Posted on 12/26/2004 11:14:09 PM PST by SmithL
Tis the season -- for giving, getting and getting even -- and here's a little sample of some of the news nuggets and predictions that we found lying under the tree:
First, the Ghost of Christmas Past showed up for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the form of Rupert Murdoch.
Back in early 1990s, Arnold sued Murdoch's News of the World tabloid for printing an unauthorized biography that told of the muscle-man-turned-actor's national political ambitions and accused him, as the Columbia Journalism Review put it, of being a crude womanizer "given to expressions of racism, anti-Semitism and admiration for Hitler's ability to lead.''
In other words, all the things we would later hear about Arnold when he ran for governor.
Arnold got his pound of flesh -- not only did he collect 30,000 pounds from Murdoch's British tabloid, but he got a public apology as well.
Fast forward to last month when, records show, Schwarzenegger received another check from Murdoch -- this time a campaign contribution from the publishing mogul's News America Corp. totaling a muscle-popping $250,000.
How's that for the spirit of giving?
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Politics makes for strange bedfellows:)
Odd.
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