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    Schwarzenegger Calls Dems 'Girlie Men'

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    By TIM MOLLOY, Associated Press Writer

    LOS ANGELES - A spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) said Sunday that the governor would not apologize for calling lawmakers "girlie men," despite criticisms from Democrats that the remark was sexist and homophobic.


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    Schwarzenegger dished out the insult at a rally Saturday as he claimed Democrats were delaying the budget by catering to special interests.


    "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."


    "It uses an image that is associated with gay men in an insulting way, and it was supposed to be an insult. That's very troubling that he would use such a homophobic way of trying to put down legislative leadership," said Kuehl, one of five members of the Legislature's five-member Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus.


    "It's ironic that the governor would try to find a metaphor for weakness when his real problem is that we're being too strong," she added.


    Schwarzenegger's criticism of Democrats stems in part from their support of one bill prohibiting schools from contracting services with private companies, and another giving workers authority to sue their employers to enforce labor laws. Each side accuses the other of caving in to special interests.


    At a rally Sunday in Stockton, the governor gave a speech almost identical to the one he delivered in Ontario but without the "girlie men" remark. Spokesman Rob Stutzman said the line was dropped because Schwarzenegger had already sent the message he wanted to send, not because he regretted his remarks.


    "It's a forceful way of making the point to regular Californians that legislators are wimps when they let special interests push them around," Stutzman said. "If they complain too much about this, I guess they're making the governor's point."


    Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, a Democrat, said that while he wasn't upset by the remark, his 13-year-old daughter was.


    "She's a young girl who knows the governor and really likes him a lot and didn't find the term to be a positive term, and finds it to be derogatory," Nunez said. "It was no question a very, very insensitive comment to make. I personally am not intimidated or threatened by it, but I think it really is beneath Gov. Schwarzenegger."


    No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

  • #2
    It's true.

    Arnold for prez!!!

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      • #4
        Arnold
        “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
        - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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        • #5
          I always thought that "girlie men" was an invention/exaggeration by Hanz and Franz. Is this life imitating art (if Saturday Night Live could be called "art")?
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          • #6
            Arnold
            "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

            Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005

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            • #7
              see above:

              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.




              now, what i don't get is why they're actually that offended by it to start bashing arnold for "homophobia".
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              • #8
                Meh. Sexist comments from a sex criminal are hardly surprising.
                Tutto nel mondo è burla

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                • #9
                  "She's a young girl who knows the governor and really likes him a lot and didn't find the term to be a positive term, and finds it to be derogatory," Nunez said.
                  Hello! It was supposed to be derogatory!
                  "I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003

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                  • #10
                    ".....said Kuehl, one of five members of the Legislature's five-member Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus."

                    and I thought the UK had problems......

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                    • #11
                      There's nothing wrong with being like a girl, and yet the tone taken by the governor suggests that there is. Hang him high!
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                        The best part is that "girlie men" would have to sound especially insulting when pronounced in Arnold's heavy accent.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Boris Godunov
                          Meh. Sexist comments from a sex criminal are hardly surprising.
                          sex criminal? I'm awaiting a conviction.

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                          • #14
                            Ah, but he ran as a Republican, so it must be true! However, all accusations against Bill Clinton are false.
                            "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

                            Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Dissident
                              sex criminal? I'm awaiting a conviction.
                              He admitted it.

                              So I want to say to you: yes, that I have behaved badly sometimes. Yes, it is true that I was on rowdy movie sets and I have done things that were not right which I thought then was playful, but now I recognize that I have offended people.
                              His being "playful" were things that could get most people arrested for sexual assault. Go ahead and walk up to a strange woman and grab her breasts or butt and see what happens to you.
                              Tutto nel mondo è burla

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