COMING SOON: THE GOVERNATOR? ARNOLD MAY BE GOOD FOR US.Byline: Joseph Honig Local View IMAGINE The Governator. Imagine the muscles, the macho, of action star Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] as California's swaggering, cigar-chomping chief executive. Imagine the lead of those ``Terminator'' films, so much brawn brawn n. 1. Solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs. 2. Muscular strength and power. 3. Chiefly British The meat of a boar. 4. Headcheese. and bravado, literally arm-wrestling reluctant legislators, carrying a mostly centrist Republican agenda on shoulders wide as the Golden Gate bridge Golden Gate Bridge, across the Golden Gate from San Francisco to Marin Co., W Calif.; built 1933–37. Its overall length is 9,266 ft (2,824 m); its main span across the strait, 4,200 ft (1,280 m), is one of the longest bridges in the world. Joseph B. . A lot of politicians can. And do. For someday soon, all of us may be asked to vote on Gov. Gray Davis' future. Whether to keep our largely distant, uninspiring uninspiring Adjective not likely to make people interested or excited Adj. 1. uninspiring - depressing to the spirit; "a villa of uninspiring design" inspiring - stimulating or exalting to the spirit leader - or replace him with a newer model. Some great unstained hope who wasn't in Sacramento when California plunged tens of billions of dollars into debt. Somebody fresh and energetic who could move into the governor's mansion without crippling political baggage. So why not Arnold? According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. several high-profile pundits, he's interested. Why not Arnold? The last Sacramento actor - Ronald Reagan - was largely washed up in show business when he arrived in the capital. It was either shill shill Slang n. One who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into participating in a swindle. v. shilled, shill·ing, shills v.intr. for General Electric, hit the rubber chicken circuit or wind up as governor. Thus the Gipper cranked up what celebrity he had left, tapped wealthy benefactors and went on to defeat Edmund G. ``Pat'' Brown Sr., widely acknowledged as the inventor of modern California. Schwarzenegger, though, is still a bona fide [Latin, In good faith.] Honest; genuine; actual; authentic; acting without the intention of defrauding. A bona fide purchaser is one who purchases property for a valuable consideration that is inducement for entering into a contract and without suspicion of being movie star, headlining $60 million blow-em-ups well past 50. Forget about his positions or preparation - did Jesse Ventura Jesse Ventura (born James George Janos on July 15, 1951), also known as "The Body", "The Star", and "The Governing Body", is an American politician, retired professional wrestler, Navy UDT veteran, actor, and former radio and television talk show host. have a track record in public finance? - and just think of Arnold as cultural icon A cultural icon is an object or person which is distinctive to, or particularly representative of, a specific culture. An example is the bowler hat which could be considered an English cultural icon. Others include tea, The Beatles and association football. . As a publicity magnet for all things California. As a tourist attraction. For sometimes you just have to remind the world you exist. Whether or not Iraq possessed chemical or biological agents, moving a few hundred thousand troops across the globe announced, once and for all, that America remains a going concern. All those smart bombs and bullets didn't hurt, either. The same with Arnold. Because if you are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a philosopher-king, look elsewhere. In Schwarzenegger, California has the makings of a prime-time action figure. Millions now think of the Golden State as a shopworn resort, a victim of crushing taxation, business flight, pollution, crumbling infrastructure and crime. The Governator could change the conversation, and we could say hasta la vista to all that negative cocktail talk. Sacramento could become ``Arnold World''; he might open a branch of his Santa Monica restaurant and sell Governator dolls to tourists. As first lady, Mrs. Arnold - TV personality Maria Shriver - could give California something it's never had before: an official branch of the Kennedy dynasty. She's not JFK's niece for nothing. As for concerns about crime, who better to intimidate felons than Machine Gun Arnold? Is there anyone more schooled in state-of-the-imagination armaments? By comparison, Clint Eastwood, the former Carmel mayor, vanquished bad guys with water pistols. Arnold knows firepower. He also knows the media. In four years as Minnesota's governor, the unpredictable Ventura hit the airwaves like a force of nature. On the talk shows. As color commentator for a brazen new football league. The chrome-domed ex-wrestler even got carloads of ink for calling statehouse state·house also state house n. A building in which a state legislature holds sessions; a state capitol. statehouse Noun NZ a rented house built by the government Noun 1. reporters ``jackals.'' And how many ``Tonight Show'' appearances has Gray Davis racked up in five years? Replacing our incumbent, Gov. Schwarzenegger might wind up with his own Sacramento-based series - Total Recall 2. Not that Arnold could make punishing deficits disappear. Not that he has a sure-fire plan for our schools, our poor or health care. But so many of us live lives infused with pop culture. Hollywood tells us what to wear and what to say. Films dictate romantic overtures and the rules of attraction. Why not pick a governor straight out of Variety and The Hollywood Reporter? After all, how many gubernatorial hopefuls have experience saving the world - if only in the movies? CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, seen here as his ``Terminator'' character, might be good for Californians if he decides to run for governor. Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . |
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