(Maria) Shriver amassing political clout

[Rose Siding]

There are 16 million women in California, and Maria Shriver is only one of them. But as she strode past the potted palms and the oil paintings of former governors recently to address the Legislature — the first time in modern history a California first lady had taken the rostrum without her husband — it was difficult not to sense the symbolic import of the state's alpha female.

"We have a lot in common," Shriver told 120 "women of the year" being honored by the lawmakers. "We're all trying to get my husband to do what we want."
.....
As for her husband, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, Shriver acts as a bridge to the opposition so well that Democrats who want his ear often head directly to her.

"It's common knowledge that her office is the go-to place for a lot of Democrats," said Chris Lehane, a Democratic consultant in San Francisco.
.....
"She is as savvy as they come," said Gloria Romero, the state Senate's majority leader and Democrat from Los Angeles. "She has made him Terminator-tolerant, providing a cover for Democrats; especially women, who feel that if she can be married to him, he must be OK."

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/3114080

[Wright Patman]

1. Arnold Exposed

http://www.arnoldexposed.com/

[Megahurtz]

46. Lol!

Perfect.

[Benhurst]

2. ...

:puke:

[postulater]

3. Maybe she could run against him for Governor!

[Say_What]

24. Who the hell would trust her? She's married to the pr*ck

eom

[Solly Mack]

4. "...if she can be married to him, he must be OK."

I wondered what was wrong with her to have married him...and continue to be married to him...

"providing a cover", huh?

iffen ya got to have a cover excuse for your actions....I'm just saying...

[UCLA Dem]

20. I'm thinking the same thing.

How can such a bright and talented woman stayed married to such a baffon??

:shrug:

[donsu]

5. but what is Maria's true motives?

does she stay married to arnold just to be perverse?

or does she really like him the way he is?

[hlthe2b]

7. She's smart, she's savy, and apparently...

extremely deluded!

DENIAL "tain't" just a river in Egypt.

[cap]

6. somebody has got to demolish her reputation

and destroy any notion that arnold can be terminator tolerant...

[illflem]

8. Maria is the reason Ahnold will never be prez

[hippiechick]

26. Huh ?

Care to 'splain your reasoning ?

[intheozone]

9. Bullshit article!!!!

Marie's married to Arnie and he treats her like shit and she stays married to him. That says a lot about her fucking judgment and self-respect. From my point of view, she deserves no respect from me and has no clout. I want her and her fake, Nazi-wanna be husband out of Sacramento. They stink up the place.

[NVMojo]

10. any smart woman would dump this gropinator!

[goclark]

11. Exactly, Maria the Enabler nt

[iamjoy]

31. She's A Kennedy All Right

At least, if those rumors about Kennedy men not being too kind to their women are true, Maria just found a man who would continue the family tradition.

But you never know, she may have found a subtle way to influence him. And, really, for a Republican, Arnold isn't that bad. Of course, that's all relative.

[goclark]

32. He just appointed a Rep as Sec of State

That is exactly what they wanted him to do.
Say bye bye to a Democrat ever getting elected in California with the lack of a paper trail.

I believe that he is very,very dangerous for California and I feel he is BAD for California and the nation.

[Freddie Stubbs]

37. That Republican SOS was approved unanimously by the Democratic

controlled legislature. Unanimously.

[goclark]

38. That means the take over is really in

Just as te Republicanx now own Congress, this is a shining example that they now own California.

Democrats have NO say so and they KNOW it!

Arnold was the Republican meal ticket to California.


It still makes Arnold and Maria even more on the side of crooks.

[Freddie Stubbs]

40. The Democrats have majorities in both houses of the legislature

Yet the vote was unanimous. Not one single Democrat felt strongly enough that this guy was a bad pick to dissent. Even though the Republicans control both houses of Congress, it is hard to find a controversial bill that passes both chambers unanimously.

[Say_What]

23. any woman with half a brain would never have married him

eom

[underthedome]

30. So should Hill dump Clinton? nt

nt

[leesa]

12. Pure BS. Arnie's getting a real bad reputation in California so they

send Maria out to 'moderate' him.

[Gyre]

14. Yep. You nailed it.

She's nothing but a republican shill for another corporate governorship. She can call herself a dem but her politics betray her.

Gyre

[rocktivity]

25. It's the "Pickles Principal"

When you can't take the heat, trot out the wife, whom the press won't dare pick on!

:headbang:
rocknation

[K8-EEE]

45. Just Like Georgie -- Hiding Behind Laura's Skirts

...whenever the going gets tough they trot out their mommies to the press. UGH!

