Dupes

by digby

More insider Democrats helping their “friends” across party lines.

Some of Hollywood’s most reliable and generous donors to the Democratic Party — Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and media mogul Haim Saban — are endorsing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bid for reelection.

Their support is partly a matter of friendship over partisanship. But it could deal a blow to the governor’s main opponent, state Treasurer Phil Angelides, by signaling to other Democrats that it’s acceptable to embrace a Republican.

“It starts with a personal relationship. They are friends,” said Andy Spahn, a spokesman for both Spielberg and Katzenberg.

The two men also like Schwarzenegger’s plans to tackle global warming and fund schools. But further, Spahn said, “they are receptive to the governor’s taking a less partisan approach to the job and a more inclusive approach to government.”

Yeah, sure he does. That’s why he’s a member of the most polarizing party in American history.

And anyway, isn’t this what he promised the first time and then spent the first two years of his term stabbing nurses, firemen and cops in the back? Yeah, I thought so.

Any big shot Democrat who wants to support Arnold should ask him nicely to run as an independent instead. He has more money than God so he doesn’t need the support of the GOP. If he’s so inclusive and non-partisan, there’s no reason for him to be a partisan of any kind.

However, as long as he’s a member of the Republican party he’s affiliated with George W. Bush and everything he and the conservative movement stands for. He will be dragged out as their Blue State pet as an example of their “big tent” whenever they want to hide their ugly rightwing faces for national consumption. In this partisan day and age, no Democrat in good conscience should support that.

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