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Transcript of gubernatorial recall debate SCHWARZENGGER: First of all, our after school programs... HUFFINGTON: Yes or no? SCHWARZENGGER: Like I told you already... HUFFINGTON: Yes or no? SCHWARZENEGGER: (Unintelligible)... has provided after school programs for 200,000 kids. Proposition 49 was the responsible way to go about it to get after-school programs. Because what the initiative says, it has a trigger mechanism. Only when the state makes an additional $1.5 billion in revenue, then the program can get funded. Right now we have a financial crisis, that's why it's not getting funded. If the Cruz Bustamante/Davis administration had done that since the year 2000 with all of the programs, we wouldn't have a budget deficit right now. (Interrupted, unintelligible) That is correct because I don't want to use money from other programs. MODERATOR: Thank you, Mr. Schwarzenegger. We have gotten off point and I'd like Cruz Bustamante to finish his comments on this issue of colorblindness. BUSTAMANTE: Thank you. Just to complete the thought, however, in the call that Arnold had presented. If you go to any school in California and you ask them the name of the author of the textbook bill, they'll tell you, Arnold. All you have to do is ask. But in terms of the issue of equality, I think Arianna in this particular case is absolutely right. We cannot get there if we're going to pass Proposition 54. It's bad, it is a bad proposal. In fact, we believe it will jeopardize the health care. And all you have to do is ask all the doctors and all the nurses, ask any health organization in the state. They are opposed to Proposition 54. I hope people make sure they do not vote for Proposition 54. SCHWARZENEGGER: I totally agree with you, Cruz. BUSTAMANTE: And the last thing is that equal opportunity doesn't come from tolerance. I'm going to tolerate somebody? No, it comes from acceptance and making sure that everyone is accepted and that we embrace our diversity. We don't attack immigrants, we don't attack Native Americans, we don't attack people. What we do is accept people and try to have everyone have an equal opportunity in California. MODERATOR: Thank you, Cruz. We need two more comments on this issue and those comments will come from Senator McClintock and then Mr. Camejo.
MCCLINTOCK: Well, thank you. In respect to Prop. 49, I don't think it's fiscally responsible to obligate to spend money when we don't have it. But, getting to the main point, and this is something that I think everyone has lost sight of, disadvantaged children come in all colors. It is their condition of disadvantage that we seek to compensate. It is not a question of race. Proposition 54, I believe I'm the only candidate on this platform who supports Proposition 54, simply says that our government has got to stop classifying us by race. It doesn't matter what race you are. The government should treat everyone exactly the same. And again, when you talk about disadvantage, it's the disadvantage itself that we should be correcting and compensating. I think that this nation's best when we are all one race, an American race. And this
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