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"If they don't have the guts to come up here 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 ... if they don't have the guts, I call them girlie men," Schwarzenegger said to the cheering crowd at a mall food court in Ontario.
The governor lifted the term from a long-running "Saturday Night Live" skit in which two pompous, Schwarzenegger-worshipping weightlifters repeatedly use it to mock those who don't meet their standards of physical perfection.
Democrats said Schwarzenegger's remarks were insulting to women and gays and distracted from budget negotiations. State Sen. Sheila Kuehl said the governor had resorted to "blatant homophobia."
The governor lifted the term from a long-running "Saturday Night Live" skit in which two pompous, Schwarzenegger-worshipping weightlifters repeatedly use it to mock those who don't meet their standards of physical perfection.
Democrats said Schwarzenegger's remarks were insulting to women and gays and distracted from budget negotiations. State Sen. Sheila Kuehl said the governor had resorted to "blatant homophobia."
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Originally Posted by flitcroft,Jul 19 2004, 09:13 PM
Or ... why I'll never be a democrat. It was a joke and what do the butt of the joke do? They whine about it. How about they do their ing jobs and stop issuing press release to CNN when someone makes fun of them?
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Originally Posted by autechre,Jul 19 2004, 04:01 PM
Give me a break! Republicans would whine just as much, if not more, if the same line was directed at them. We live in a whiney country where people will cry about anything if it means gaining an advantage.