Everywhere he turns, Arnold Schwarzenegger finds the nurses and other public employees that he scapegoats are fighting back...from Oakland to Hollywood to Washington DC. John Pomfret in the Washington Post has the story:
In his speech to the California Nurses Association, Beatty accused Schwarzenegger of governing "by show, by spin, by cosmetics, and photo ops, fake events, fake issues and fake crowds and backdrops." The crowd of 500 union delegates interrupted him throughout, chanting "Run, Warren, Run" as Beatty peppered his remarks with gags about nurses, enemas and Schwarzenegger's physique. As if the evening didn't already have enough star power, Beatty's wife, Annette Bening, joined him, as did actor and director Sean Penn.
The nurses union has been at the forefront of a boisterous anti-Schwarzenegger campaign after the governor declared open season on all public employee unions because of their influence over the Democratic-controlled legislature and their aversion to changing their pensions. Nurses hound him. On Tuesday, the organization posted an eBay sales page offering Schwarzenegger for "sale," saying it gave "regular people the chance to compete with wealthy individuals and big corporations to own the world's best known celebrity politician."
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