ARNOLD'S EARTHQUAKE

摘要

If this were what they call in Hollywood a "buddy-buddy actioner," the script would open with a split screen of the leading men, one on each coast, sweating through their workouts before checking in with each other about a new mission. Of course, that really happened last week in what passes for reality in American politics. Last Tuesday, Arnold Schwarzenegger―immigrant Austrian body-builder turned global movie star turned Republican politician―won the governorship of California in a recall election that expelled Democrat Gray Davis. The next morning, at his mansion in Brentwood, the Terminator had just finished pumping iron when he received a call from George W. Bush, who, naturally, had just been doing the same thing. For a photo op of the call, the president threw on a coat and tie. "I'm proud of you," said Bush, who had kept his distance from the Schwarzenegger campaign for tactical reasons. Arnold thanked him, adding that he (and "Caleefornia") would need lots of help. "I look forward to working with you," Bush replied.