Ammiano (D-Calif.) to Schwarzenegger: 'Kiss my gay ass'

[Newsjock]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown is lambasting what he calls "highly inappropriate" behavior by San Francisco Democrats Wednesday who greeted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger with a hostile reception during a surprise drop-in at a San Francisco Democratic Party fund-raiser.

But outspoken State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco, who shouted "You lie!" to Schwarzenneger during the event at the Fairmont Hotel -- and didn't deny reports he walked out with a quip of "kiss my gay ass" -- said the GOP governor's "cheap publicity stunt" earned a very appropriate show of political theater, San Francisco-style.

Schwarzenegger, in a statement this morning, aimed to laugh it all off, saying of his SF Democratic reception that "compared to the reaction I got in Hyannis Port when I told the Kennedys I was marrying Maria, it was fantastic."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=49163&tsp=1

[Taverner]

1. Question: Why was Ahhhnold at a DEMOCRATIC fundraiser?

[Mass]

3. I was wondering the same thing.\nt

[TheDebbieDee]

12. Me too. Looks like Ah-nuld was trying to START something........

Very provocative behavior as far as I'm concerned.

[harkadog]

20. He was invited by the hosts of the fundraiser.

It helps to read the story. Willie Brown said Arnold was invited.

[bertman]

22. Read the story?? That's no fun. Besides it'd ruin our stupid questions routine.

[Jackpine Radical]

27. WHAT stupid questions routine?

:hide:

[bertman]

36. If I were you I'd stay behind that wall, JR.

:rofl: :rofl:

[EFerrari]

29. Brown said he was invited and the article calls it a surprise drop in. n/t

[harkadog]

30. It was a surprise to most of the guests

So in that sense it was a "surprise drop-in". But I believe Brown when he says he was invited and Brown would be in a position to know.

[CreekDog]

35. I believe Willie Brown probably did the inviting

I also believe that Willie Brown would say anything to try to make Ammiano (his longtime nemesis) look bad.

Willie Brown did many great things for SF and California, but at the very same time he did those things, he has made friendships and deals with the lowest of the low in California. And to a fault, he will defend indefensible politicians, USUALLY, if their name is not Tom Ammiano.

[TheDebbieDee]

32. ..................SURPRISE

greeted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger with a hostile reception during a SURPRISE drop-in at a San Francisco Democratic Party fund-raiser.

I admit that I didn't read the whole article, but from my snippet, can you tell why I thought Ah-nuld wasn't invited?

[harkadog]

34. It was not annouced by the hosts in advance.

So yes it was a surprise to most of the guests.

[kestrel91316]

19. Crashing the party for kicks is my guess......

[harkadog]

26. Guessed wrong.

[CountAllVotes]

31. Ahnuld will be running for the governator (D)

worth a try eh? He can go another 2 terms as a Democrat he figures. It worked before! :sarcasm:

:dem:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. I LOVE YOU TOMMY!!!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

One of my favorite SF supervisors ever! :D I proudly voted for him everytime he ran for Mayor.

[Taverner]

5. Tommy Rawks!

Ammiano for Mayor!!!

[EFerrari]

6. He's still one of the best stand ups in San Francisco.

Hands down.

[KamaAina]

37. Some people think Al Franken can't be an effective politician 'cause he's a comedian, too.

:eyes:

Two of the best!

[EFerrari]

4. He can kiss my straight one, too!

:rofl:

:applause:

[Brickbat]

7. WTF does Schwarzenegger expect? It was a Democratic fundraiser!

Sheesh!

[mudderfudder77]

9. He didn't

Doesn't sound like Arnold had a problem with it - it was Mayor Willie Brown who called it improper.

[Gormy Cuss]

13. And Brown had the nerve to call it comparable to Joe Wilson's shout out of Obama.

No, Willie -- not even close.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

15. Brown can suck it.

Truly. I hate that jackass.

[EFerrari]

17. Yeah, if Tom had paid people to walk out, maybe Willie Brown would have approved.

lol

[postulater]

8. I don't think I have ever asked any one to kiss my ass.

It just doesn't sound like fun.

[Rozlee]

18. Postulater, Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.....

.....or so I've heard.
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[Gman2]

10. He wants a makeover. He knows Repubs suck. Where to go?

[closeupready]

11. Not inappropriate at all. This is the same guy who vetoed same sex marriage legislation

when it was presented to him by the state legislature on a silver platter.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

14. Another delicious snippet ---

"Before (Schwarzenegger) showed up, people were talking about how unfortunate it was the Governor...was so missing in action on issues so important to San Francisco," Ammiano told us this morning. "Then I noticed the dye job out of the corner of my eye.''

Ouch.

Ammiano: "This isn't a chamber where someone suffers through. This is our house -- and it's like someone came in and took a big dump. He showed up; it was rude, he got up there and it felt to us that he was trivializing all the issues we care about. You have a few options, and along with the labor people, we walked out."

[tonysam]

16. I DO like Schwarzenegger's response, however,

about the Kennedys.

[kestrel91316]

21. Classless, like everything he has ever done or said. I don't know how

Maria lives with herself, having married so beneath her (and the rest of the human race).

[Hekate]

39. It's funny Kestrel, but when Maria talked about meeting Ahnold, it rather touched me...

She said that when they first met, the Kennedy clan was so devastated by losses ... and Arnold made her laugh. That statement alone made tears come to my eyes. It gave me an insight into a relationship that was otherwise a mystery.

As to the rest of the marriage, well, Catholics typically don't divorce. It's up to her about how she makes wife-and-motherhood work in relation to Arnold Schwartzenegger.

Hekate

[mudderfudder77]

23. If ever there was a question

about whether people here don't read the articles attached to the posts - this thread is living proof of it.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

24. I read the article.

I don't care if Arnie was invited -- this was a Democratic fundraiser -- he stepped into the lion's den and got what he deserved. Arnie has fucked over CA royally in sooo many ways I've stopped counting. He's lucky it was just quips lobbed his way.

[mudderfudder77]

25. Congratulations

Now read through this thread and see how many posts refer to a phantom complaint from Arnold, or question why he was there.

[pennylane100]

28. Well I just read the article

and even if he was invited, why waste a chance to insult him publicly. He has done that often enough to the democrats. Also I think it sounded quite funny, and the gropinator did not sound very upset, but Willy Brown was acting like a horse's arse, as usual. He thinks he is still relevant.

[Sapphocrat]

33. Willie Brown...

...the man who swore if that Issa-created, Ahmanson-funded circus of a recall in 2003 resulted in a Governor Schwarzenegger, he would personally start a new recall the next day. Big talker, he.

As for Schwarzenegger, if he needs his little Ah-nold stroked in order to make him a sign a bill he should anyway (which he has until Sunday night to sign, btw), then he's just living down to expectations, as always.

K&R for our Tom.

[ejbr]

38. Wille Brown is

"highly inappropriate"... which is not to defend Ammiano, but to point out that Willie Brown can "kiss MY gay ass!"

[That Guy 888]

40. Did/does anyone ask the gropinator about his Enron meetings?

Considering how much enron fucked over CA I would want that question asked every time ahnold showed his face in public.

[alp227]

41. I'm just watching this on ABC7 News at 11

This is Joe Wilson gone WILD. Still it's bad decorum despite Arnold's poor leadership in this era of a huge state deficit.

[mitchtv]

43. bad decorum?

to invite the Groper, bad decorum for him to show up

[xchrom]

42. love love love tommy!

:applause:

[951-Riverside]

44. He said "Kiss my FAGGOT ass"

Nice reporting SFGate :sarcasm: