VLVL why we love California

[pynchonoid]

Kinneret-Among-The-Pines, I love California and each
and every one of the Granola State's fruits, nuts, and
flakes...

[...] When was the last time a big-time candidate gave
a speech in a Teutonic accent, sporting hip shades?
[...] "This is a beauty contest, and Arnold is the
best looking guy," one Republican said.

The race is so wacky, there's less emphasis on the
fact that the actor is running on pecs and running
away from peccadilloes.

Sure, he's smoked marijuana and his father was a Nazi,
but look at the field: a porn star who wants to tax
breast implants; a self-styled "smut peddler who
cares"; a billboard Barbie in a pink Corvette; a
former child actor; an ex-cop who wants to legalize
ferrets; a comedian who wants to ban low-low-riding
pants; a glam Greek columnist whose rich ex-husband
endorsed Arnold. [...] 

<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/10/opinion/10DOWD.html>

Maureen might have mentioned that Arnold has
apparently remained a defender of "self-reinventing
Nazi" (The Guardian's recent description), Kurt
Waldheim, and he seems to have had troubling
associations with the unsavory Jorg Haider, according
to this web site: 
<http://www.9types.com/movieboard/messages/3994.html>;
see also this Jerusalem Post article,
<http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/05.Jan.1997/Features/Article-13.html>

Arnie might make a good Commandant Bopp in the movie
version of Vineland.



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