Davis Unplugged

One the one hand, if this is the best he's got, he's still toast:

Talking to a voter, Davis reportedly said "you shouldn't be Governor unless you can pronounce the name of the State."

On the other, can one imagine if the person saying this was a Republican and the guy with the accent was a Democrat?

On the third hand, it is vaguely amusing (and Davis did say it was a joke).

On the fourth hand, it somehow seems to fit into the whole Recall Campaign ambiance.

Source: 29 Days & Counting to the Historic Recall Election

UPDATE: Based on Matthew's comment, I went looking for more info:

Whipped into an anti-Schwarzenegger frenzy at the picnic, one crowd member screamed, "He's a foreigner!" as Davis criticized Schwarzenegger, who hopes to take over his seat in the Oct. 7 recall election.

The man who made the foreigner comment later apologized to Davis for making the remark.

Davis told him not to worry, the Bee reported, and added with a smile, "You shouldn't be governor unless you can pronounce the name of the state," in an apparent reference to Schwarzenegger's Austrian accent.

When later asked about his remark, and Schwarzenegger's demand for an apology, Davis, flanked by Hispanic lawmakers at an East Los Angeles Mexican Independence Day parade that Schwarzenegger had planned to attend before organizers booted him out, said he made it in jest.

"I was just joking around with someone in the crowd," Davis said after the parade

But it's okay to placate a xenophobe in the audience, because after all, Arnie's a White Austrian-American. Yeesh.

Source: Report: Davis Slams Schwarzenegger's Accent

And the original SacBee story: Governor takes dig at accent and today's follow-up: Davis says he was 'just joking' about Schwarzenegger's pronunciation.

Posted by Steven Taylor at September 8, 2024 02:07 PM | TrackBack