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September 8, 2006

spicy hot

California Governator Arnold Scharwzenegger is down with the explosive power of race mixing:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today apologized for saying the lone Latina Republican lawmaker in California had a "very hot," fiery personality because of her ethnicity, a comment captured on audio tape last spring in his private office.

The governor made his apology in Santa Monica standing next to Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia (R-Cathedral City), the Latina lawmaker whom Schwarzenegger characterized as hot-blooded.

"The fact is that if I would hear this kind of comments in my house, by my kids, I would be upset, and today, when I read it in the papers, it's something when you say things, but it is another thing when you read it in the paper. It made me cringe. It made me feel uncomfortable. And so this is why I thought I should come out and address the issue right away."

On the recording, Schwarzenegger describes Republican legislators as the "wild bunch" and refers to Garcia, casually saying that "black blood" mixed with "Latino blood" equals "hot."

"I mean, they are all very hot," the governor says on the audio recording. "They have the, you know, part of the black blood in them and part of the Latino blood in them that together makes it."

Garcia said there was no need for Schwarzenegger to apologize.

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"I love the governor because he is a straight talker just like I am," Garcia 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. [full story]

Inside is right, Assemblywoman Garcia, inside is right. Thank you very much, Mz. Cuchi Cuchi Coo 2006.

Some CA Latino leaders reportedly told Der Arnold that they "are not preoccupied with this kind of thing" but Der Arnold sure seems preoccupied by the various attractions of Afro-Latino woman. I, of course, do not need to remind you of this:

I detect a long-standing pattern. I'm not particularly mad at Der Arnold myself but I think his wife Maria Shriver might be. While there is something vaguely telenovela about Shriver, I don't think she satisfies Arnolds obvious yen for certain racially-coded attributes.

Here is a question for the ladies: what's a woman to do when her man is a serial groper with a thing for an entire class of ladies that look nothing like she does?

Posted by ebogjonson in what is B.O.G.?, on September 8, 2006 6:07 PM