Thursday, April 21, 2005

Arnold Schwarzenegger does California

I heard this news on the radio on my way home tonight:
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger publicly apologized Wednesday for his earlier statements that California should "close the borders" with Mexico to control illegal immigration, saying he had misspoken because of a "language problem.''

"Close the borders in California and all across Mexico and in the United States," Schwarzenegger said Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Newspaper Association of America. "Because I think it is just unfair to have all those people coming across, have the borders open the way it is, and have this kind of lax situation."

"The bottom line is, I misspoke, and I'm sorry if I offended anyone," Schwarzenegger said about his comments Tuesday to a newspaper publishers' group in San Francisco. "I meant 'securing' our borders, not 'closing' them.
Seems like Arnold screwed up big time there. It is pretty funny that he used English as an excuse for "mispeaking." Can you imagine what happened during the meeting he had with his advisors to come up with an excuse for what he had said?

Advisor: Mr. Governor, I think you should tell people that you mispoke, since your English sucks, and you're a dumbass.

Arnold: Good idea. But how dare you call me a dumbass?

Advisor: The bottom line is, I mispoke, and I'm sorry if I offended you. I meant your ass is so strong that you can use your ass to lift up a dumbbell.

Arnold: Indeed. I'm a cybernetic organism: living tissue over a metal endoskeleton.

You can view the article here.

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