Schwarzenegger says governorship cost him $200 million (the nerve)

Reuters ^ | 1/14/2011 | Reuters

[mewykwistmas]

(Reuters) - Serving as California governor cost Arnold Schwarzenegger at least $200 million, the bodybuilding star turned actor and politician told a newspaper in his native Austria, insisting 'it was more than worth it."

Counting expenses and lost income from acting in Hollywood films, "in all it is probably more than $200 million," he told Krone when asked how much his two terms in Sacramento had cost.

[mewykwistmas]

Well, you did a helluva of a job, and we're glad you sacrificed for us. It was so worth for the taxpayers too

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Luis Santos feels your pain Arnold...puke

[okie01]

Schwarzenegger says governorship cost him $200 million

The bigger question, Ahnold, ol' buddy, ol' pal, is how much did having you governor cost the taxpayers of California?

[sappy]

He cost the state 30 times that

[CdMGuy]

Yeah Arnold, don't know where you got that figure from, likely pulled out of your butt. What I can tell you is that you cost us California taxpayers billions and billions of dollars by your failure to do the job we elected you to do and instead served as butt boy to the Democrat controlled legislature. Do us a favor and move back to Austria. Now, we have to live with the economic damage your so-called carbon dioxide legislation will cause this state. I have a couple of words for you, which I cannot type here, but two words that I can type here are Good Riddance. Hasta la vista you POS.

[Eccl 10:2]

The sad thing is that if he swung as far to the right instead of to the left as he did he would have saved the state, become a virtual legend, and would have had the world in the palm of his hand. Between movies and books and
speaking engagements after his term, he would have more than made up the $200 million.

Now he is just a loser, a schmuck, with no credibility, and no genuine marketability.

What a waste. Sad.

[windsorknot]

Arnold’s failed governorship cost him the family jewels.

[Savage Beast]

...and he failed.

[supremedoctrine]

May dear Ahnuld RIP as the FINAL Celebrity Candidate/Governor whose triumph was nothing more
than a triumph of Marketing. “Role of a Lifetime” was a subtitle of a Ronald Reagan biography—Reagan fulfilled that role, Ahnuld merely stepped into it like it was another of his moneymaking movies. THIS last movie of his cost his state dearly. Prior to AHnuld we had another clown who was going to set things right, Jesse Ventura. Ahnuld was the consummation of that trend, ON STEROIDS (probably literally). All I can say is, Lou Ferrigno, don’t you dare run for anything.

[Randy Larsen]

Too bad he cost Kalifornia so much more that we elected Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown!

I hate to say it but at least he’s trying to help(GAG)!

[DTogo]

In other words, satisfying his EGO was worth $200M.

Much like Meg Whitman wasted $150M trying to boost her own.

[Pontiac]

Hey, you can slam Arnold all you want but remember the voters of California are the ultimate arbiters of the California government.

In the last election the voters of California doubled down on Liberal free spending Democrat government electing Democrats for every state wide office.

Arnold reneged on his election promises to reign in government spending so he deserves to be ridiculed but Californians have stated that he was giving them the government they wanted at the ballot box.

[mewykwistmas]

“Hey, you can slam Arnold all you want but remember the voters of California are the ultimate arbiters of the California government. “

Fine, just don’t beg for a bailout

[boop]

He didn’t have a chance with a huge dem majority in the CA legislature. Plus the hundreds of millions the unions spent defeating his initiatives that would have put CA back on course.

[Cheetahcat]

The Rino stabbed us in the Back,Go away and take that Lefty Kennedy Skank with you.

[truthguy]

He was a terrible governor as I knew he would be. I said so often before he was elected in the infamous recall election. Arnold would not have made it to the governor's office in a regular Republican Primary. He only got in during the special election.

There was nothing in his background to indicate he would be successful as a governor. He had no accomplishments in those areas that are important to being a good governor. In short he was a lightweight and really didn't understand how to be effective in the job. He was out of his league. He ran for governor because of his big ego and should have known going in he would have to take a pay cut of a big amount. If Meg Whitman had won, she would have to take an even larger pay-cut. Arnold is a failure and a jerk. But he really wasn't the biggest problem, it's the state legislature. The RATS have controlled the legislature forever. Schwarzenegger simply didn't know how to deal with the legislature. The problem with California is Californians!

[4Runner]

The original girlie man. He has been following orders, listening to whatever Maria Shriver has been telling him to do. She’s gorgeous but also a screaming liberal. Deadly combination.

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[Rocky]

He was going to save California from its $20 billion debt.

What a joke.

[Seaplaner]

He lies, of course.

It was a 200 MM$ "investment" in the worlds best and biggest publicity stunt, ever.

The cruel (for California citizens) irony is that Arlen Schwarzenegger will recoup much more that 200MM$; and, it will be for his worst performance!

.

[mewykwistmas]

“He was going to save California from its $20 billion debt.

What a joke.”

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Well, he saved them from the $20 Billion one...he made it at least $28 billion and god knows how much of the debt was hidden with accounting tricks. We need to figure out a system where each time US or a state borrows, money is deducted from our paychecks within a month or two. Let’s see how much they keep borrowing in our name then