Gov. Spurns Bush in Spat Over Money

[Judi Lynn]

October 20, 2005 latimes.com : California Print E-mail story

Gov. Spurns Bush in Spat Over Money
Schwarzenegger, battling for cash to fuel initiative campaigns, criticizes president's plans to raise $1 million at L.A.-area event.

By Michael Finnegan, Times Staff Writer

Long-simmering tensions between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Bush burst into the open Wednesday as the two Republicans clashed over that most basic of political necessities: money.

The governor and president rely on many of the same rich Californians for campaign cash. Yet even in California, a gold mine for politicians, there's only so much to go around, as Schwarzenegger bluntly pointed out Wednesday in Anaheim.

Campaigning for his four initiatives on the Nov. 8 ballot, Schwarzenegger made clear he was miffed that Bush planned to collect $1 million for the Republican National Committee tonight at a dinner for 100 couples at a home in the Beverly Hills area.

"We would have appreciated if he would have done his fundraising after the Nov. 8 election, because you know we need now all the money in the world," Schwarzenegger said. "We want to make sure that we win, that we can have our TV spots out there on television, which is very important."
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arnold20oct20,0,912852.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews

[Fridays Child]

1. "When Greedy Egos Collide"

:popcorn:

[truthisfreedom]

2. catfight! catfight! hissyfit! get the popcorn!

ahh-nold went off script with bushco? oops.

[CanOfWhoopAss]

3. You don't have to take that from him Gropie!!!

You don't have to take that from him Monkeyboy!!!


:popcorn: :beer:

[Kittycat]

4. It's like Tarzan meets Planet of the Apes

Both fighting for survival - both good for a laugh.

[xchrom]

5. ''because you know we need now all the money in the world," Schwarzenegger

i don't think he's kidding.

[jamesinca]

6. Well Arnold I guess you need to give back to the RNC then

I think Arnold traveled the country to raise money for the special election. I don't see him giving that back to the RNC. He pillaged and groped the rest of the nation, he even went to the Rolling Stones concert to whore his ideas. Now Bush comes to CA and Arnold is pissed. Maybe Arnold bled the rest of the nation dry and CA is the only place left to raise money. With TRMPAC and ARMPAC out of commission right now, what fund raising do they have? Maybe the African American community, they are sure to get a lot of support there, all 2% of them.

[Nostradammit]

7. Love the Photos !!!

"Ya, ve need now all zeh money in zeh vorld to take back to zeh lagoon, ya."


All those dreams of a Fourth Reich slipping further and further away.

[liveoaktx]

8. Maybe he needs to save his cash and stay IN CA instead of OHIO

pushing for OHIO's redistricting.

[hadrons]

9. mind you "100 couples at a home in the Beverly Hills area"

is NOT a special interest group, but An-rold doesn't need them :eyes:

[zbdent]

10. Amusing - they seem to be trying to figure out

whose coattails are dragging whom down . . .

[Skidmore]

11. Chuckling...

because it is so evident that * has done spent all his political capital and he is not only morally, but politically, bankrupt as well.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Long simmering tension my ass

Schwarzenegger and his advisors see the writing on the wal: any association with Bush will be poisonous in California for years to come.

So now Arnold pretends to be "resisting" Bush on state matters.

What a fucking laughable charade.