Petrelis Files

(Big sissy won't do any heavy lifting over Prop 8 and gays.)

Arnie to Gays: Drop Dead;
Time to Campaign for McCain

Wanna know how and where the Gov of California will spend part of his political capital this election season? Check out this story this afternoon from the Sacramento Bee's blog:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger once again will stump for a Republican presidential candidate in Ohio on the weekend before the election, this time making a Halloween stop for Sen. John McCain in Columbus ...

At a press conference backing the redistricting initiative today in San Diego, Schwarzenegger called Columbus "the city where I traditionally always go and campaign, like the weekend before the election. I have done this in 1988 and in 1992 and so on, so I will be going there for one event to Columbus, Ohio."...

The Halloween rally is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 31 at Nationwide Arena, according to Schwarzenegger political adviser Adam Mendelsohn ...

"The governor has been looking forward to going out and campaigning, and he's going to go to his home away from home, Columbus, Ohio," Mendelsohn said.

Should gays start contacting Mendelsohn and pressure him to advise Arnie to speak out and actively campaign in his first home state against Prop 8? I think so. It can only help our gay marriage equality cause, if CA voters lobby Arnie now to keep his promise to fight the proposition.

If the No on 8 campaign, or the Log Cabin leaders, were to issue a call to pressure the Gov and his staff, we'd likely see some action on our behalf.

Anyway, I needed a refresher today on exactly what Governor Schwarzenegger said to the Log Cabin organization back in April about battling a ballot initiative over gay marriage, so I checked out his full quote, as reported by newsman Rex Wockner, who was at the gay GOP convention:

"Well, first of all, I think that it would never happen in California because I think that California people are much further along with that issue. And, number two, I will always be there to fight against that, because it would never happen. I think we need a constitutional amendment so that foreign-born citizens can run for president, but not about gay marriage. That's a total waste of time."

Great words, Arnie, how about moving some of your muscles and keep your promise to fight for us?

Speaking of words, the governor expended a small amount of capital and official resources to issue a statement about the passing of one his bodybuilding sponsors, Mr. Ben Weider. Click here to read the tribute to Weider.

Then go here, Arnie's public info page, and search for gay marriage. You won't find a thing there about him doing his part to defeat Prop 8.