Arnold Schwarzenegger

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{{cquote|Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to [[United States|America]].|||Arnold<ref>[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/arnold_schwarzenegger.html Brainy Quote: Arnold Schwarzenegger]</ref>}}

'''Arnold "The Governator" Schwarzenegger''' {{lived|1947|}} is a former(?)<ref>Kaplan, Don, [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/arnold-call-governor-apprentice-article-1.2926863 "Arnold: 'You will call me Governor on 'Apprentice' — or you're fired'"], ''NY Daily News'' (12/28/16 at 3:58 PM).</ref> governor of [[California]], and a Mister Universe body builder-kinda guy. Arnold has starred in over a dozen blockbuster films, which is not to call him an actor. He has a total of 501 onscreen kills.{{fact|joke}}

In 2014, he returned to his roots by touting his own brand of [[bodybuilding]] [[Nutritional supplement|supplements]].<ref>[http://www.i4u.com/2014/11/84354/arnold-schwarzenegger-shops-walmart-his-musclepharm Schwarzenegger shopping at [[Walmart]] for a publicity stunt.]</ref> He also now sells insurance by talking to imaginary meerkats.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVuYYJCj3Rg Literally none of that sentence was a lie.]</ref>{{dead link}}

==Film career==
Beginning with small roles like a criminal henchman in The Long Goodbye, Arnold became popular after Pumping Iron (1977) and Conan the Barbarian (1982). He was one of the most successful stars of the 80s and 90s with movies like the Terminator series, Total Recall, True Lies, Commando, Predator, Jingle all the Way, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, and others.

==Political aspirations==
He was born in [[Austria]], to parents who weren't American citizens, making him ineligible to run for [[President of the United States|President]]; nonetheless, eight attempts have been made by [[Congress]] to alter if not remove the natural-born-citizen clause from the [[United States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]]. The time frame of these attempts of course overlap with [[Barack Obama|Obama]]'s rise to prominence, and is now used—conveniently without ever mentioning Arnold, naturally—by [[Birthers]] to prove that [[Congress]] [[Conspiracy theory|was, like, in on it, man]].<ref>[[WND]]: [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=317705 What did Congress know about 'natural born citizen'?] July 1, 2011</ref> It also makes us wonder in awe whenever he pushes for [[English]] to be the only and official language of the [[United States]].

At the 2004 [[Republican Party|Republican]] convention, he cited [[Richard M. Nixon]] as his inspiration for joining the [[Republican Party]], which also explains a lot.<ref group=note>Although some claim that he is a [[RINO]].</ref>

He was shacked up with Maria Shriver, a [[Kennedy]] clan member. In a true display of [[family values]], he fathered a child with a member of the household staff and kept it secret from Shriver for many years.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/la-me-0517-arnold-20110517,0,4552508.story Los Angeles Times: Schwarzenegger fathered a child with longtime member of household staff] May 17, 2011</ref>

In 2024, Schwarzenegger endorsed vice president [[Kamala Harris]] for president in [[2024_U.S._presidential_election|that year's presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/10/30/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis/arnold-schwarzenegger-endorses-kamala-harris-00186252 Arnold Schwarzenegger endorses Kamala Harris]</ref>

===Governorship===
He got elected on one of [[Enron|the biggest lies]] ever perpetrated in U.S. politics. He also tried to sell off all the national parks to private interests.

California suffered big under his leadership, as he and the state legislature could not come to terms on the 2009 budget. Thus, as it was delayed, many state services shut down partially until the state finally agreed on a budget, which still kept the services underfunded. At one point in late summer 2009 the state issued IOUs to pay its bills. After this fiasco, Californians were ready for a change, and in a fit of hopeful [[nostalgia]] returned [[Jerry Brown|Moonbeam]] to the office in 2011. Since Arnie left office, the California GOP has basically vanished from the face of the earth with Democratic super-majorities in both houses of the state legislature now a common sight.

[[Stopped clock|To be fair]], Arnold was very much an advocate for combating climate change and governed while actually separating church from state:<ref group=note>He actually started his own NGO on climate change called {{wpl|R20 Regions of Climate Action}}.</ref>

{{cquote|I do not make decisions [as governor] based on what have I learned through my Bible studies, what have I learned in my religious classes in school. I'm a big believer in separation of church and state, and I think that's what; the law is.|||BURN THE RINO!}}

In 2019, he also expressed his support of [[Greta Thunberg]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190605122350/https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article194338829/Schwarzenegger-und-Thunberg-kaempfen-in-Wien-gegen-Klimawandel.html „Schwarzenegger und Thunberg – Eure Zeit ist bald abgelaufen“, ''Welt'', May 28, 2019, accessed Jun. 5, 2019.] (10/30/2024, 11:39am ET)</ref>

He also broke party lines by decriminalizing simple marijuana possession, and called for a renewable ''economy'' to help the country.<ref>http://www.knowable.com/a/arnold-schwarzenegger-just-blew-everyone-away-with-this-post-on-fb-wow?ts_pid=800&utm_content=inf_10_3136_2&tse_id=INF_a72984b49b0b4cf08125bb90ce37dd30</ref> And again for supporting [[gay marriage]],<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arnold-married-same-sex-couples-while-calif-gov/</ref><ref>http://people.com/politics/arnold-schwarzenegger-supreme-courts-gay-marriage-ruling-the-right-decision/</ref> although it's something he's changed his mind about.

He has allegedly sexually harassed women, and later knocked up his housekeeper. These inspired ''Doonesbury'' creator Garry Trudeau to nickname him "'''Der Gropenfuhrer'''" in a comic strip arc.

===Old, but not obsolete===
In 2016, he announced that he would ''not'' be voting for the Republican Presidential candidate for the first time.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-arnold-schwarzenegger-i-will-not-vote-1475948474-htmlstory.html "Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'I will not vote for the Republican candidate for president'"], ''LA Times'' (10/8/16 at 10:43 a.m.).</ref> In a twist of fate, Arnold agreed to host the new season of ''The Apprentice'', setting off a feud with Trump<ref>Reapers France, Lisa, [http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/06/media/donald-trump-arnold-schwarzenegger/index.html?sr=fbCNN010717donald-trump-arnold-schwarzenegger0340AMVODtopLink&linkId=33088410 "Trump trashes Arnold Schwarzenegger for 'Apprentice' ratings"], CNN (1/6/17 at 10:15 AM ET ).</ref>—which is, by all accounts, still ongoing.<ref>Nylor, Brian, [http://www.npr.org/2017/02/02/513052930/trump-touts-apprentice-ratings-tells-prayer-breakfast-pray-for-arnold "Trump Touts Apprentice Ratings, Tells Prayer Breakfast: 'Pray For Arnold'"], NPR (2/2/17 at 12:07 PM ET).</ref><ref>Bitette, Nicole, [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/trump-schwarzenegger-termianted-pathetic-ratings-article-1.2988592 "President Trump claims Arnold Schwarzenegger was terminated from ‘Apprentice’ over ‘pathetic’ ratings, Arnie fights back "], ''NY Daily News'' (3/4/17 at 9:41 AM).</ref> Getting more presidential by the day!

Oh, and on 11/9 he posted this.

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For those of you who can't see embedded YouTube, here is the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0u_on5fQsY link]

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