Schwarzenegger Walks Back Insult Aimed at Obama

Posted by Staff, Huffington Post at 12:30 PM on November 16, 2008.

The Governator takes back calling Obama "scrawny."

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On ABC's "This Week," California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger backpedals from his campaign-trail joke that Obama has "scrawny little arms":

"Look, I've seen him playing basketball. He's a better basketball player than I am. But I think that no one should take that joke that seriously, because Columbus, Ohio, is the place where they have the world championships in lifting and in body building every year. And so ... you talk about body and legs and skinny and all -- pumping up, and all of those kind of things. So this was not meant to be an insult in any way. It was meant to be to lighten up the place and to make everyone laugh a little bit."

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you have to believe him [Report this comment] Posted by: cwilsondrum on Nov 16, 2008 1:24 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] arnold has a taken a lot of ribbing over the years about his speech. and even appeared with the guys from SNL to spoof himself and them. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Itz ok Aaaaanuldt. [Report this comment] Posted by: Longdream on Nov 16, 2008 4:57 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] He's got a heavy liddul breeeehn. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Itz ok Aaaaanuldt. Posted by: Vik Conan The Governor [Report this comment] Posted by: MSharp on Nov 16, 2008 9:49 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] It's about time Schwarzenegger admits he was way over his head in accepting the governorship of California, cut his losses and slowly withdraw from the position. He could go back to Hollywood and replace the DUI currently driving the Terminator franchise. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] This is news? [Report this comment] Posted by: jeffr on Nov 17, 2008 4:31 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Good grief... So Ahhhnuld can't make fun of President Obama... or , ok, I gotta admit... what the exactly was the point in this "story"? It was a joke, just like the lipstick joke. A joke is not necessarily "news"... Besides... compared to Arnold, he DOES have scrawny little arms... so what? :P [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: This is news? Posted by: Xynyx » RE: This is news? Posted by: mandy gathaiga [Report this comment] Posted by: gathaiga on Nov 17, 2008 7:08 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] This pimple-head reminds me of the quickly forgotten former Minnesota governor who was a former exhibition wrestler. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] So Important! [Report this comment] Posted by: blitzmesser on Nov 17, 2008 4:46 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Who cares? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Scrawny is Beautiful [Report this comment] Posted by: undercover on Nov 18, 2008 5:42 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Own it, Barack! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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