"I mean Cuban, Puerto-Rican, they are all very hot," the governor said 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 from a March 3 speechwriting session with Schwarzenegger. 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."
2006-09-08 05:47:04 · 5 answers · asked by anyways_fukitol 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
"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."
Schwarzenegger Communications Director Adam Mendelsohn added the governor's office would not release the tape publicly because it was a private conversation.
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, said 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."
2006-09-08 05:47:30 · update #1
The remarks came as the governor was in negotiations with Republican lawmakers over his plan to place several bond issues on the November ballot.
Schwarzenegger aides routinely tape his speechwriting sessions so the writers 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.
Schwarzenegger is running for re-election in November. His Democratic opponent, Phil Angelides, did not have an immediate comment, according to his campaign aides.
2006-09-08 05:47:50 · update #2
what are your thoughts on this??? thank you!
2006-09-08 05:48:26 · update #3
http://cbs13.com/video/?id=11497@kovr.dayport.com
2006-09-08 05:49:17 · update #4
yea i dont see anything wrong with.....but boy are the reporters haveing a field day with it! : /
2006-09-08 05:55:56 · update #5
w/e no big deal! i do aprove of it!
2006-09-08 05:56:58 · answer #1 · answered by pro_choice_my_right 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, thats tight that The Terminator thinks Puerto Rican people are tight.
im Puerto Rican and i approve this message
2006-09-08 12:51:15 · answer #2 · answered by Bronx_Bomber 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In general Latinos we are pretty sensual, but that guys is a loser and he doesn't know how to speak. Like he is hot.
2006-09-08 12:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm puerto rican and that's just a little disrespectful,i don't know what to think of this guy.
2006-09-08 12:50:58 · answer #4 · answered by Lost Phoenix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
puerto ricans are NOT hot he was hight . ..
2006-09-08 12:49:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