Wow, that Weight Gainer 2000 has really done the trick!
Posted on 07/23/2005 11:41:13 AM PDT by calcowgirl
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ended his $8-million contract with a muscle magazine publisher last week. But his deep emotional, political and business ties to bodybuilding — and to the supplement industry that feeds it — won't be so easily severed.
Since becoming governor, Schwarzenegger has remained closely involved with the bodybuilding world and with the supplement companies whose products promise such things as ripped muscles, "thermonuclear" energy and better sex.
According to documents and interviews with industry leaders, Schwarzenegger has continued to give the industry advice. He has participated in private meetings about government regulations. The governor also received personal income from the Arnold Classic bodybuilding contest, which serves as a showplace for supplements.
And since entering politics, he has accepted $242,000 in contributions to his gubernatorial campaign and other causes from individuals and companies connected to the bodybuilding and supplement industry.
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Just before taking office in 2003, Schwarzenegger reported personal income from two dozen bodybuilding and supplement companies — such as SportPharma, Twinlab, VPX and Pinnacle Bodyonics. The income was funneled through his former company, Classic Productions Inc., which produces the Arnold Classic in Ohio every year.
After taking office, Schwarzenegger ended his ownership stake in Classic Productions, his aides said, although he still received an income from the company until last week. Like his American Media contract, Stutzman said the relationship with Classic Production was ended to avoid "any distraction his political opponents or the media can use against him."
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Schwarzenegger attained worldwide stature through bodybuilding, an industry that relies on specially designed foods and powders to bulk up and get energized. His longtime patron, Joe Weider, was an early entrepreneur in the supplements world and began relying on Schwarzenegger to promote his products soon after he brought him to America in 1968.
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".. ripped muscles, "thermonuclear" energy and better sex.. "
The New Majority platform in '06 ?
Arnold screwed up. He should have known better and distanced himself from this deal once he became Governor. The guy has lower approval ratings than George Bush!
Weider has been selling the same kind of cr@p for decades, with Arnold as his marketing agent.
Wow, that Weight Gainer 2000 has really done the trick!
It's amazing what the LAT considers news.
Why? He is a classic bodybuilder. He should tell 'em all to pound sand.
The only supplement Arnold used in his bodybuilding career was probably, Anavar, Winstrol and Deca-Durabolin (injectable). It's all a farce and he knows it...he has even admittied that the heavy, and i mean heavy abuse of many designer steroids, growth hormones and diuretics in todays professional bodybuilding is out of control.
I find it more amazing that funneling millions of dollars through private corporations to avoid disclosure laws and maintaining relationships which show a clear conflict of interest is considered acceptable by so many, as long as there is an (R) next to your name. If Gray Davis did something similar, everyone would be screaming aloud.
Have you ever heard of the little Demorat that cried wolf? I need to see a video confession from a Republican before I'll believe the Demorat media machine. You may, of course, have a lower standard.
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