BAD TASTE AWARD FOR THE DAY – AT 9:53 A.M. ET:  Maybe it's time for the former governor of California to avail himself of the Constitutional right to shut up.  Ahnold, take a vacation. 

LOS ANGELES (CBS) —Arnold Schwarzenegger is pulling no punches in his first formal interview since leaving office, claiming that the highest office in the state left him “addicted” to its power.

An Austrian addicted to power is not a good thing.  Been there, done that.

In a recent sit-down the former governor granted to the Austrian newspaper Krone, Schwarzenegger estimates that his seven years as governor cost him about $200 million – $70 million of that in lost movie roles.
Schwarzenegger also laments the fact that Hollywood salaries have dropped since he left the business.

My heart breaks.  I weep. 

He said his abysmal popularity rankings were “just a snapshot” and that “they would have rocketed to the top” had he not been forced out of office by term limits.

Today low numbers, tomorrow the world.  Isn't that the way it went?

Nowhere in the transcripts from the interview posted on the newspaper’s website did Schwarzenegger face any questions about alleged favoritism in his decision to grant clemency to the son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez.

Bad move, and will hurt him if he tries to return to politics.  Is there a bodybuilding commissioner?

January 18, 2011