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# Santa Monica Exposing secret motives
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-exposing-secret-motives-editor/
- Published: 2008-04-17T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:18:02.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is no fan of the latest anti-gay initiative; the real fans and promoters of this measure are Republicans and social conservatives.

The Republican National Committee is pumping money into California, backing a voter initiative confronting same-sex marriage, figuring this hot-button issue will stoke the fires of unrest in the GOP base and entice moderates and independents to go to the polls, and while they’re at it they’ll vote for John McCain.

The ballot measure is another wedge issue being used by the election savvy GOP to short-change and confuse Californians and promote their presidential candidate.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 17, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/041708.pdf?ref=smdp.com)