Is ‘Liberal’ the New ‘Conservative’? Schwarzenegger Seems to Think So

By Tim Grubbs
July 29, 2008
Health, Law

As Governor of California, it may seem like an obvious step to toe in with some liberal ideas. California Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (of Terminator and Kindergarten Cop fame) signed on late last week to a push from state lawmakers for an outright ban of “trans-fat” foods in restaurants statewide.

This has seriously irked the senses of conservatives who think the government ought to mind its own business when it comes to the choices consumers make, but it is being lauded by overzealous health nuts who feel their own popular opinion ought to be inflicted on others.

So, government entities can dictate when and where you can smoke, what you can eat, when and where you can posess a lawfully registered firearm, how much you can flush, should pass laws to protect men who want to dress like women at work (and vice versa), should encourage homosexuality in the military, and discriminate on the basis of race so long as it benefits those who claim to be in the “minority.”

As Michelle Malkin puts it, “Is this the kind of ‘rebranding’ of the Republican Party Schwarzenegger wants the national GOP to adopt?”