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user-inactivated  ·  3268 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What might the future actually look like if Donald Trump was elected?

Was Schwarzenegger that bad? I'm currently reading his autobiography and am far from the political carreer of his, but I'd like to know beforehand. I have no idea what the result of his reign as the California gov'ner was, keep in mind.





user-inactivated  ·  3267 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Eh.... sort of. He came in and tried to make a bunch of very right-leaning people happy. He ended up ditching them and got some decent environmental work done. More of a wash than anything. Granted I did not live there and only know what friends and family tell me.

user-inactivated  ·  3267 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    More of a wash than anything.

What does it mean?

user-inactivated  ·  3266 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I forgot, you are not American, sorry. A wash is sort of like a draw. If you add the good and the bad you end up with a zero. Not good, not bad.

user-inactivated  ·  3266 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So, "more of a wash than anything" means that it barely had any effect, correct?

user-inactivated  ·  3265 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    So, "more of a wash than anything" means that it barely had any effect, correct?

Think of the expression as more of he did some good things, some not-so-good things and in the end did not screw anything up to the point of disaster level.

user-inactivated  ·  3265 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I see. Thank you for the explanation.