Schwarzenegger chides Legislature for sending him `silly' bills

[Khephra]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Faced with the prospect of vetoing populist bills to raise the minimum wage, protect car buyers and combat the high price of prescription drugs, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today accused Democrats of sandbagging him to boost their own political fortunes.

In an interview on Sacramento talk radio, Schwarzenegger lashed out at the Democrat-controlled Legislature for sending him both ``silly'' bills and politically motivated measures.

``I'm trying to do good things for the people, but they try to jam me so they can go back and say to their district: `Look what this Republican governor did' so they can go and get their votes in November,'' said Schwarzenegger.

The governor has just 12 days left to approve or reject hundreds of bills on his desk, including high-profile measures that would raise the state minimum wage, enact a ``car buyers bill of rights,'' and allow California to import low-cost prescription drugs from Canada.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/9694087.htm

[Catch22Dem]

1. Oh my GOD, wait a minute!

You mean there was actual WORK involved in being the governor of cullyfornia? If I'd known that, I wouldn't have run.

[mac56]

13. See also: Ventura, Jesse.

nm

[AndyTiedye]

24. We'd Be Much Better Off With Jesse than the Gropenator

The Gropenator is a Repub and is beholden to the Repubs and the oil companies.

Jesse wasn't beholden to anyone. More like Arianna than Arnie.

[Lefta Dissenter]

2. Yeah,

he wants to stick to the important issues of the day, like making laws against screwing a corpse! :eyes:

[gumby]

3. "Silly," "Girly"

that guy's got a vocabulary that could make him pRedisential!

"Silly," indeed.

[happynewyear]

20. that's part of Ahnuld's plan!

Blame it all on those girlie-men in the legislature with their "silly" bills.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

JUST SAY NO TO THE BOOBENGRABBER!

:dem: :kick:

[shanti]

26. not much different from the chimp

n/t

[catzies]

4. It's part of the new PR script b/c he wants a part-time Legislature

"See, people, what your silly lawmakers do? Make them part-time so they don't waste my time with this girlie-man stuff!"

You'll see.

[Dickie Flatt]

5. Deal, Terminator.

If you can't deal with signing a few bills once in a while, you probably should not be governor.

[Eye and Monkey]

8. Where's the stunt double? Isn't this where the stunt double comes in?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Aahnold is a pig.

Somebody once said he looks like a condom full of walnuts. But worse than that, he's a fatuous fuckwit if he thinks bills to raise the minimum wage and lower the cost of prescription drugs are frivolous. And then he's proud to have signed a bill outlawing sex with dead people! Granted, necrophilia is seriously creepy, but I guess I worry more about people being broke and unable to buy medicine than whether some perv is humping a corpse.

Schwarzenegger is a tool.

[Disturbed]

9. Gropenator is a pompous jerk.

He is the tool of wealthy Repubs and Corps. He is also a liar but what is new about a Rethug being that?

[LisaLynne]

7. Raising minimum wage is silly?

What a freak.

[Nimrod]

28. It is to Republicans

If you raise the minimum wage, that comes out of rich people's profit margins. I mean REALLY, how silly can you get?

[pinniped]

10. Welcome to California SShole.

Hey this Pet Terminator said he was going to work with the legislature.

He would've had more time if he didn't go to that repukefest in NYC.

[SoCalDem]

11. There's that "talk-radio" freebie stuff again..

Here in CA, if you are a repube, you can get all the free air time..you can even "co-host" for HOURS on end, and of course trash any and all Dems in the process..

This was done against Davis ALL THE TIME.. The station would play a PAID FOR AD, and then the "other guy" and the regular host would tear into the ad, and yuk it up for the next hour or so..:grr:

[gumby]

18. That's the way it is

ALL over this country. The fact that there are ANY elected Dems at all is a small miracle.

[Rose Siding]

12. He's got the whole Language of Leadership down

I can see the Arnold The Statesman SNL spot now.

*with the old, beloved cast

[struggle4progress]

14. Is Arnie just a whiny cry-baby under all that bluster?

[rumguy]

15. Hmmm....is this what the pukes in the US congress are doing right now?

Aren't they just trying to lay political traps for Kerry and Edwards?

Actually, Arnold's way of dealing with it is probably the best tack for Kerry/Edwards as well - just come right out and point out the political motivations.

[shanti]

27. bs

ahnuld has signed many bills that help his "friends". believe that.

[no_hypocrisy]

16. I get the feeling that the Gropenator doesn't want to sign a bill that he

can't take total credit for.

[MisterP]

17. vat vud Mazzleini doo?

[leesa]

19. Like anti-fucking corpse bills?? What an idiot this girley-man is!

[fortyfeetunder]

21. 12 step plan maybe?

Maybe the corpse law was part of Ah-nolds 12 step plan for himself.

[happynewyear]

22. I wonder if he wears his foundation?

So, what's the REAL story Ahnuld - he who fuckith the dead is now condemed - must be those girlie-men rubbing off on you stonehead!

:dem: :kick:

[schultzee]

23. You know what they say about guys who get too buffed up. Well

Arnould is compensating for something else. And I bet he is really feeling like a girlly man on the inside.

[luaneryder]

29. Nailed!

He's way too much bluster about maniless not to have internal issues with it. Just like *'s mommy-syndrome.

[shanti]

25. fuck off, gropenator

you SIGNED some of these 'SILLY' bills!!!!

[Neecy]

30. aw, this job is soooo hard

Kudos to the legislature for sending bills to this idiot that most Californians approve of, so he can either veto or bad-mouth them as 'silly'.

I hope Californians are reminded at every opportunity that they didn't just elect a heavily botoxed movie star as governor, but a REPUBLICAN who will oppose almost everything they support.

This man is a disgrace. and none too bright. Trashing the Democratic legislature in a Democratic state isn't the sign of a very good politician.

[Darranar]

31. So "silly" bills are ones that actually help people?

How Republican.