Wow, is this cycle doing some interesting things. I’ve never really much cared one way or the other about Schwarzenegger, but this impressed me, as it meets me where I am:
“I will always be an American before I am a Republican,” he wrote. “That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognise our country. And you are right to be furious.”
I made the choice not to address his concerns.
Because they’re irrelevant. I am furious, and my ex wife is a lousy reason to agree. What you instead end up with is your Swiss dad doing a hell of a lot of backpedaling. We have a bit more gold than we should.
- jay ( @jay@mbin.zerojay.com:443 ) 3•5 hours ago
Maybe I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure this isn’t the first time that Arnold has voted against his own party. Does someone else remember…?
He has. What he’s not previously done is tell us that we’re right to be furious. Perhaps there’s meaning there.
- b161 ( @b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 38•11 hours ago
Democrats are the new Republicans now that the Republicans have been entirely consumed by the fascist ideology of Trump and Musk.
- DdCno1 ( @DdCno1@beehaw.org ) 1•8 hours ago
The tent is getting bigger.
- Nawor3565 ( @Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English31•11 hours ago
Added context for anyone who isn’t aware, Schwarzenegger was the Republican governor of California from 2003 to 2011.
- LallyLuckFarm ( @LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ) 18•11 hours ago
Adding context to context, there was a movement to change the constitution to allow him to run for president around then too
- slurpeesoforion ( @slurpeesoforion@startrek.website ) 14•11 hours ago
And I think he may have even said to not change it for him. I could be wrong though.
He emphatically said no to that movement. Dude seems to like the Constitution or something.
- shastaxc ( @shasta@lemm.ee ) 13•11 hours ago
Yeah because that’s a great loophole for foreign governments to install a puppet president in our country. At least currently it is a little harder.
- Entertainmeonly ( @Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 7•9 hours ago
Well, more expensive. Difficulty is roughly the same.
- LallyLuckFarm ( @LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ) 1•11 hours ago
That is my recollection as well
- Troy ( @troyunrau@lemmy.ca ) 32•12 hours ago
The Governator has spoken
- HobbitFoot ( @HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ) English6•11 hours ago
He won it in a Total Recall.
- Troy ( @troyunrau@lemmy.ca ) 6•11 hours ago
In Demolition man, they passed the 61st Amendment to allow him to be president. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Opportunity_to_Govern_Amendment#In_popular_culture
OK, so now can we get an explanation for the three seashells?
- Troy ( @troyunrau@lemmy.ca ) 1•5 hours ago
Be well.
- Goldholz ( @Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 2•11 hours ago
The terminator has spoken