California governor vetoes Harvey Milk bill

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have made the birthday of gay political icon Harvey Milk a statewide "day of significance."

... Conservative groups had lobbied Schwarzenegger not to sign the legislation, sponsored by Assemblyman Mark Leno of San Francisco.

Milk became the nation's first openly gay man to hold a prominent political office when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.

He and Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by a fellow supervisor in 1978.

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[mcctatas]

1. The guvernator is too macho for Harvey Milk day...

:eyes:

[Phredicles]

2. I'm waiting impatiently for that recall petition...

[myrna minx]

3. What a bastard.

:puke: Who VETOES this kine of homage to a person that was ASSASSINATED! How Maria stays married to that pig is beyond me. K&R.

[Ian David]

18. SOMEONE has to pay for all that plastic surgery. n/t

[Webster Green]

4. He's such an asshole. I can't wait till he's out of there.

What a jerk! :thumbsdown:

[BlooInBloo]

5. Is that a stealth attempt to drum up support for the California Bigot Amendment?

[LostinRed]

9. No he's publicly against prop 8

I guess he's hedging his bet. He's a dick.

[Maven]

6. Fucking bastard. Never forget he's the enemy

no matter how "moderate" he pretends to be

[davidinalameda]

7. give me a copy of that petition

I want his ass out!

[Norrin Radd]

8. Oh, go fuck yourself, Arnold.

Perhaps he's jealous, because the Austrians nixed that statue devoted to him?

http://www.terminatorfiles.com/news/2004/2004-10-28-a.htm

Someone should pry off his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

[EFerrari]

10. This man is a pig and I say we remind him of that fact every single day

until he croaks or until Harvey is recognized.

[Marnieworld]

11. Wow!

How harmless would a day be? That's so petty and hateful and cowardly of him. What an asshole! :grr:

[EFerrari]

16. I posted in the GD thread that we should celebrate it anyway

And every year have a mock recall of this bastard as part of the festivities. :grr:

[Marnieworld]

17. Sounds good to me

Perhaps Arnold will change his tune if the movie is a big success. After all that's what a Hollywood guy would respect and he can say "Oh THAT Harvey Milk!" like the slimy politician he is.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. No "girly men" for Ah-nuld...sheesh.

Too bad we cannot find a way to use testosterone for fuel.
80% of the Repub. Party would become an endangered species.
Oh, and throw in Ann Coulter.

[and-justice-for-all]

13. Yet, there is a national/global holiday for a guy that never existed...

christmas.

[Phoonzang]

14. I still get this sense of....unreality when I see that. "Governor Arnorld Schwarzenegger". n/t

[foxfeet]

15. What a schmuck. n/t

[Ian David]

19. Let's propose an amendment to the California Constitution making it illegal...

... to ever have a day of remembrance for Arnold Schwarzenfeffer or whatever Der Gropenfuhrer calls himself.

[TheDonkey]

20. When is this asshat going to leave Sacramento? He's been nothing more than an annoyance

ineffective and irritating.

[olddad56]

21. Arnold would veto a cure for cancer, if there wasn't something in it for him.

[IndianaGreen]

22. How about a Dan White-twinkie up my ass Day?

I'll bet these RW homophobes would love to have a day to celebrate Milk's assassin.

:grr:

[Taverner]

23. It will pass eventually

You can't stop a fire