to show to run that nutty state. Frankly, some of you have it all wrong if you think the Republican Party is strictly neo con. We have a broad tent and that is the only way you can get things done. For president I favor Fred Thompson, but realize we may need a tiger like Rudy to defeat Hilla the Hun, the most evil politician in America today. For all their faults, Republicans are far ahead of the socialists in the Democratic Party who want to give our country away to the terrorists and to Mexico. Too bad the Dems can't go back to the party of JFK, which I was once in, and to follow the lead of the great senator Joe Leiberman. We are plagued by a Muslim loving, Jew hating Democratic Congress and they will surely ruin our nation and our freedoms. Oh well, it is in the hands of God and all the posts in the world can't change that no matter what our opinions may be.

Arnold at a Republican function, this is the best laugh of the day. This RINO should be in a zoo.

KAT, you must have "Napoleon Dynamite"reruns in your home. Anyone can run and win. Sure. I support Pedro. VOTE FOR PEDRO!!!
The worst thing is that so many uninformed people ARE already allowed to vote. See what it got America.

Arnold, crowned gov. by the media, actually fools some people wit an "R" by his name. :-(

Hei, Arnold is one of the most succesful politi-
cions, because he is a talented Actor.

Just goes to show how weak the California GOP has become....

Im getting sick of the Calif GOP...I no longer identify myself as a Republican but now a Reagan Conservative...If I were nancy Id stop Arnie at the door and say he's not welcome there...

But sadly balls have gone out of the party at all levels...

The hate being spewed by these far right conservatives is as grotesque as the never ending hate coming out of most democrats. Arnold is near the middle which is what we need in this country. We are much too polarized and the tripe you read here is the proof. We need someone near the middle to bring us together so that we can function as a strong, unitized country.

IM GLAD HES GOIN TO A REPUBLICAN MEETING BECAUSE STUPID DEMOCRATS NEED TO LEARN FROM REPUBLICANS

What is it with all the whiney DemoTraitors? Arnold is not and has consistently shown that he is not a Republican. There is a lot more to be ing a Republican then putting an "R" by your name. It's a joke when they left talkes about Neocon. Oh heck yea! Anyone that is to the right of them looks like a bunch of Far Righties. My opinion is the left is nothing more then a bunch of defeatist socialists with the guvinator being the head of them all in Kalifornia.

Larry

Arnold is a great REPUBLICAN! You're crazy if you think anything else. If the OAK Vetoed everything he was sent (something Rush says to do) then Work Comp rates would have never gone down. But you Arnold haters probably don't own a business and aren't really CONSERVATIVES Republicans. Libertarian doesn't equal Republican!

All you Bush-lovers dont get it: Your fringe conception of conservatism wont get you anywhere in California, or in the rest of the diverse and economically productive blue states that carry the rest of America on their backs. California is the 6th largest economy inthe world-- we invented the damn computer youre using to bash moderates. You like movies? You like fresh vegetables and fruit on your dinner table? You like that strong military hardware (especially aircraft) that protects this country? You like your internets? California carries this nation. There's a reason Tom McClintock, Dan Lundgren, and Bill Simon didnt win. People like that never will here again. People in California dont want that kind of person running their state. That sort of right-wing crap works in oklahoma, or wyoming, or the backwards South, but here in the 21st century, the days of leaders like Bush and Cheney are numbered, if not over already.

Almost all you people must be from California. Few can spell or construct a literate sentence. The traitors (not traders) are the communist, ex-hippie, liberals in the democrat party. California's full of them.

There are so many educated and well thought out responses written here. No wonder we have the worst president in the history of United States in office. Though its truly not a mystery with people like you voting........

Neo-cons: YOU , W, and your BIG GOVERNMENT mentality (second biggest spenders in the HISTORY of this country) have no place at the Reagan library. You are the RINO’s.

Well Huffing-Puffington, I do see what America has to show for it. Un-fulfilled promises from the Democrat party (First 100 days?!?) Air Pelosi, she does not need a plane as large as Air Force One! There is an honest environmentalist for you, burn more fuel. Dingy Harry Reid & Murtha. Yea, this is what all the suckers voted for. Congratulations!!!!!