Schwarzenegger calls members of Congress 'wimps'. failing to stand up from oil companies

[cal04]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/schwarzenegger-calls-members-of-congress-wimps-.html

There he goes again.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called members of Congress "wimps" for failing to stand up to pressure from oil companies. Schwarzenegger said he hoped the defeat of Proposition 23 in California Tuesday would have national political consequences for Big Oil.

"We need to go to Washington and say, 'Look what happened. You, because oil companies have spent money against you, they have threatened you, you backed off the energy policy and the environmental policy in Washington,' " Schwarzenegger said. "What wimps. No guts. I mean, here, you idolize and always celebrate the great warriors, our soldiers, our men and women who go to Iraq and Afghanistan, and they’re risking their lives to defend this country and you’re not even willing to stand up against the oil companies. I said, 'That’s disgusting.' You promised the people you’d represent them. You didn’t promise the people you’d represent the oil companies and the special interests."

Schwarzenegger made his comments in an interview with Diane Sawyer for ABC World News. You can watch the video here.
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/gov-schwarzenegger-dc-politicians-wimps-11982498

[kwolf68]

1. Haha

Ahnuld drives a Hummer....maybe HE should stand up to the oil companies.

Still, I give him credit for at least making the statement...thought he didn't like socialism?

[TheKentuckian]

2. Conan the Gropinator is correct.

[xchrom]

3. I hate you on the one hand, Arnold --

Glad you said this on the other.

Ain't it funny log cabin republicans and Arnold standing
On two issues where dems should be.

[texastoast]

4. Go Arnold!

He's right on the money.

Exactly where are the warriors for the future generations?

[DBoon]

5. Arnold is no dummy

He is a classic republican of the kind we no longer see.

He is pro-business to a fault, but understands he needs to appeal to mainstream voters on other issues.

You don't get to be governor of CA by attacking environmental protections.

I suspect he is also intelligent enough to understand a real idiotic stand when he sees one

[zbdent]

6. Hey Ahnuld ...

why don't you drive around in a powder blue Prius (instead of one of your many Hummers)?