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)
Just gotta love him!
** OUR FRIENDS AT THE L.A. TIMES, THOSE GREAT FRIENDS OF ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, HAVE BEEN VERY MYSTERIOUS ABOUT WHERE THEY GOT THAT TAPE
I revealed yesterday of Schwarzenegger modestly dishing on a few Republican figures. Lets clear up that mystery for the folks at the erstwhile Time Mirror Square right now. The Timesies are so modest. They got the tape from a transcription service.
I have done a fair amount of ghost writing for some famous people. (None of whom are named Arnold Schwarzenegger, incidentally.) In the course of it, you record the principal to get a sense of her or his tone and cadence so as to better write in his or her voice. Schwarzeneggers speechwriters, I can tell you, have done this as a matter of course. The tapes are then sent to a transcription service. Somehow, one or more of those tapes was obtained by LA Times reporter Bob Salladay, the only reporter to fly around the state with Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Angelides on his primary eve tour, and as of next Monday the chief political blogger for the Times
Listening to Roger Hedgecock on Firday - Arnold and the lady he was talking about - this is their private joke - and she has made a comment to the media saying this.
As usual .. it's the media making a mountain out of a mole hill!
bonnie garcia talks baby talk.
and it drives some men wild.