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I haven’t written fake news in a while… but.

Years ago, I remember seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger on Arsenio Hall. He jokingly told Arsenio that the real, Austrian way to pronounce his name was “Schwartze-nigger” and that, (it’s been a long time and I don’t remember his exact words) “we have more in common than you thought.” It was those comments that inspired me to re-work the following Reuters article. [original article here]

Schwarzenegger tells Leno link to Bush is “ridiculous”
By Steve Gorman/Steve Weinik

LOS ANGELES - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger distanced himself from President George W. Bush on national television on Wednesday, saying he was as far from his fellow Republican as he was from winning an Academy Award during his film career.

“To link me to George Bush is like linking me to an Oscar. That’s ridiculous.” the former bodybuilder and Hollywood action star joked during an appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” “You know why, you know why?” Schwarzenegger continued. “Like my father said, you will never win an Oscar in Hollywood. The Jewish people” he said while tapping his nose with his index finger, “will never allow me to play anything but evil cyborg or kindergarten teacher. I could do Shakespeare.” Schwarzenegger insisted. “The White House, it is now the same way. The neoconservatives, the Jews, they control everything now. Do I look like a Jew? That’s ridiculous.”

The Governor’s remarks, which were met with silence from the audience and an uncomfortable joke about Mel Gibson from Leno, have set off a firestorm of controversy that the Schwarzenegger campaign has struggled to contain. “The Governor’s remarks were intended as a joke. The Governor harbors no animosity towards the Jewish faith or its people.” Spoke Schwarzenegger’s spokesman, Hans Reich, III at a hastily convened Wednesday morning press conference.

It was Schwarzenegger’s fifth guest spot on the late-night comedy show since he used a 2003 appearance on the program to announce his first campaign for public office in 2003. The remarks re-ignited questions about the Schwarzenegger family’s ties to the Nazi party during the Second World War.

The governor’s Democratic challenger in his bid for a second term, state Treasurer Phil Angelides, complained NBC was snubbing him while unfairly giving Schwarzenegger, “a clear nazi sympathizer” valuable media exposure weeks before the election.

A spokesman for the Angelides campaign accused NBC of violating federal rules that generally require broadcasters to give opposing candidates equal time. The Angelides “nazi sympathizer” remarks have forced the campaign into full damage control mode.

“Not only does Angelides seek to control the content of what you see on late night television, he seeks to control the speech and content of those programs as well.” Spoke Reich at Wednesday’s press conference.

A Fox News poll shows that California voters do side with Schwarzenegger’s free-speech platform by a 2-1 margin over Angelides policy of censorship and increased restrictions on public speech.

“What we have here is a clear blunder by the Democratic Party of California, really the Democratic Party at large.” Remarked Tony Snow when asked about the Schwarzenegger/Angelides controversy during Wednesday’s White House Press conference. “The Democrats are a threat to the Constitution and to the liberties guaranteed in that Constitution. I think that much is clear.”