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'Kiss My Gay Ass': Calif. Dem After Heckling Arnold

... after interrupting governor's speech by yelling 'You lie!'

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(Newser) – Slightly different forum, very different personalities, same heckle. And California Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano apparently followed up his “You lie!” interruption of a speech last night in San Francisco by Arnold Schwarzenegger by walking out and telling the Republican governor to “kiss my gay ass.” Ammiano’s defense is that Schwarzenegger crashed a Democratic fundraiser: “This is our house—and it’s like someone came in and took a big dump. He showed up; it was rude.”

Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown insisted that Schwarzenegger had been invited to the event, in a spirit of bipartisanship, and called Ammiano’s take on Rep. Joe Wilson’s interruption of President Obama last month “highly inappropriate.” “I don’t care who it is,” he tells the Chronicle. “It could be George Bush. “You don’t do that. If you don’t wish to be in their presence, then don’t invite them.”

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Tom Ammiano, seated, didn't deny that after interrupting a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger, he told the governor to
Tom Ammiano, seated, didn't deny that after interrupting a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger, he told the governor to "kiss my gay ass."   (AP Photo)
Tom Ammiano, seated, didn't deny that after interrupting a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger, he told the governor to
Tom Ammiano, seated, didn't deny that after interrupting a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger, he told the governor to "kiss my gay ass."   (AP Photo)
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It was a cheap publicity stunt and I think this guy has a problem distinguishing between movies and reality. You don't come uninvited and you don't devalue what the Democratic Party stands for. - Tom Ammiano

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DontLikeYou
Oct 8, 09 7:37 PM CDT
Classy. Reply
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Wraith
Oct 8, 09 7:45 PM CDT
Now look at you, a few weeks back you were one of the first congratulating a Republican for doing the exact same thing now you go post your disapproval. I find your Republican Hypocrisy typical of you and your troll like behavior. As to what the Democrat did? I think he owes the Gov. an apology if indeed the Gov. was invited.
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Deebles
Oct 8, 09 8:01 PM CDT
Yeah, heckling is wrong on either side of the aisle, but Wilson shoulda' used the fat, white, ass thing. I would have laughed before being horrified. As our representatives slide into permanent adolescence, they can at least entertain us.
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Fondue
Oct 8, 09 8:23 PM CDT
@Wraith, I honestly don't think he understood.
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MrsK
Oct 8, 09 8:29 PM CDT
Damn. You beat me to it. That was going to be my post. Okay, I'll add dipshit to the description instead.
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