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Arnold Hides Vulgar Message to Legislators in Veto

Bill's author recently told governor to 'kiss my gay ass'

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(Newser) – Though all political vetoes send some message, a recent one by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appears to carry two—with the less-obvious one quite the kiss-off to the Democrat-controlled legislature. In the message accompanying Schwarzenegger’s veto of a financing measure, the San Francisco Bay Guardian found that, in reading down the left side of the copy, the first letters of lines in the middle section spell out F-U-C-K Y-O-U.

The bill was authored by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, who recently heckled the Governator at a Democratic dinner and, reportedly, told him to “kiss my gay ass.” Said a Schwarzenegger rep, “what a strange coincidence”—though the Guardian notes he was “clearly being sarcastic.” Wired got the same response, with the governor’s rep adding that he’s hidden words in correspondence before. Words like “soap,” “poet,” and “ear.” Indeed.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reacts after signing a bill last week.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reacts after signing a bill last week.   (AP Photo)
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kokuaguy
Oct 27, 09 9:48 PM CDT
; ^) Reply
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Altoecko
Oct 27, 09 9:50 PM CDT
Ha ha ha, how ridiculous. Reply
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ultramarine13
Oct 27, 09 10:09 PM CDT
And politics continues it's descent into the absurd and irrelevance. Is it any wonder people don't like or trust most politicians? Reply
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thudson
Oct 27, 09 10:31 PM CDT
descent?! have you ever watched british parliament? read any soviet history?! how about the public caning of sumner right here in the u.s.?! politics has never been more civil than it is now.
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ultramarine13
Oct 27, 09 11:23 PM CDT
It certainly is a descent. Instead of looking at the history of other countries, let's compare apples to apples and look at the history of the US. Up until, oh, maybe the 1970s, politicians were by and large educated and well spoken. Now, we've got Arnold and his ridiculous antics, we've got Bush and his Bushisms, and we've got the constant stream of lies, spin, hate and propaganda from the right, primarily those in the vein of Fox News. You are, however, correct about Charles Sumner. The big difference is that we've gone from canes to words, and a far larger slice of the political pie partakes in said verbal canings.
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