Time was, I’d go see any movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Starting with his role as “Handsome Stranger” in the 1979 film “The Villain” through 1982’s “Conan the Barbarian” as well as “Predator” and, of course, the Terminator franchise. He was, honestly, a great action-movie star and turned in a lot of iconic performances. Example: Who can forget this great, great line?
But Schwarzenegger has evidently taken a queue from another great movie franchise, one he was not involved in – at least not in the Christopher Nolan “Batman” trilogy – in which it is noted that one “…either one dies a hero, or lives long enough to see himself become the villain.” And unlike Kirk Douglas’s comic performance as Cactus Jack in that 1979 comedy western by that name, Ahnold’s crime is more intolerable: He’s endorsing Kamala Harris for president.
Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on Wednesday that he is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
“I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious,” the actor and former California governor wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
The longtime Republican added that he is supporting the Democratic presidential nominee because he “will always be an American before I am a Republican.”
“That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz,” he said.
Granted, Schwarzenegger was always a “moderate” Republican. He was the kind of Republican that could get elected as Der Governator of California, and his governorship was lackluster at best. And now he seems to be trying to run down the middle of the road on this election, and being from Austria, he may not yet be aware of that great old bit of American wisdom that posits that the middle of the road is populated mostly by yellow stripes and dead skunks.
He claims, of course, not to like either party:
“I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime,” he wrote.
Nonetheless, he explained: “I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.”
So, Arnold – may I call you Arnold? Arnold, I’d have more respect for you if you voted Libertarian or any other third party – or maybe you could write in Pat Paulsen. But instead, while complaining about the state of the GOP – most of which you get wrong – you’re tossing your celebrity support to Kamala Harris? The Queen of Word Salads, the most far-left senator in the history of the Republic? A candidate who was part of an administration that wants to censor the internet? And, if all that weren’t enough, a candidate who may well be – let’s be honest – the dumbest person to ever seek that position?
Arnold. I still think you were a great action-movie star. Emphasis on the “were.” Now, for all I’m concerned, you can head back to Austria. Get to the choppah!
