Word: arnolds
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...BENEDICT ARNOLD...
...some fairly arcane turf, talking about how political gerrymandering has led to a generation of politicians who come from safe districts where they don't have to consider the other side of the debate, which has made compromise--and therefore legislative progress--more difficult. "That's why I favored Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal last year, a nonpartisan commission to draw the congressional-district maps in California. Too bad it lost." The crowd is keeping up with Obama, listening closely as he segues into a detailed discussion of the federal budget. Eventually, he realizes he has been filibustering and apologizes...
...best attack ads of the fall election season was filmed in a dorm room and ends with the allegation that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger eats babies. The ad, starring two California State University at Monterey Bay students, also makes the more accurate points that Schwarzenegger raised community college tuition and cut teacher tax credits. As for baby eating? "Dude, we can't prove that," one student says in the skit. "Shut up, it's an attack ad. I can say whatever I want," his rage-filled buddy responds...
...part of the Flunk Arnold contest, an initiative launched in September by the California Faculty Association, a union of professors and other employees in the CSU system. The contest invites CSU students to create their own anti-Arnold websites or 30-second videos. The winner in each category will receive a year's tuition ($2,520), paid for by CFA members' dues. The video that receives the most votes online will also appear as an ad in California TV markets during Comedy Central's The Daily Show. CFA student interns, regular users of YouTube and Daily Show fans came...
...students behind the baby eating ad, Scott Waldvogel, 19, and Brandon Siciarz, 18, the Flunk Arnold contest was a chance to reject the governor's tuition hikes and have a little fun. "We're basically attacking attack ads," says Waldvogel. And that's a cause most voters can get behind...