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Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governator, home run two

Rudy Giuliani hit a grand slam home run last night at the Republican National Convention. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governator, follows up and hits another one out of the park. Here are some quick observations:

(1) Arnold talked about his experience growing up in Soviet Union occupied Austria, reminding us that Ronald Reagan won the Cold War (although he didn’t mention Ronald Reagan, it was merely implied).

(2) Arnold talked about listening to Richard Nixon in 1968, and after hearing him speak knowing that he would be a Republican. This is the only time I ever remember hearing such a glowing accolade for Richard Nixon.

(3) Arnold reminded us that he’s an immigrant and America is a country where an immigrant can become a big success.

(4) He got to use the “girlie man” phrase to refer to pessimistic economists. “Don’t be an economic girlie man.” He got a good laugh.

(5) Most importantly, Arnold explained what it means to be a Republican. We are so caught up with talking about terrorism, we forget that what the Republican party really stands for is free enterprise and small government. Last night, Giuliani gave the terrorism speech, tonight Arnold Schwarzenegger gave the domestic policy speech.

Despite his effective speech, we won’t be seeing much of Arnold after this. He can’t run for President because he wasn’t born in the United States. And he’s busy governing California so he can’t take on a more national role.

Rudy Giuliani, on the other hand, has been talked about as a possible cabinet appointment for a long time. Maybe Secretary of State?

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How about those Bush twins? They are so cute. I don’t see that they really helped the campaign much; they came off as being ditzy party girls. But they sure are cute.

Too bad that guy who used to have the “I Love Jenna Bush Blog” seems to have vanished from the blogosphere. I wonder if the Secret Service made him shut it down?

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I tuned out Laura Bush’s speech, there’s nothing interesting there. Her purpose the campaign is just to look good in comparison to Teresa Heinz Kerry.

posted Tuesday, August 31, 2004