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Schwarzenegger learned art of negotiation in backyard hot tub
AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 11/2/07 | Rachel Konrad - ap

Posted on 11/02/2007 6:32:30 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger learned the art of political negotiation in a setting that's oh so California - soaking in his backyard hot tub.

Keynoting a gathering of Silicon Valley business leaders Friday, the Republican governor explained how his wife - former television news anchor Maria Shriver - came to support his 2003 gubernatorial bid.

"We were sitting in the Jacuzzi. I said, 'Maria, here's an idea. What do you think about this, me running for governor?" Schwarzenegger said to peals of laughter. "I said, there's a recall, there's only a 2-month campaign. I think we can work our way through this two months and then I'm governor - isn't that great?"

After the laughter died down, Schwarzenegger, 60, turned solemn.

"In all seriousness, she had tears in her eyes. I had to work on her for 14 days," Schwarzenegger said. "That's where I learned to negotiate - bringing Democrats and Republicans together right there in the Jacuzzi."

Shriver's family tree is sprinkled with prominent Democrats. Her father, Sargent Shriver, was the 1972 Democratic candidate for vice president and her uncle was President John F. Kennedy.

Schwarzenegger and Shriver, 52, have been married for more than 21 years.

Schwarzenegger's comic routine began when a member of the audience submitted a question about whether Shriver would make a good president. The governor said she wouldn't want the job.

"She grew up and was a victim, where she was always thrown into events and photographs, and Sunday nights there were always 100 people in the house ... and she was at the factories telling people, 'Vote for my daddy, vote for my daddy,'" Schwarzenegger said.

"When she was 21 years old, she went out and decided she would find a man who had no desire to be in politics. She bumped into a man who was from an Austrian farm, a bodybuilder who was only interested in oiling up ... and wearing tight pants ... and then going into Hollywood," he said to more laughs.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: California; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: california; hottub; jacuzzi; negotiation; schwarzenegger

1 posted on 11/02/2007 6:32:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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plus in the Sac bee

No interest in Senate seat, Schwarzenegger says
http://www.sacbee.com/102/story/468667.html


2 posted on 11/02/2007 6:32:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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I am going to try and be nice. really, I am.


3 posted on 11/02/2007 6:33:40 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

Poor Skeletor had tears in her eyes. Sniff ....

Regards


4 posted on 11/02/2007 6:38:06 PM PDT by ARE SOLE (Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.. (A "Concerned Citizen".))
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To: NormsRevenge

“We were sitting in the Jacuzzi. I said, ‘Maria, here’s an idea. What do you think about this, me running for governor?” Schwarzenegger said to peals of laughter. “I said, there’s a recall, there’s only a 2-month campaign. I think we can work our way through this two months and then I’m governor - isn’t that great?”

— ya got your limousine libs and your hot tub hucksters and then there is the gUb..


5 posted on 11/02/2007 6:38:20 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

8th most influential liberal in America. Well worth repeating.


6 posted on 11/02/2007 6:49:45 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: NormsRevenge
***Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger learned the art of political negotiation in a setting that's oh so California - soaking in his backyard hot tub. ***

You men like this?

7 posted on 11/02/2007 6:50:58 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: NormsRevenge
"I said, there's a recall, there's only a 2-month campaign. I think we can work our way through this two months and then I'm governor - isn't that great?"

Total Recall?


8 posted on 11/02/2007 6:52:04 PM PDT by OCC (Dar al-Kufr (House of the Infidel))
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To: NormsRevenge

No pictures, please.


9 posted on 11/02/2007 6:55:31 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: NormsRevenge
Prediction time - Maria is sure to be asked to enter DEM politics to save the children of the world while capitalizing on the famdamily connections and history. She is a natural apologizer for his mistake of almost talking like a Republican. Also, Maria sounds a little Spanish.
10 posted on 11/02/2007 7:01:56 PM PDT by seenenuf (Progressives are a threat to my children!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Complete waste of time.


11 posted on 11/02/2007 7:45:05 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
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To: popdonnelly

Complete waste of time.

waste , oh yeah, not to mention a huge pile of dough..


12 posted on 11/02/2007 7:51:38 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

That’s so gay.


13 posted on 11/02/2007 7:52:54 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: NormsRevenge
"That's where I learned to negotiate - bringing Democrats and Republicans together right there in the Jacuzzi."

California jacuzzis have always been the site of a lot of negotiations -- though party politics are rarely the subject.

14 posted on 11/02/2007 7:57:37 PM PDT by ReignOfError
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To: NormsRevenge

15 posted on 11/02/2007 8:02:43 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: NormsRevenge

Oh gee, I am so impressed. That and marrying a Kennedy.


16 posted on 11/02/2007 8:17:30 PM PDT by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: Clintonfatigued

Arnold not interested in senate seat. Darn.


17 posted on 11/02/2007 9:04:23 PM PDT by Norman Bates
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