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Arnold rocks

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ThisIsMatt

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Governor mocks foes as `girly-men'

REMARKS CALLED `PAINFUL TO HEAR'

By Peter Nicholas

Los Angeles Times


ONTARIO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger mocked his opponents in the California Legislature on Saturday as ``girly men,'' and called upon voters to ``terminate'' them at the polls in November if they don't pass his $103 billion budget.

Using tough rhetoric that borrowed from his days as a bodybuilder and movie actor, the governor said lawmakers are telling ``lies'' and are ``back to their old habits'' after a post-recall burst of bipartisan collaboration.

Legislators, he said at a rally in the food court of the Ontario Mills Mall, are ``part of a bureaucracy that is out of shape, that is out of date, that is out of touch and that is definitely out of control in Sacramento.''

He also said: ``They cannot have the guts to come out there in front of you and say, `I don't want to represent you. I want to represent those special interests: the unions, the trial lawyers.' . . . I call them girly-men. They should get back to the table, and they should finish the budget.''

Democratic lawmakers, gay-rights advocates and feminist groups bristled over the governor's comments, which were greeted with sustained applause by hundreds of people who were invited to the rally through automated phone calls put out by Schwarzenegger's camp.

The governor used the ``girly-man'' reference twice in the span of a 16-minute speech aimed at pressuring the Legislature to pass his budget, now 17 days late. The remark is an apparent reference to an old ``Saturday Night Live'' skit parodying Schwarzenegger. Comedians Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon played ``pumped up'' bodybuilders -- ``Hans and Franz'' -- with thick Austrian accents. Anyone without a muscled torso was dismissed as a ``girly-man.''

Though the four leaders in the Senate and Assembly are men, women chair some of the Legislature's most influential committees, ranging from appropriations to energy. The California Legislative Women's Caucus' Web site lists 33 members -- more than one-fourth of the Legislature.

Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, a Los Angeles Democrat, said: ``Those are the kinds of statements that ought not to come out of the mouth'' of the governor. The governor's pugnacious turn raised objections Saturday, with the ``girly-man'' reference becoming the focus.

``It's really painful to hear the governor resort to such blatant homophobia,'' said Sen. Sheila Kuehl, a Democrat from Los Angeles, who chairs the Senate's Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee.

Rob Stutzman, the governor's communications director, said: ``We're not going to respond to anyone looking to get their name in the paper.''
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Hahaha, Sen. Sheila Kuehl must be taking lessons from the homoerotics here at ATOT.
 
That's not homophobia, that's him drawing on his celebrity status to win the hearts of his constituents.
 
Heehee, that got a good chuckle. Arnold is still one of the most amusing politicans in north america, no question. I don't know enough about the situation to say he was just calling it as it is, but I have the strong suspicion he was.
 
that's great. Arnold seems to be one of those politicians that doesn't really care if he is or not, so he says things that everyone is thinking, but everyone is too scared to say.
 
Originally posted by: Kenazo
that's great. Arnold seems to be one of those politicians that doesn't really care if he is or not, so he says things that everyone is thinking, but everyone is too scared to say.
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True. Unless he's really outrageous, he can pretty much say whatever he wants so long as he's percieved to be getting the job done. He is, after all, the Terminator in the minds and hearts of pretty much everyone in the US.

:thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: Nebor
That's not homophobia, that's him drawing on his celebrity status to win the hearts of his constituents.
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That's my point and the reason for my remark relating to ATOT. Any time someone here says something disagreeing with gays they're labeled a homophobe - in this case Arnold wasn't even referring to them at all.
 
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Originally posted by: Nebor
Originally posted by: bradruth
Originally posted by: Nebor
Brad, who is your daddy, and what does he do? 😀
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Not so tough without your car, are ya?
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Get your mother.
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Why? What do you want with a woman? Fasion tips?
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Way to recognize our string of Aaahhhnold quotes, genius. :roll:

And why would I want fashion tips from a woman? Get real.
 
Originally posted by: Nebor
Way to recognize our string of Aaahhhnold quotes, genius. :roll:

And why would I want fashion tips from a woman? Get real.
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Well mine *was* a quote from the goofy sidekick, so I suppose that threw him off. 😉
 
I hope he just doesn't drive the state into the ground, so i can say "The Terminator was my Gov., and he cleaned up house and beat the crap outa the girly-men"
 
Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
Originally posted by: Nebor
That's not homophobia, that's him drawing on his celebrity status to win the hearts of his constituents.
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That's my point and the reason for my remark relating to ATOT. Any time someone here says something disagreeing with gays they're labeled a homophobe - in this case Arnold wasn't even referring to them at all.
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Labeling people as homophobes or racists or sexists is the cool thing to do nowadays (It's actually rumored to make your penis bigger, but don't take my word for it). Come on up, the saddles big enough for the lot of us.
 
Originally posted by: bradruth
Originally posted by: Nebor
Way to recognize our string of Aaahhhnold quotes, genius. :roll:

And why would I want fashion tips from a woman? Get real.
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Well mine *was* a quote from the goofy sidekick, so I suppose that threw him off. 😉
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He's been thrown off ever since that brake rotor hit him on the head.
 
Originally posted by: Nebor
Originally posted by: bradruth
Originally posted by: Nebor
Way to recognize our string of Aaahhhnold quotes, genius. :roll:

And why would I want fashion tips from a woman? Get real.
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Well mine *was* a quote from the goofy sidekick, so I suppose that threw him off. 😉
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He's been thrown off ever since that brake rotor hit him on the head.
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Ooo, you BITCH! 😛
 
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