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Henry Kissinger, How I'm Missing Ya

By Mr. Terence Chua, Deep In Despair.

Schwarzenegger Lays Out Election Views
Sun Feb 22, 5:31 PM ET
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Arnold Schwarzenegger, making his Sunday talk show debut as governor, said that he and other foreign-born citizens should be eligible to run for the White House and that President Bush can carry California in November if he does more to help the state.

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"There are so many people in this country that are now from overseas, that are immigrants, that are doing such a terrific job with their work, bringing businesses here, that there's no reason why not," said Schwarzenegger, who became a U.S. citizen in 1983.

"Look at the kind of contribution that people like Henry Kissinger have made, Madeleine Albright," he said, referring to two former secretaries of state who were born in Europe.

Schwarzenegger said on NBC's "Meet the Press' that he has been too busy with California's problems to contemplate a future run for the White House. "I have no idea, I haven't thought about that at all," he said.

Not that I disagree with Der Gropenführer on letting foreign-born citizens being eligible to run for the highest office in the land, but dude, could you come up with a better example than Henry "I orchestrated the bombing of Cambodia" Kissinger? Henry "I liaised with the CIA to off Salvador Allende" Kissinger? Henry "Genocidal Cold Warrior" Kissinger who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize without a trace of irony? And lest people think I'm letting Madeline "NATO can do what the fuck it likes and the UN can go fish" Albright, Madeline "Half Million Dead Iraqi Children Because of Sanctions" Albright off easy, well... no.

Oh yeah, those are examples of leaders that'll assure people.