[acmavm]

13. People assume because she's a member of the Kennedy clan that she's

got a innate political astuteness and an inborn sense of leadership and brains.

Ain't necessarily so folks. She could read the news and memorize questions she was told to ask. She got the job because of who her family is. That's the entire extent of her talent.

[DemBeans]

33. they also assume she's a liberal -

I see no proof of that. She came from a family of Democrats - so what? So did Cokie Roberts, and she's about as far right of a whackjob as they come.

They can fawn over Maria, but it's all a distraction while he dismantles California brick by brick.

[earth mom]

15. Maria is either in Denial, Desperate or Brainwashed...

:shrug: A real dem wouldn't put up with Arnolds rethug shit no way no how.

If it was me, I'd kick the S.O.B. to the curb in a nano second. :grr:

[thebigidea]

16. ah, the "Condi is a rock star no really" type of puff piece

[susu369]

17. Maria and the Terminator are both creepy

http://www.thisislondon.com/showbiz/articles/17554519?source=Daily%20Mail


29/03/05 - Showbiz! section
Meet the Tuminator
By Barry Wigmore, Daily Mail

His bulging muscles made him a five-times winner of the Mr Universe title.
It took Arnold Schwarzenegger years of pumping iron to build the body that won him stardom in movies such as Conan the Barbarian and The Terminator.
But it has taken just two years of good living as the governor of California for the 57-year-old's shape to go somewhat belly-up.
Schwarzenegger's hint of a spare tyre where lean muscles used to ripple was evident when he took a dip in the Pacific off Maui, one of the Hawaiian islands, where he is on holiday with his wife Maria Shriver and their four children. Earlier, he had gone to church with his family, then
was given a neck massage on the beach by his TV journalist wife, who doesn't seem to mind his extra pounds.

--snip--

[UpInArms]

29. gack! if he was gross before

now he is just putrified :puke:

[Bo]

39. years of roid use eventually destroy muscle

you must keep working out to avoid roid ruin. All athletes no this.

[w4rma]

18. LOL. Maria Shriver is an "Alpha" female? She's as passive as they get (nt)

[Delphinus]

19. All I can think of is

she's a traitor: to the democratic party, to women, to progressive thought, etc. Love makes you do strange things.

[Cha]

21. Bullshyte! gropenator is NOT

ok! Maria is doing the World a BIG disservice..ok, chris lehane?

[Erika]

22. Maria should quit the Democratic party

or divorce Arnold. Just my opinion.

[kenny blankenship]

27. Why don't we just announce

a system of peerages?
And raffle them off.

[readmylips]

28. My cousin saw Maria/Ahnnold's two daughters...they are

huge. Look like truck drivers or running for their father weight-lifting titles. She was surprised because Ahhnold loves his women on the bone and Maria suffers from eating disorders. No offense to heavier people. I'm just pointing out how hypocrite Maria & Ahhnold are. (I'm a bit on the puggy side myself).

[K8-EEE]

43. One Of Them Is For Sure, I've Wondered About That Too....

especially since Arnie is like, Mr. School Phys Ed etc., that was his door into politics. Those poor kids. I know a teacher that used to teach them -- he said the daughters are amazingingly nice.

[devilgrrl]

34. Maria Shriver is a emaciated doormat (eom)

[TexasSissy]

35. She's partly responsible for * being in office, remember?

By standing by the side of a Republican (albeit a moderate Repub), when he was campaigning for *, she became a campaigner for *, too.

[realFedUp]

36. They send their wives out when it starts getting tough

I have no respect for Ms. Shriver...

[K8-EEE]

44. Her Uncles Are ROTOTILLING....

over her betrayal of dem values. Here's what gripes me, her constant comments about having to sacrifice her so-called "career." I ask you, does anybody miss her TV "journalism?" what's your favorite Maria Shriver moment on TV, your favorite Maria Shriver interview. She's a big nothing, just a bimbo, and her voice is so grating that it's an odd choice of work for her to go into, IMO....

[xxqqqzme]

41. '...Schwarzenegger, who is known to enjoy

fine wine and big cigars, denies this - and points out that steroids were new and not illegal when he used them...'

Yea they were so new they were for horses. Just because they weren't illegal doesn't make it right. Just means U started cheating earlier than the rest of the current bunch of neo-con rethugs. 'Mr. Universe' thru fraud.

[olddad56]

42. Maybe she just married him because she likes ....

Big Pricks with little dicks.