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It amazes me to read how Republicans (outside of California) are put out by Arnold being a big government Republican. We live in California what do you expect? A true hard-core conservative does not stand a chance in California. We have gone too far down the road of Big Government. What California needs is someone who is willing to take a stand and lead the state back from the left towards the center. Politicians are all too concerned with getting elected and the act of governing suffers.

Much like our President, Arnold believes in big government. This is hard to swallow for some. However, I do believe that he is our best chance of getting a Republican in the governors mansion. The government of California is too caught up in partisanship at the expense of the people.

p>Arnold is our best shot at working through the tough issues, he's not going to be afraid to do what's necessary. He will do things that anger both Republicans and Democrats. You can not please all the people all the time. Some where along the way we forgot that our nation is built on compromise and common sense. br> -- Kirk Leichliter br> San Francisco, CA /p> p> SMOKEOUTS br> Re: W. James Antle III's Banned in Boston : /p> p>Smoking has been banned in Boston since May and curbed in Corning, N.Y., since last month. The day the overly intrusive smoking ban went into effect in N.Y. State, the green plastic lawn chairs were lined up on the street outside the bar across the street from where I work. The patrons are fixtures, some of whom are hard-core drinkers, most of whom are hard-core poverty level. Cigarettes are simply a given. They begin their day early and leave late. The bar is their home. Periodically they lounge outside on their curbside lanai, smoking and socializing, then return inside for another beverage ... or two or three. The rain forces them to huddle on the tiny covered stoop in front of the open door, which seems to defeat the law's purpose in the first place. But, then, this is not an establishment where one would complain about second-hand smoke.

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