Arnold had some convincing words yesterday for those who try to criticize Bush for the economy:
There is another way you can tell you're a Republican. You have faith in free enterprise, faith in the resourcefulness of the American people, and faith in the U.S. economy. To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say: "Don't be economic girlie men!"
Faith in our economy, huh? Faith in the resourcefulness of the American people? Faith, perhaps, that things will get better no matter what the people in charge do? Well, you'd have to be a ridiculous effeminate twit to think anything else, right?
We have the worst economic atmosphere, the worst business atmosphere in California. And what we see is because of the businesses are leaving the state and jobs are leaving the state, and we're having the highest workers' compensation costs. We have the highest energy costs here. We have the worst business money management. We have the worst credit rating. We have all of those things that drive businesses away. And we are overregulated, overtaxed and overburdening our businesses.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sep. 24, 2003
[editor's note, by neil]Emphasis mine
Thanks, Arnold, for the object lesson in being dishonest and fatalistic about the economy to try to weaken an incumbent. It sounds like it's something you know a lot about.