# Ah-nuhld to Run **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477 "2003-08-07T00:45:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/1 "2003-08-07T00:45:21Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/06/candidates.announce/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/06/candidates.announce/index.html) But how can he possibly stop the Gary Coleman juggernaut? ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/2 "2003-08-07T00:52:07Z")
God help us all. If he wins (and he will, because everybody knows his name), I swear I will be moving to New Zealand. I realize I have said this before, but I really mean it this time. Kiwi and Aussie Dopers, is there room for me down under? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mullets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@John\_Mullets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mullets)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/3 "2003-08-07T01:24:44Z")
No. Sod you. Trust me, mate, once you’ve had a whiff of the little worm we got for prime minister, you’ll be screaming for Arnie. ---
**Author:** ![Skillet38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Skillet38](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skillet38)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/4 "2003-08-07T01:31:09Z")
Who else could pump up a state like Ahhhnold ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/5 "2003-08-07T01:55:10Z")
If he loses this election, you **know** what he’s going to say… ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/6 "2003-08-07T02:01:32Z")
Screw that **tracer**. You mean that you know what he will say when he runs for reelection. Wooooo!! Arnold “Das Terminator” Schwarzenegger for governor! Maybe it will finally make all of those “my governor can beat up you governor” minnesotians shut-up. ---
**Author:** ![TigoleBitties](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@TigoleBitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TigoleBitties)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/7 "2003-08-07T02:22:37Z")
Hey I am all for it. Anyone is better than Grey right now ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/8 "2003-08-07T02:41:32Z")
Apparently, some polls show Arnold with less support than Richard Riordan (who’s not running anymore). So maybe he won’t win on name recognition alone. Plus, Arnold’s public persona is so stupid - I mean, Jesse Ventura wasn’t Einstein, but at least he was controversial and interesting - that it may hurt him. I hope so, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Tarrsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@Tarrsk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarrsk)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/9 "2003-08-07T05:08:42Z")
What is his political position, anyway? All I’ve heard lately is that he’s a “moderate Republican.” Well, that and “omfg teh TERMINATOR is running 4 guv!!!11” ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/10 "2003-08-07T05:22:52Z")
If I lived in California, I don’t know if I’d vote for Schwarzenegger or earlier announcer Flynt. Choices, choices… ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/11 "2003-08-07T05:23:33Z")
I think you guys could honestly do worse. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/12 "2003-08-07T06:20:00Z")
Well, they _did_ elect Reagan… ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/13 "2003-08-07T06:53:24Z")
I was watching _The West Wing_ tonight (9-10PM) and they scrolled some text across the bottom of the screen: “Arnold Schwarzenegger to run for Governor of California!” During the following commercial break, they had two commercials: “Will Arnold run? Find out tonight on _The Tonight Show with Jay Leno_ (11:35PM)!” “Will Arnold run? Find out tonight on the 11:00 News!” I tell you, NBC really has this timing thing down. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/14 "2003-08-07T06:58:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tarrsk \* > What is his political position, anyway? All I’ve heard lately is that he’s a “moderate Republican.” What little I’ve heard suggests Richard Riordan with a heavy accent – fiscally conservative, socially liberal, willing to show _real_ compassion for the downtrodden instead of paying lip service. But that’s just an early feel. Espect more detail once the press starts digging. (Hey, he’s married to a Kennedy, he can’t be _that_ far-right… 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/15 "2003-08-07T07:03:13Z")
Well he might allow some respite from relentless soundbite politics. Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/16 "2003-08-07T11:38:44Z")
I can’t get over the, “I’m famous so I will make a good cheif executive” thing. Has this clown ever had any job that in any way would prepare him to run a government the size of California? Amatures can get away running small states but you need somebody who has at least read a budget for a job of that size. A person who has never been in government, or even in business for that matter, has no business even entering the race. What the hell is he going to do about the economy, intimidate it? ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/17 "2003-08-07T11:51:36Z")
If I remember rightly, Arnie has two business degrees, and was a self-made millionaire by the age of 28. I can’t speak for his politics, but on the financial side I would imagine he could hold his own. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/18 "2003-08-07T12:41:49Z")
I find the whole thing interestin. I would really like to actually see something of what he’s done outside the movies - as **WotNot** describes. Can anybody find a cite for Arnold’s actual political goals and financial abilities? ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/19 "2003-08-07T13:16:03Z")
Ah-nuhld has one degree, in international marketing and business administration, from the University of Wisconsin-Superior (1979). There are a bunch of sites out there saying he was a millionaire before the age of 22, but none I could find that actually gave specific details on how he made his pile at such a tender age. So it may well be true, or it may be one of those Hollywood press agent concoctions. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477/20 "2003-08-07T13:24:52Z")
From what I read, he put his winnings from body-building competitions into real estate. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-nuhld-to-run/193477.md?page=2)