Posted on 10/19/2004 10:14:29 AM PDT by No Surrender Monkey
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Monday that his speech backing President Bush at the Republican Convention in August resulted in a dramatic cold shoulder from his wife Maria Shriver, a member of the very Democratic Kennedy family.
"Well, there was no sex for 14 days," Schwarzenegger told former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta in an on-stage conversation in front of 1,000 people. "Everything comes with side effects."
The crowd roared with laughter, but the governor may have been serious: he has said little in public to back fellow Republican Bush since then. Panetta, a Democrat, had asked him how Shriver, whose uncle was U.S. President John F. Kennedy, had reacted to his praised but partisan prime-time convention speech.
The governor referred to Shriver several times in the 90-minute conversation.
"I don't know why I watched the presidential debates," he said. "If I want to watch a smart liberal Democrat and a Republican leader argue, all we have to do is go out to dinner. They were lucky. They only had to do it three times."
At another point he was asked about the difference between working in Hollywood following scripts and being on his own in politics. "When you're married to my wife, you're never your own boss," he quipped.
California is expected to back Democratic challenger John Kerry in the election in two weeks, and Schwarzenegger, who faces re-election in 2006, has been careful not to offend the majority Democratic voters in his state.
"I think both are doing a great job; it's very tedious to be out there campaigning a year and a half," he said at the Panetta Institute for Public Policy in Monterey south of San Francisco. "You make one mistake and you lose the presidency."
Schwarzenegger did say the one state where he might campaign for Bush outside of California was Ohio, where he owns a gym and sponsors an annual body building competition.
"I said to the president I'm perfectly willing to go to Ohio if he needs me there but I can't travel around from state to state because I'm working for the people of California," he said.
no sex with maria for 2 weeks would be a blessing. she isnt
exactly fantasy material. look at the bright side ahnold.
Cal-ee-forn-ee-yah!!
Once again roto-rueters tries that old time leftward spin. :)
Ahhnold, you made a very stupid choice for a wife. Sorry.
What a crude and tasteless comment to make in public. No class.
Sounds good.
No more risk of even more Schwarzenegger/Shriver progeny to inhabit the world.
agreed. Arnold - shut up about ur sex life please.
Well, he did say he had no sex with his wife for two weeks...
hmmm.
On the other hand, this confirms what the ABC News Sex study pointed out. Democrats are so bitter, that they have bad sex...
Sing it Pat Benatar!
You really do know how to strut that stuff (strut that stuff)
You really do know how to act tough (act tough)
Your body's just like a centerfold
A fantasy (a fantasy), anyone would want to hold
Chorus:
Stop using Sex As A Weapon
Stop using Sex As A Weapon
You know you're already my obsession
Stop (stop) using Sex As A Weapon
Love is more than a one way reflection
Stop (stop) using Sex As A Weapon
With looks that kill and a mind that's twisted (twisted)
I don't know why I can't resist it (resist it)
I tell myself look the other way (other way)
When you want me to (when you want me to)
I, I always stay
(Chorus)
You play with desire like it was a toy (toy)
How much affection can you destroy?
You wrap my heart around your little finger
Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex As A Weapon
Stop using Sex As A Weapon
Stop using Sex
(Chorus)
Stop using Sex As A Weapon
Stop using Sex As A Weapon
Stop using Sex
Stop using Sex As A Weapon
Stop using Sex (stop using sex, stop using sex)
Sex As A Weapon, As A Weapon
Written by: Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg
I hope that doesn't keep him from Ohio and Floriduh.
Typical LibDem tactic--they can't win on substance, so they have to find OTHER avenues.
Well, if there was sex for the two weeks after the speech, there won't be any sex now.
Geez, Arnold, no class. No class at all.
The stuff about the liberal Kennedys vs. Arnold's Republican affiliation and how it costs him in their marriage, etc, just seems to be an ongoing joke with the 2 of them. He has survived in that family many years, his humor has probably helped! Imagine a drunken Uncle Ted at Thanksgiving dinners year after year! He NEEDS that humor!
TMI Arnold, TMI!!
missed out on boom boom with skeletor for 14 days ... is that really punishment?
He can direct stem cell research to help Maria find her sex drive again.
Arnhold tell her that since she married you, she married OUT of that family!
I'd bet Arnold is going to get another 2 or 3 week stretch after this. :-)
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