Friday, August 13, 2004
 "I was dreaming about being some dictator of a country." - Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1975 Sacramento Bee August 13, 2004:Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday called for a national debate on changing the U.S. Constitution in a way that would allow him to run for president.
"I think that it is, you know, a debate that ought to go on, just to see where everyone stands in this country," Schwarzenegger said in a nationally broadcast radio interview...
The Austrian-born Republican taped the interview hours before heading to a private fund-raiser in Santa Monica for President Bush...
Snow had asked Schwarzenegger, 57, whether the Constitution, which requires that presidents be American-born, should be amended to allow longtime citizens who are foreign-born to run. GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a Schwarzenegger ally, has been promoting such an amendment since before the movie star's rise to governor last year in the recall election.
Schwarzenegger has been asked about the subject repeatedly since taking office last year and, while avoiding direct answers about his own ambitions, has been on record as supporting a constitutional change.
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In telling Snow he wants a national debate, he went a step further.
"Me being an immigrant and having lived here for 36 years," Schwarzenegger told Snow, "of course I think that if you have contributed to the country and if people have confidence in you, that you should be able to do that, to run for high office."
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Schwarzenegger and his wife have a years-long friendship with Kerry and his wife, and have spent time together at one another's vacation homes around Sun Valley, Idaho.
[...] Check out this  Libertythink VIRAL VIDEO with Schwarzenegger expounding on his dictatorial and Presidential ambitions.
See also:
- 1976 Rolling Stone interview
- Background on viral video
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