ARNOLD AS THE PREZINATOR? WEB SITE PUSHES ARNOLD FOR `08 PRESIDENT.Byline: Steve Geissinger and Harrison Sheppard Sacramento Bureau Two twenty-something entrepreneurs who are dismayed by the current presidential choices have launched a Web site to promote Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] as a candidate for president in 2008. The founders of Operation Arnold said their immediate goal is to amend the Constitution to allow foreign-born nationals who have held U.S. citizenship for more than 20 years to run for president. They plan to marshal support from the online community for such efforts already under way in Washington. ``Not only do I believe in Arnold's policies, but I see the country hasn't been this divided since the Civil War,'' said Marshall Miller, one of the co-founders. ``You either hate George Bush or you love George Bush. The Republicans keep moving right and the Democrats keep moving left. I want to bring the country back to the middle. Arnold stands for moderate.'' A California Republican congressman and a Utah GOP senator already have introduced companion constitutional amendments that would allow Schwarzenegger to run. Miller, a 24-year-old Republican, and co-founder Joshua Mikael, a 26- year-old Democrat, said they are not connected with Schwarzenegger in any way and have not talked to his political advisers. Miller is a junior studying history at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , and Mikael graduated from UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX in 2001 and has been working in the entertainment industry. Schwarzenegger, who was born in Austria and became a U.S. citizen in 1983, has said he supports amending the Constitution so he and other foreign-born citizens could be president. But he has sidestepped questions about whether he might want to run. ``He said he supported it (the amendment) in concept but it's not something he's really thought about because he's focused on California,'' said Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Margita Thompson. The governor is unaware of the Web site, she said. OperationArnold.com seeks signatures on a petition supporting the constitutional amendment and offers information on the governor, sale of Schwarzenegger promotional items Promotional items or promotional products refers to articles of merchandise that are used in marketing and communication programs. The items are usually imprinted or decorated with a company's name, logo or message, using techniques such as Embroidery, Silkscreen, or , internships with the organization, and polls about the actor-turned-politician. Mikael and Miller have a marketing director, a freelance writer and two interns  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . helping them run the site. Sen. Orrin Hatch Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is a Republican United States Senator from Utah, serving since 1977. Hatch is a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where he serves on the subcommittees on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure and Taxation and IRS , R-Utah, and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Dana Tyron Rohrabacher (born June 21, 1947, in Coronado, California) is an American politician, who has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1989, currently representing California's At-large congressional district. , R-Huntington Beach, have introduced companion constitutional amendments that would need two-thirds majority votes in both the House and the Senate for Congress to make the proposal to states. Three-fourths of the states would also have to pass it. ``There are those here today who will interpret this constitutional proposal permitting naturalized citizens NATURALIZED CITIZEN. One who, being born an alien, has lawfully become a citizen of the United States Under the constitution and laws. 2. He has all the rights of a natural born citizen, except that of being eligible as president or vice-president of the United to serve as president as a political ploy ploy n. An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver: "A typical ploy is to feign illness, procure medicine, then sell it on the black market" ,'' Rohrabacher said two weeks ago in remarks prepared for the House floor. ``This is no ploy.'' Steve Geissinger, (916) 447-9302 sgeissinger(at)angnewspapers.com |
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