LAT: Schwarzenegger Is Fair Game (few meet him at the State Fair)

[DeepModem Mom]

Schwarzenegger Is Fair Game
By Robert Salladay, Times Staff Writer


SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- With screaming fans and autograph hounds careening toward him, Arnold Schwarzenegger's surprise visit to the State Fair during the 2003 recall campaign was so unrestrained he seemed to have upended California politics.

Those were the early days of politician Schwarzenegger. On Friday, he traveled back to the State Fair as a governor with a record and questions about his fund-raising, a power blackout in Los Angeles and months of sliding poll numbers....

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In 2003, Schwarzenegger was nearly crushed by a throng of reporters and fairgoers encircling him under the scorching sun. High over his head, a young couple smiled down at him from a trapeze ride.

Dozens and dozens of people had lined up to shake the action film star's hand near the concession stands that day, forming a tunnel of tube tops and jeans shorts. One buff admirer gushed that he had inspired her to become a bodybuilder, and after a long look Schwarzenegger said: "You are still ripped."

This time, about 100 fairgoers who had wandered by stopped to watch Schwarzenegger, producing a smattering of applause. The crowd seemed happy to see him, but they were kept behind a plastic fence as he entered with a phalanx of security guards on all sides and stood in front of a plastic pen that kept the media corralled....


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gov27aug27,0,4543731.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[MisterP]

1. Prussian PM Schwarzenöring is learning well from his Leiter

go back to your b-movies and your nipple clamps, AHNULD

[xxqqqzme]

2. somehow a picture of steroid boy

surrounded by a molded wood grained, white plastic fence really, really fits.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Like an old boar on display at the hog barn.

.... dumb fucking musclehead .......

[bushcrab]

4. Folks, step right up and

see the old 'roidal Man with the Saggy Boobs. His booth was probably sitting between the World's Largest Hog and the two-headed lamb.

[truthisfreedom]

5. i think plastic says it all.

what more needs be said? it's made of petroleum, btw.

[jody]

6. Perhaps artificial? n/t

[Thtwudbeme]

7. He is such a misogynistic piece of shit

One buff admirer gushed that he had inspired her to become a bodybuilder, and after a long look Schwarzenegger said: "You are still ripped."

Just can't quit objectifying women. Of course, I didn't expect this leopard to change his spots, I just thought maybe he could tone it down a little bit.

[LibDemAlways]

8. Too bad they didn't stick him in a

dunking booth with proceeds going into the state coffers for education. He'd be mighty soggy by now, but the state would be that much richer.

[UpInArms]

9. also from your link:

The fair was a respite of sorts for the governor this week. A new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California showed that public approval of his administration had slipped to 34%, a 30 percentage point decline since last year. He is more unpopular in California than President Bush, who polled at 38% approval.

When will a "Total Recall" take place?