Schwarzenegger willing to work for Obama's administration (Obama willing to "bulk up")

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke to President-elect Barack Obama this week and would be willing to work for the Democratic administration once his term expires if asked, the Republican governor said in an interview broadcast this morning....

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Schwarzenegger spokesman Matt David said the conversation took place Sunday, and that Obama had called the governor. Schwarzenegger had previously called Obama after the election to congratulate him but did not get through.

The two spoke about the Southern California wildfires, but David said he could not divulge anything else about their talk, including whether they discussed a role for Schwarzenegger in the administration....

Schwarzenegger supported Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president. But he has had warm words for Obama since the election, and the president-elect taped a video shown Tuesday at the governor's climate summit in Los Angeles.

The governor has deflected rumors that he would leave his job before his term ends in two years to work for Obama, although he has left a bit of wiggle room in recent interviews. He told Fox, "I want to finish my term as governor because there's a lot of different challenges ahead." But he did not flatly reject an early departure.

In the Fox interview, Schwarzenegger said he and Obama had joked about comments the governor made in Ohio during the campaign making fun of the Illinois senator's "scrawny" physique, and about their respective fondness for body-building and basketball. "He told me that he's going to build a big gymnasium in the White House to bulk up and that I should help him bulk up," Schwarzenegger said. "And I said only if he helps me play basketball."...

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arnold21-2008no...

[FrenchieCat]

1. Here's another one starting a rumor.....

[DJ13]

2. He'd make a perfect ambassador to some S. American country

where they wouldnt understand him either.

[Cleita]

13. He would fit in with the

old Nazis that are still there.

[shanti]

3. pa-leeze!

like he's been so great for us! kick him to the curb, barack!

[babylonsister]

4. Everyone does, even Fran Townsend!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[JeffR]

5. If Barack commits to bulk up

I hope Arnold will commit to shut up. Seems fair.

[Bette Noir]

6. Dear God, no.

I've had enough of the Gropinator as governor. Our Barack mustn't let him anywhere near the federal government. Arnie is a lying, two-faced BS artist.

[Divine Discontent]

8. I want to like him, but I feel like you, he goes where the political winds blow...

and thus comes across as a 2-face. I hope maybe his wife has helped him change, but that's hard to swallow.

Many different Yes We Did items in the Obama/Biden section www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[shanti]

27. you WANT to like him?

why don't you ask some of us californians? we'll tell you what's to like about him - NOTHING! he should stick to acting. oh wait.....

[Divine Discontent]

29. I want to like everyone, but I don't. Therefore I don't like him. He is cool in some of his movies

and he seems chummy enough in most settings, but is an ass too often, and sways with the political winds, so I hope Obama doesn't select him for anything, but, he picked Hillary for SOS, and that's pretty shocking, so I'm sure Arnie is being considered for something, at the least, even if he doesn't get it.

[shanti]

30. obama

is NOT a stupid man, just the opposite, in fact. i don't believe he's actually planning to give the gropenator anything in his administration.

[flvegan]

7. Arnold, embrace that Kennedy influence.

[Mind_your_head]

11. I never did/could understand why Maria married that one......

it goes well beyond "hold your friends close, and your enemies closer", imo.

[Cleita]

14. Maria is as dumb

as the Sarah Palin. Arnold was able to romance her and she fell for it. Her saving grace is that she's actually a nice person unlike Mrs. Palin.

[Mind_your_head]

16. I never understood how Peter Lawford figured into the whole Kennedy

family either. Something to consider.

He was sort of a "rat pack" member, wasn't he?

[undeterred]

33. I think she's very smart but with icky taste in men.

The Kennedys have their flaws.

[davidinalameda]

9. if it gets him out of California

I'd be in favor of anything for him

[DeepBlueC]

10. Boy, he's back in the bedroom all right!

I guess he's liking it. (For anyone who didn't hear it Arnold has said "now that Obama has been elected, I am back in the bedroom". I thought it was funny.)

[Mind_your_head]

15. Well, he was just makin' sure everyone knew who was "wearing the pajama's

in the family"

(I don't know how to explain this. Women are tough/Men are tough.....and when they 'work together' ~ instead of 'against each other' ~ it's a beautiful thing)

[Cleita]

19. I can't believe he would admit he was on the couch being such a stud

and all that he imagines himself. I have a feeling he's been sleeping in the guest room for a long time and nothing has changed.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. The governor has deflected rumors that he would leave his job before his term ends in two years...

Translation......I am getting in over my head here in Cal.

Add me to the list of people whose BS detector went off about 2 minutes after the
"governator" ran for office. I was in in Cal, unfortunately, for most of his reign.
Naked ambition meets sagging flab.
The man seriously wants to run for President and a little thing like being born in American will not stop him. He is obsessed about it.

[shanti]

28. agreed

and the idiots who actually voted for his sorry ass. *smh* it boggles the mind!

[No Elephants]

32. When memorializing Tim Russert, Ahnuld pointed out that Russert had promised, that if Ahnuld became

Governor of Calleyforhnya, Russert would work to amend the Constitution so that Ahnuld could run for President. However, Russert broke his word. Talk about self-centered self-promotion. He was supposed to be saying flattering things about Russert.

[Patchuli]

17. SUCK UP! LOL!

Ahnie, you're soooo transparent!

[cyclezealot]

18. Arnie . brawn and no brains.

maybe Obama might help him to learn how to pronounce California... For cycling addicts, Obama, don't train with Arnold. It reduces one's IQ....

[truthisfreedom]

20. Nice. I like the way Obama handles the pubes.

Even a big steroid-laden pot-smokin' pube like Ahh-nuld.

[jeff30997]

21. I think he deserves a job at the White House.

Like mowing the lawn or maybe he could be a butler.He sure is a great buttkisser.

[Demeter]

22. Thank You, Governor. Don't Call Us, We'll Call You

What in the world could Ahnold offer the USA? The mind boggles.

[Hugabear]

23. Only if Obama creates the Department for Bad Acting

Then Ah-nuld would be uniquely qualified for that position.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

24. That's not true.

He would also be great as Secretary Of Shitty One Liners.

[w4rma]

25. Cool. (nt)

[Sabriel]

26. "Your girly-man administration needs a real he-man like me."

Arnold, if you really want a place at the table, how about starting to act like it right now? Move YOUR administration in a more progressive direction. Put your steroids--er, money-- where your mouth is.

[goforit]

31. i hope OBs not gonna continue to make the WH into a Circus Show

[jmowreader]

34. I'm certain there's a place in the Obama administration for him...

I know! We'll put him at the DEA in charge of getting rid of the Steroid trade!

I figure that if you want to solve a problem, you get someone who understands the problem...and since Schwarzenegger was a professional bodybuilder for so long, he probably knows more about the steroid trade than anyone currently at DEA. Even if he NEVER took steroids--and since it was so accepted a practice for so long, that's unlikely--he knew people who took them and dealed in them, so that's the guy I want trying to get rid of them.

Anything else? Naah...he's okay on climate policy, but there are a lot of Democrats who'd be better for that.

[No Elephants]

35. Doesn't America have enough problems without people this stupid?

[xxqqqzme]

36. So he's trashed California,

time to move on?