There was a time when the SF Chronicle was a newspaper, not a Dem buttwipe. This story makes one one wonder about the pay scale over at 5th and Mission.
Schwarzenegger's famous friends gave him many costly presents
"I don't need to take any money from anybody," the actor said in his distinctive Austrian accent. "I have plenty of money myself."
But that doesn't mean Schwarzenegger will turn up his nose at expensive cigars, Belgian chocolates, fine clothing and other pricey gifts.
In financial disclosure documents filed Saturday in Los Angeles, the "Total Recall" star reported accepting dozens of expensive goodies last year from friends and associates, ranging from Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani to billionaire Warren Buffett.
Armani gave the actor the biggest-ticket gift on the list: five shirts and sweaters worth $2,500.
$2500!!! OHMYGOD!! Armani has shirts & sweaters that cheap?
Actually is gets sillier...let's scan the detailed list shall we?
Julius Hafner, Hafner Estates Winery, Austria
Bottles of wine, $100
Gerhard Nohrer, journalist, Austria
Bottles of wine, $100
(Bottles? not impressed...even this lowly fool affords better plonk)
Dietrich Mateschitz, Red Bull executive, Austria
Flower arrangement, $150
(tink mebbe it vuz wred & un blak?)
Rick Goings, CEO, Tupperware Corp., Orlando
Tupperware humidor, $100
Cigars, $35
(Rumor has it, Maria loves hosting Tupperware parties)
David Styne, Bryan Lourd, Richard Lovett, Schwarzenegger's agents, Beverly Hills
Leather belt with silver, $400
Box of cigars, $500
($900? Pikers. Wonder how many millions they made from AS last year.)
Barbara and Marvin Davis, Los Angeles, friends. The pair are wealthy Democratic fund-raisers.
Popcorn, $45
Gingerbread carousel, $85
(Ooops!)
Then there is this item...a gift so shocking in it's largess, so corrupting that it clearly disqualifies Arnold from public office, The Gold Box:
Janet and Bert Boeckmann, auto dealership
See's candy, $65
Having failed to shock the electorate with Arnie's greed, Davis's surrogates will no doubt escalate the sleaze war by rolling out the whores. No, not the DNC media flacks... working girls, a bit-on-the-side. Let's hope he has better taste in babes than Bill Clinton.
And the lack of a substantive argument, for why a Dem should replace Davis, by my fellow Liberals begins to unfold....
Very sad.
Posted by: Kiril at August 11, 2003 11:26 PM
How do I get on the candy list?
Ah, never mind, my wife would
confiscate the candy at the door.
:)
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Most of the gifts are obviously comp list items. Good try, but no banana.
Posted by: feste at August 12, 2003 10:37 AM