Posted on 04/26/2006 8:45:51 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
No sooner did Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger call for a state investigation of price gouging at the pump than his critics jumped in feet first -- noting that the "no special-interest money" governor has taken nearly $2 million in campaign contributions from the very oil companies he wants investigated.
"Arnold's latest slick stunt, pretending to care about soaring costs of gas prices, rings hollower than a Krispy Kreme doughnut,'' said the anti-Arnold labor folks at the Alliance for a Better California.
And indeed, records show that the governor -- who has raised $82.7 million since riding into Sacramento on the promise not to be beholden to special interests -- has accepted nearly two dozen contributions from oil interests since 2002.
In the past year alone, the governor's California Recovery Team collected $500,000 apiece from independent oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens and Vail Drilling Co., plus $250,000 from Chevron Corp. and $50,000 from Shell Oil.
Chevron has also given $44,600 to Schwarzenegger's re-election campaign since November.
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As bad as Gray Davis seemed to be, Arnold is headed down that same road and will wind up being worse.
So what? The fact that Arnold took campaign contributions from big oil would be news only if he REFUSED to order an investigation.
Not another "COIN-OPERATED" governor??
Call him the "Big Change" Gub..
The problem is that California doesn't deserve a better governor because about 60 percent of Californian voters are a collection illegals, liberals, sodomites, welfare queens and dumbasses.
What does Big Oil like so much in The Swartz? Is he a big supporter of using Boutique Blends? Those must be a tremendous profit center.
60 percent of Californian voters are a collection illegals, liberals, sodomites, welfare queens and dumbasses.
You forgot to mention the voting dead.
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