Go Arianna!
[This woman is not afraid to mix it up! -Thomas]
Huffington enters, upstages Schwarzenegger
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Schwarzenegger appeared to be unsettled by Huffington, who timed her entrance just as he emerged from his SUV. The media pundit and author of “How to Overthrow the Government,” Huffington — dressed in an elegant tan pinstriped suit and spike heels — glided in front of the actor before the dozens of TV cameras and microphones, then held her own news conference when he went inside.
“Arnold Schwarzenegger is a Bush Republican . . . and Bush’s policies have been a disaster for California,” she told reporters.
Huffington said she and Schwarzenegger were outsiders running against professional politicians, but that was about the only thing they had in common. As an example of their differences, Huffington cited the cars they arrived in: Schwarzenegger rolling up in an SUV, she in a Toyota Prius hybrid.
Asked if she were “stalking’ Schwarzenegger, Huffington said she was merely trying to raise issues.
‘’I will do whatever it takes to be governor of California, making the difference between Arnold and myself very clear . . . . We’re definitely going to be challenging Arnold, and all the other candidates, to regular debates.”
But with Californians given only seven weeks to make up their minds, “it’s going to be guerrilla politics, absolutely,” she promised.
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