8/31 Arnold again mocks "girly-men"

Tuesday, 31 August:

Caliornia Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Laura Bush are the big acts at the RNC
on Tuesday night in NYC.

Arnold recalls his childhood, when he and his family feared visiting the Soviet-occupied sector of Austria, tho they sometimes did so. After the occupation ended, Austrians democratically elected a socialist government, which Arnold disliked.

When he came to the U.S. in 1968, he watched the Nixon-Humphrey debates on television. Since he couldn't yet speak English, a friend translated the debate into German. Quickly Arnold decided that Nixon was more anti-socialist, so Arnold declared himself a Republican.

Arnold invites his fellow immigrants, and all Americans, to support the "big tent" version of the national Republican Party,
supposedly welcoming moderates as well as conservatives. He stresses several secular planks of the Republican platform, while avoiding any mention of sectarian religious issues (such as abortion and same-sex marriage). He avoids attacking any individual Democrats.

But to those Democrats who voice pessimism about the future of the U.S. economy, he says:
"Don't be economic girly-men."

He presents a very patriotic view of America, from an immigrant's perspective. "We are still the lamp lighting the world," offering hope to persons who live under tyrannies. "America brings out the best in people."

Arnold leads the crowd in chanting, "Four more years."

Afterwards, the Bush daughters chirp, "We love Arnold.
Isn't he awesome?"

While Arnold excites the delegates, the First Lady doesn't.

Many delegates must be wishing that Arnold were eligible to run for President.
But under the federal Constitution, he can't rise any higher than U.S. Senator.

BBC comments that the evening seems more like a Broadway show than a political convention;
and that it's aimed at undecided voters, especially women and immigrants.

The Washington Post says "Man of Steel Flies Into Gotham".

[ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51308-2004Sep1.html ]

In Los Angeles, LA OPINION editorially weighs
"The real Schwarzenegger",
who may soon become more visible,
as he signs or vetoes hundreds of bills.

[For a reprint, please see website of El Diario de New York:
http://www.eldiariony.com/noticias/detail.aspx?section=25&desc=Editorial&id=980364 ]

[For New York Times report, dated Sept. first, please see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/politics/campaign/01arnold.html ]

.......
September first:
On Wednesday, watch for possible mass PANTY-FLASHING by "the Axis of Eve":
where-in women in trench-coats may perform a group flashing of their slogan-bearing panties,
to protest against the Bush regime.
[ For details of event, and to buy protest panties, please visit website:
http://www.AxisOfEve.org ]
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Aunti Tortuga Bi LIBERTY,
in San Francisco
Tuesday night, circa 10 PM
31 October 2004