ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER could probably have been happy being either a republican or democrat, the same way you sense colin powell could have been. guys like that really don't need a political party, and maybe none of us needs one. They do come in handy though, when it comes time for agreement cooperation.
When arnold was governor of california, he was careful to be positive, optimistic, uncorruptable, and willing to listen to all points of view. Now, with his acting career perhaps slowing down a bit, he remains interested in politics, and has committed twenty million dollars of his own money to contribute to the establishment of a "think tank" or institution to fostering bipartisan solutions to....
...perhaps, everything. Solutions are needed for practically everything. Moderation, bipartisanshp, open mindedness are qukalities which are noticeably absent from contemporary american discourse, and frequently ridiculed, for being noncommittal, weak spirited, chameleonesque, toothless.
In america you need to be strong, definite, unswerving, unwavering, aggressive, and victorious.
That fact that schwarzenegger, himself seeming to be the very essence of strong american traits, is encouraging yellow bellied bi partisan open minded approaches to problems is striking.
Conservatives simply believe that everyone who can should pull his own weight. Who could disagree with that? Liberals believe in sharing, at least, so they say. The world is moving towards religious tolerance and freedom. These are bandwagons we might all be able to jump on.
Small offices with computers and brainy geeks meditating, reading, seeking ideas? Educational seminars? Who knows what will be going on at arnold's joint? But whatever it turns out to be, chancers are it will be beneficial to us all, and that it will be exactly whatever herr schwarzenegger wishes.
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