slipknotpsycho
02-28-2005, 09:49 AM
to some this may not intrest you plz no post about that's stupid....after reading this tell me if you agree that we would be alot better off with Schwarzenegger as president then bush....
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may have joked about becoming president, but he said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he's never seriously considered it.
The Austrian-born Schwarzenegger said he is not the reason behind talk of amending the Constitution so immigrants can occupy the White House.
"I don't think the idea is that all the push is because of me. I mean, I have never thought about running for president, and this is not my vision," Schwarzenegger said on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."
Asked why then he predicted in 1977 he would become president, Schwarzenegger suggested he wasn't serious.
"You've got to have a little bit of sense of humor about all this," he said.
"My goal was not to run for president. My goal was to run for governor, to become governor, and then to reform the system and to do the kind of things that no one wanted to do because it's too dangerous in politics to do."
Several lawmakers have proposed amending the Constitution to let immigrants run for president after being citizens for 20 years. Schwarzenegger, who became a U.S. citizen in 1983, has said he supports such a measure.
In the interview, Schwarzenegger, who is Catholic, said he had no trouble squaring his faith with his support of abortion rights and other moderate stances contrary to church teachings. Religion shouldn't shape public policy, he argued.
"The people of California, all of them are not Catholics. So therefore, I do not bring in my religion into this whole thing," Schwarzenegger said. "As a matter of fact, religion should have no effect on politics.
"If you make a decision it should not be based on your religious beliefs," he added. "I'm a big believer in separation of church and state."
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may have joked about becoming president, but he said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he's never seriously considered it.
The Austrian-born Schwarzenegger said he is not the reason behind talk of amending the Constitution so immigrants can occupy the White House.
"I don't think the idea is that all the push is because of me. I mean, I have never thought about running for president, and this is not my vision," Schwarzenegger said on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."
Asked why then he predicted in 1977 he would become president, Schwarzenegger suggested he wasn't serious.
"You've got to have a little bit of sense of humor about all this," he said.
"My goal was not to run for president. My goal was to run for governor, to become governor, and then to reform the system and to do the kind of things that no one wanted to do because it's too dangerous in politics to do."
Several lawmakers have proposed amending the Constitution to let immigrants run for president after being citizens for 20 years. Schwarzenegger, who became a U.S. citizen in 1983, has said he supports such a measure.
In the interview, Schwarzenegger, who is Catholic, said he had no trouble squaring his faith with his support of abortion rights and other moderate stances contrary to church teachings. Religion shouldn't shape public policy, he argued.
"The people of California, all of them are not Catholics. So therefore, I do not bring in my religion into this whole thing," Schwarzenegger said. "As a matter of fact, religion should have no effect on politics.
"If you make a decision it should not be based on your religious beliefs," he added. "I'm a big believer in separation of church and state."