 Nyla wrote: |
| I think Berlusconi has less muscles,and is a bit shorter than Schwarzenegger!By the way,is Schwarzy a good governor?!There aren't news on him,in Italy..the medias don't report them.. |
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I meant that Berlusconi's attitude, behavior, and type of polticial campaigning is very reminiscent of Schwarzenegger.
I think a lot of people have been disappointed with Schwarzenegger because he originally advertised himself as a sort of "anti-politician" that would bring common sense and responsibility back to the government of California. However, he's been extremely political in his policy-making and generally ignores or makes fun of anyone that disagrees with him. For instance, he publically called the California legislature a bunch of "girly men" (though I admit, it was funny). Unfortunately for him, California's legislature is controlled by the Democrats (he's a Republican), so he often cannot accomplish much, since they give such strong opposition to whatever he tries to push through. He tried to get some radical bills passed in the last round of proposition votes (in California, it's possible to have direct votes on "propositions" which bypass the legislature and the governor and automatically become law if approved by the majority) and they were all shot down, largely due to major resistance and campaigning by the labor unions. Basically, he's actually done very little of what he promised in his election campaign -- granted, that's by no means specific to him -- but his unusually grandiose boasts and claims, even by American political standards, ended up being just that: hot air.