Governor calls Cubans, Puerto Ricans "all very hot" on tape ("Hot! Hot! Hot!")

AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 9/8/06 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

On a tape of a closed-door meeting with advisers, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says that Cubans and Puerto Ricans are naturally feisty and temperamental because of their combination of "black blood" and "Latino blood."

"I mean Cuban, Puerto-Rican, they are all very hot," the governor says on the recording obtained by the Los Angeles Times and made available on its Web site Friday. "They have the, you know, part of the black blood in them and part of the Latino blood in them that together makes it."

The six-minute tape was made earlier this year. On it, Schwarzenegger and Chief of Staff Susan Kennedy speak affectionately of Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia, R-Cathedral City, and speculate about her nationality.

Garcia, who is Puerto Rican and the legislature's only Latina Republican, told the Times the governor's remarks did not bother her.

"I love the governor because he is a straight talker just like I am," she said. "Very often I tell him, 'Look, I am a hot-blooded Latina.' I label myself a hot-blooded Latina that is very passionate about the issues, and this is kind of an inside joke that I have with the governor."

Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Margita Thompson said in a statement the remarks were "a small part of a long conversation that is taken totally out of context."

"The governor respects every member of the Legislature and holds them in the highest regard," Thompson said. "It is not uncommon for him to have fun and joke with the members while they're working, especially during very tense negotiations."

The recording is full of frank and comic assessments of fellow Republicans from Schwarzenegger and his staff.

Kennedy, a Democrat who also worked for former governor Gray Davis, says Republican Assembly leader George Plescia of La Jolla looks like a "startled deer," and the governor calls Republican legislators a "wild bunch" and a "unique, unruly group."

The remarks came in the spring as the governor was in negotiations with Republican lawmakers over his plan to place several bond issues on the November ballot.

It was not known why the session was taped, but the Times said Schwarzenegger sometimes records private meetings so that speechwriters can keep a record of his thoughts and speaking patterns.

The newspaper did not say how the tape was obtained. The participants suggest during the meeting that they know they are being recorded.

[NormsRevenge]

Good for you!

I like your cats names.. lol

[Smogger]

LOL!

Well he's right. I am half black and half Irish, and can be a wee hot blooded myself. Not to mention I drink most people under the table. ;-)

My Cuban friend is the most hot-headed person I have ever met.

[NormsRevenge]

I married into a filipino clan.. they too, can be a little fiery occasionally (understatement)... alcohol is not a good option for loosening them up either.

[dighton]

Not to mention I drink most people under the table.

Wait 'til you meet a half-Australian, half-Russian.

;-)

[EricT.]

Is cultural passion a bad thing?

[roaddog727]

The cats are aptly named.......

[NormsRevenge]

In politics , anything goes. Ask Clinton if what happens behind closed doors or in bull sessions is immune from discussion by the public. ;-)

Heck, this may get him more votes in the end, PHILth isn't exactly a Lothario kind of guy, sex sells whether we like it or not..

[wjcsux]

My mother is Hispanic. We learned at a very young age that you really didn't want to piss her off!

[exile]

He may be right. Ever see the babes on a Univision soap opera. Muy Caliente.

[somniferum]

Diversity is all about celebrating differences but NEVER acknowledging that they exist. :P

[NormsRevenge]

No comment! :-}

[JamesP81]

I like rye and wheat bread myself but alas like you am a white dude by birth, no matter how much hip hop and reggae I listen to.

I guess I'm lucky then. I'm a white bread type too, but the pale / fair red-heads really do it for me. I'm a white guy, and I like my ladies the same way.

[Mr. Mojo]

...calling Cubans, Puerto Ricans "very hot" on tape

Didn't Miss Puerto Rico win this years' Miss Universe? Yeah, I'd say she's hot.

[NormsRevenge]

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia, R-Palm Springs, left, listen to questions from members of the media during a news conference in Santa Monica, Calif., Friday, Sept. 8, 2006. Schwarzenegger apologized Friday for saying during a closed-door meeting that Cubans and Puerto Ricans are naturally feisty and temperamental because of their combination of 'black blood' and 'Latino blood.' Garcia said she was not offended by the governor's comments. Garcia earlier told the Los Angeles Times that she often calls herself a 'hot-blooded Latina.' (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

[NormsRevenge]

I apologize..

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at a news conference in Santa Monica, California September 8, 2006, where he apologized for taped remarks he made earlier this year. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES)

[bonfire]

Just gotta love him!

[exile]

"I like my ladies the same way"

I thought hispanics were considered caucasian? I understand what you're saying, I think I read that somewhere.

Personally, I'm not so picky. Hot is hot as far as I'm concerned. When I was single, hot chicks of all ethnic backgrounds ignored me. But, that's life.

[JamesP81]

Personally, I'm not so picky. Hot is hot as far as I'm concerned. When I was single, hot chicks of all ethnic backgrounds ignored me. But, that's life.

Truthfully, we say what we like and don't like, but if I found the right woman, I wouldn't really much care; that sort of thing is just not that important to me. I mean as long as she didn't look like Helen Thomas. Goes without saying.

[mandingo republican]

As a cuban - AMERICAN I can tell you that we come in all different bloods and colors - not all Cubans have "black" blood and they are still HOT.

My family is cuban of spanish ancestry no mixture there - not that there is anything wrong with that.

[mandingo republican]

WHERE ARE THE PICTURES OF HOT LATINA WOMEN?