# Arnold beats Davis & Kennedys **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 8, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-beats-davis-kennedys/206298 "2003-10-08T14:48:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teather4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@teather4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teather4)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-beats-davis-kennedys/206298/1 "2003-10-08T14:48:57Z")
Finally, deceptive dirty player Gray Davis has fallen to his doom. Even behind the scenes Kennedy clan double cross failed to beat Arnold. Not that he’s so good, it’s that Davis and his supporters, like Al Sharpton and Al Gore, are clearly what no one wants around anymore. To Gray Davis: It’s payback time ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-beats-davis-kennedys/206298/2 "2003-10-08T15:11:32Z")
And the debate is? ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-beats-davis-kennedys/206298/3 "2003-10-08T17:12:26Z")
What is the debate? More like a comment. End of story. ---
**Author:** ![grump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@grump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grump)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-beats-davis-kennedys/206298/4 "2003-10-08T17:46:58Z")
Actually, 3.5 million Californians declared that they still wanted Davis to keep his job. So I question your assertion that “no one wants” him anymore. The recall effort succeeded, but it wasn’t a landslide victory. The proposition 53 and 54 issues were decided by a far greater margin than the recall vote. This tells me that there are likely lots of folks who will be dissatisfied with the election, and this could mean trouble for the new governor. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-beats-davis-kennedys/206298/5 "2003-10-08T17:52:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > What is the debate? More like a comment. I’ll vote for “limp-wristed rant.” Add a few more expletives, toss in a Bill Clinton slam, and it’d be just another conservative bubble. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-beats-davis-kennedys/206298/6 "2003-10-09T05:35:47Z")
How did the Kennedy’s double cross Arnold? …by duping the poor lug into a 18 year sham marriage? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-beats-davis-kennedys/206298/7 "2003-10-09T05:40:55Z")
Nice rant. You might try the BBQ Pit next time. **Grump** : I’m not sure if there is a standard definition of landslide, but I think 55-to-45 qualifies. The comparison to ballot initiatives is not really relavent. They routinely have very wide margins. Governor races typically do not. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-beats-davis-kennedys/206298/8 "2003-10-09T05:49:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by grump \* > \*\*Actually, 3.5 million Californians declared that they still wanted Davis to keep his job. So I question your assertion that “no one wants” him anymore. \*\* The people that voted “NO”, voted against the recall. It was known that a majority of the voters were against the process. It does not follow that they were all in favor of Davis. Yeah, what did the Kennedy’s do? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-beats-davis-kennedys/206298/9 "2003-10-09T06:12:18Z")
Those dastardly Kennedys not only double-crossed him, but then they all came and stood behind him and cheered when he won! Do they have no shame?