14
2005
Man that was fast. Gov. Terminator really is moving quickly to becoming Gov. Terminal.
This million dollar deal – the Sac Bee says $5 million, the LATimes $8 million – with magazines that endorse and push dietary supplements is a whole lot easier for folks to understand than anything involving White House leaks, the CIA or inside baseball.
The Gov. got paid by the folks who make the stuff -- the good supplements (yeah, right) and the bad ones, too -- that made baseball player blow up like bugs and hit big fat home runs. Got it.
If Schwarzenegger were more popular this wouldn't be as much of an issue. But he's not. And the perception that underscored his election – that he was too rich, too powerful, too much of a movie star to be bought – just took a big hit.