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Maybe Al Gore should offer to fly him in instead.

jetspinner, I’m glad it took you so long to find out the truth about Arnold’s character.
It’s not hard to figure Arnold out. He used to be a bodybuilder – narcissist sport (I used to be into bodybuilding – but wasn’t as insane and stupid as Arnold to be taking all these steroids – and I can tell ya first-hand, I know how bodybuilders can spend 5 hours a day in front of the mirror looking at their muscles – worse than women; even I am narcissist).
Then Arnold became an actor – another self-centered profession (I never wanted to be an actor – thought it was a stupid profession).
Then Arnold became a politician – another self-centered profession.
Gee, that makes it pretty clear doesn’t it? Salute Arnold the Fuhrer!

I agree it’s ok to be self-centered but that should not affect his policies. It’s sort of like this: you can be a druggie but don’t let that affect your job performance. As soon as you start showing up to work late and make blatant mistakes apparently drugs have overtaken – you’re fired!
I can tell Arnold wanted to be a governor not because he thought his ideas were better. He wanted to be a governor so he could get more attention. He had no plan, he knows nothing about American politics, he does not understand how high taxes kill the goose that lay the golden egg. I mean this guy had no agenda. Or maybe he had an agenda but folded like a house of cards when the useless, intimidating, arrogant and stupid unions went to every one of his speeched to give him hard time.
When it was time to cut aggressively, what did the governator do? Cut 10% across the board. That’s nothing! How about all the useless programs? Don’t cut them – eliminate them altogether. most of them are downright idiotic. Why do we need a “Housing and Community Development”? It served us pretty well during the housing bubble didn’t it? Then why do we need “California Tourism Commission” or “California Film Commission”? People cannot begin to realize how many useless programs are out there and got just a 10% cut. How about 100% cut?
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/01/mishs-california-budget-proposal.html

Arnold can get into the White House but he must prove what he can contribute and what help he can give.

Quite believable. And I hope that it was really the reason why he is not going.