politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 30 days ago
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Did Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger mean to hide a message in this note?
(CNN) - Was Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's message to state lawmakers unhappy - or obscene?
That's the current debate in California after the governor sent a letter directed to "Members of the California State Assembly" that appeared to have a subtle but pointed message hidden within the text.
The seven-line note in which the California Republican blasts the legislature for not advancing his administration's proposals ...
sfgate.com - 30 days ago
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sfgate.com —
Schwarzenegger's people say no. But the X-rated evidence
is hard to miss in a message that Schwarzenegger...
sent to explain why he was vetoing an Ammiano bill dealing with financing for the Port of San Francisco. A straight reading of the guv's letter ...
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Did Schwarzenegger drop 4-letter bomb in veto?
online.wsj.com - 30 days ago
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online.wsj.com —
California's Schwarzenegger urged lawmakers to pass a health-care
package by the end of the year, while saying...
he opposed some elements of the current proposal.
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Schwarzenegger Urges Health Overhaul
themonkeycage.org - 30 days ago
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themonkeycage.org —
What follows is the exact text of a
letter that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger used to accompany...
a veto of California State Assembly Bill 1176: To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 1176 without my signature. For some time now I have ...
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Politics and Fun? Or How to Deal with California's ...
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Political Animal —
... . Keep in mind, the lighting was off, and my makeup was weird, so I look much paler in the video than I do in real life. (And I'm really not responsible for the fake-book backdrop.) * And finally California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger got creative in a letter to state lawmakers this week, with a seven-line note. The first letter of every line collectively spells " f**k you ." The governor's spokesperson called it a mere "coincidence." There's a ...
Governor Schwarzenegger's Veto Message
Clayton Cramer's BLOG —
... I can't decide whether to be disappointed at the vulgarity, or impressed with the subtlety. Governor Schwarzenegger was very disappointed with a bill put on his desk--and he vetoed it. And his veto message, if you read the first letter of each of the seven lines, spells out a message. A message that I am too polite to repeat. ...
Governator Ahnold: I Eff You, Sincerely
Riehl World View —
... . It appears Ahnold responded in kind. ha! Full letter at link. Read across, then down and across, again for the, um, complete message! Another contact said something about kicking the can down the alley being part of the response, too. ...
Schwarzenegger’s Veto Sudoku
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... It seems that, if one ignores the first two and last two paragraphs, there’s a hidden message ...
Obscene Acrostic?
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
Via CNN’s Political Ticker: Did Schwarzenegger say f**k you to legislature?
One has to look at the link above to understand.
My first reaction is that surely it wasn’t on purpose. For one thing, the time needed to figure out how to pull it off couldn’t have been worth it. For another, if one thought members of the legislature would see the insult one had to know that the press would as well.
My second reaction is: what are the odds that such a result would occur by accident? Where’s Mr. Spock when you need him to calculate the ...
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Real? Schwarzenegger Letter to Assembly Spells Out F.U.?
minx.cc 30 days ago — I'm calling shenanigans on this until I -- or, preferably, someone else -- confirms it. But... as people are emailing the story around. Seems very, very unlikely to me. I see no link to the letter in the state's official...
Schwarzenegger’s secret message to the state Assembly: ‘F*ck you.’
thinkprogress.org 30 days ago — The California Assembly and Senate recently unanimously approved Assembly Bill 1176 to help the port of San Francisco with financing issues. But Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has decided to veto the legislation, sending a letter to the state ...
The Governator’s Odds —
Matthew Yglesias
My Wonk Room colleague Brad Johnson runs the numbers and concludes that the odds are less than one in one trillion that you would have accidentally spelled out the “fuck you” message that was left encoded in a recent Arnold Schwarzenegger veto letter.
Schwarzenegger Denies 'Fuck You' Message —
Drudge Retort
It may be highly improbable mathematically, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that the encoded "fuck you" contained in one of his veto letters was "a wild coincidence." Schwarzenegger sent the letter to Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, who earlier had told the governor to "kiss my gay ass."
Did Arnold Schwarzenegger Send Obscene Message? —
Politics Daily
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking some heat after a newspaper found an obscenity purportedly encoded in a letter written by the governor to a political opponent.
The Republican governor wrote the note to Democratic San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano explaining why he refused ...
Speaking of Terminator-Style Creepiness… —
QandO
T he Governator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, returned a bill to the legislature yesterday without his signature. He sent a letter , explaining the reasoning behind his veto of this”unecessary” legislation.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Message to the Legislature
In this, I fully ...
When legislators get you mad… —
MNpublius.com
…sometimes you just can’t help lashing out a bit. And that’s just what California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did in a veto message he sent to the state Assembly. The letter is posted after the break; check out the first letter of each line.
Is this an attack on ...
Did Arnold Say 'Fuck You' to Legislators? —
Drudge Retort
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sent a letter directed to "Members of the California State Assembly" that appeared to have a subtle but pointed message hidden within the text. The first letter of seven lines spells "Fuck You."
Schwarzenegger Sends a Message —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger "typically attaches a message to bills he signs or vetoes telling lawmakers why he took the action," CBS News reports.
"A Democratic assemblyman who heckled the governor during a recent event in San Francisco actually received two messages: the veto letter ...
Governator Sends a Message —
RedState
Reading the story posted here , the sourcing seems a little thin. Still, it’s moving very fast on Twitter and I thought I’d post a quick mention. The blog has a picture of an official letter that was reportedly sent by Governor Schwarzenegger to Assemblyman Ammiano of San Francisco ...
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