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Extreme laughable article of the day

what's funny is not what he said but the fact he was caught on tape saying something so stupid. He probably really believes it too:

Schwarzenegger: Cubans, Puerto Ricans 'all very hot'

SANTA MONICA, California (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger apologized Friday for saying during a closed-door meeting that Cubans and Puerto Ricans are naturally feisty and temperamental because of their combination of "black blood" and "Latino blood."

He said the tape-recorded comments "made me cringe" when he read them in Friday's Los Angeles Times.

"Anyone out there that feels offended by those comments, I just want to say I'm sorry, I apologize," Schwarzenegger said. He added that if he heard his children make similar comments, "I would be upset." (Watch Gov. Schwarzenegger apologize for his remarks -- 2:18)

The statements were captured on a six-minute tape made during a March 3 speechwriting session between Schwarzenegger and his advisers. On it, Schwarzenegger and chief of staff Susan Kennedy speak affectionately of state Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia and speculate about her nationality.

"I mean Cuban, Puerto-Rican, they are all very hot," the governor says on the recording. "They have the, you know, part of the black blood in them and part of the Latino blood in them that together makes it."

Garcia, who is Puerto Rican, told the Times the governor's remarks did not bother her.

"I love the governor because he is a straight talker just like I am," she said. "Very often I tell him, 'Look, I am a hot-blooded Latina.' I label myself a hot-blooded Latina that is very passionate about the issues, and this is kind of an inside joke that I have with the governor."

Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Margita Thompson called the governor's remarks "a small part of a long conversation that is taken totally out of context."

"The governor respects every member of the Legislature and holds them in the highest regard," Thompson said in a statement. "It is not uncommon for him to have fun and joke with the members while they're working, especially during very tense negotiations."

Schwarzenegger's communications director, Adam Mendelsohn, said the governor's office would not release the tape publicly because it was a private conversation.

The recording is full of frank and comic assessments of fellow Republicans from Schwarzenegger and his staff.

Republican lawmakers called 'unique, unruly group'
Kennedy, a Democrat who also worked for former governor Gray Davis, says Republican Assembly leader George Plescia looks like a "startled deer," and the governor calls Republican legislators a "wild bunch" and a "unique, unruly group."

Plescia declined to comment Friday morning, said his spokesman, Morgan Crinklaw.

Schwarzenegger aides routinely tape his speechwriting sessions so the writers can keep a record of his thoughts and speaking patterns. The newspaper did not say how the tape was obtained.

Schwarzenegger is running for re-election in November. His Democratic opponent, state Treasurer Phil Angelides, said Friday that Schwarzenegger should "conduct himself with dignity."

"Once again, Governor Schwarzenegger has used language that is deeply offensive to all Californians and embarrassed our state," Angelides said in a statement.

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posted by CherylRenee @ 7:15 PM