Why Schwarzenegger Won --Intervention Magazine

[whirlygigspin]

Here's the gist of it, although the article itself may go a bit too far with a comparison of Arnorld with another Austrian facist leader from the past...easy shot, but a bit much...perhaps.

By Stewart Nusbaumer

"... the need for Democrats to change their elitist tune, and fast!
(Democrats can't defeat the Republicans in elitism, although they are trying.)

The need for Democrats to genuinely listen to and respect what average Americans say, their opinions and their suggestions, and then integrate what is heard into a progressive, populist agenda."

--snip--

--"Arnold won the election because of the failure of Democrats and because of the unfairness of media in pursuit of star power for corporate profit. But we shouldn¡¦t be surprised since health care, increasingly education, and regular political campaigns all operate according to the profit motive in America. All have dominating financial interests where business does not belong. This recall election was simply another sphere where money dominated, the media in pursuit of dominant money. And Democrats helped by saying little of signifance and doing nearly nothing."

http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=518

[Cha]

1. Again with the Dems not doing their job! I know it wasn't

because of the Dem Soldiers on the ground!

[mitchtv]

2. if Davis was fighting back, I missed it

he was limited to5-10 seconds on the nightly news with celebrity Dems. They were rarely quoted and always surrounded on both sides with Arnold pictures and soundbites , replete with paid ads. Not a single Ad was made by davis in this market. No speeches from the governor - no explantion of the car tax or energy crisis absolutely in Denial , i suppose. I could have run a more effective campaign( that is if there was on run, I'm still not sure.

[teryang]

3. Arnold the state religion

Arnold is a projection, a myth...a religious icon, a substitute for rational thought. He is the ultimate propaganda man, the proverbial superman or fascist ideal "man of action." What Ahnold actually accomplishes is irrelevant because the regressed political mindset in America does not concern itself with reality, only with barely articulated and poorly understood myths. We do not see the dead, the suffering and the unemployed, we only see glory.

"The absolute claim of a Civitas Dei that is represented by man bears an unfortunate resemblance to the "divinity" of the State, and the moral conclusion drawn...("the end sanctifies the means") anticipates the lie as a political instrument in an exceedingly dangerous way."

C.G. Jung.