Facing real people, without scripted questions, and no way for someone to yell, "Cut!"

The ones he promises not to make, but then does anyway. 

Hardly!  More like Arnold, The Fire Protection Funding Bandit!

Nothing is safe from this governor!

Why diss the President and freak out about "donor fatigue"?

He's always looking to make others pay for his mistakes.

All in a day's work for Arnold. 

Sounds like he has something to hide doesn't it? 

It's time for another Arnold "town-hall" meeting with "real" people. 

Except nurses, firefighters and other public employees; those making minimum wage; kids without health insurance  . . . well, you get the idea. 

His little club grows bigger and bigger. 

It all adds up to the "C" word.

That might explain his low approval rating - no one likes a bully.

We have faith, and hope that he won't be elected again!

Funny how he can get "creative" when it comes to "financing" his campaign, but when it comes to doing his job, he's fresh out of ideas.   

And what better way to say thank you, then to make sure their business interests in California go smoothly. 

For $3 million, he'll even add in a secret handshake!

Sort of like that old saying, "speak loudly, carry a small stick."

Basically it works this way: He'll take money from ANYBODY, ANY ASSOCIATION. 

is the one that takes him into another state to collect more special interest contributions. 

He's so busy, he doesn't have TIME to be governor! 

If Arnold actually visited more of these cities and counties (for more than just picking up contribution checks), he might start to understand that.  

For starters, how about a little more promise-keeping, and a lot less fundraising!

If you're going to invite a bunch of people to watch you dig and fill a pothole, the least you could do is pay for it. 

You give money to me, and I'll do favors for you - how about a nice state contract? 

And we don't mean that in a good way.

This time it's his top staff members caught on double payrolls.

It's so BIG, it trumps Arnold's "ban" on fundraising.

Doesn't matter what you call it, he still broke his promise to California's kids.

What happened to there being "great virtue in providing services to the people," Arnold?

Who thinks this will be one of his hardest promises to keep?

The governor's latest budget is heavy on the borrowing, light on the balancing.

So much for the people's right to know what their governor is up to.

Usually, governors are not paid secret millions from nutritional supplement ads.

But somehow, Arnold managed to do just that.  So much for his vow of "openness."

That could be easily checked if he would release his tax returns.

But you can "rent" me for five years!

That's what happens when you veto bills for an industry that you work for on the side.

Um, we thought you meant POSITIVE action.

He's raised more money than any first-year governor - EVER!

And California loses out to the tune of $50 billion.

Who's up next on the governor's "favors" list?

Another losing proposition for California's kids.

In 15 years, the education shortfall could grow to $40 billion if Arnold's "Live Within Our Means Act" passes.

Did we expect someone who owns seven Humvees to be frugal?

But based on his appalling record, he didn't look carefully enough.

This is the story of one of Arnold's favors.

Next up on his "blow up boxes" tour: the ballot box!

Apparently, Arnold this he can get voters to go for his recycled versions of previously rejected initiatives - but the polls say otherwise!

Is that what his "teachers tenure" proposition is supposed to be?  Geez, great "reward."  Next time, how about just sending a card?

His "way" is scare tactics over the "tax bogeyman."

No wonder Arnold is a no-show on the budget talks. If he started negotiations he would have to stop the fundraising. Wow, talk about a Catch-22!

Yep, he's a Republican!

But I think he meant for his own campaign committees, because he hasn't done anything for California.

Sadly, his borrowing and accounting gimmicks are no laughing matter for Californians.

Good news for Bush and the Feds, though - they get to keep more of California's money.

It looks good on paper, but this "in-action" governor is just scripting more "true lies."

Just hand over a big contribution check and start dialing.

It's all smoke and mirrors, with California's middle class and the poor left holding Arnold's bag of tricks.

Funny, I don't remember that being mentioned in any of his campaign ads.

When it comes to reducing California's emissions of greenhouse gases, he's just blowing smoke.

So far, barely a dent. Apparently Arnold's muscles are not as strong (or as political) as he thought.

Dig a pothole, fill a pothole. Who thought that was a good idea?

This is one that will surely come back to haunt him.

Arnold goes everything big -- BIG promises, BIG let down. And California loses BIG time.

"Honk if Arnold Schwarzenegger has been in your state raising money for his $80 Million Special Election!"

This time, he's calling education leaders "liars." When Arnold said he would "not attack anyone personally," were his fingers crossed behind his back?

He suddenly says he never MADE the promise, and that the people in the room when he made the promise are lying.

I guess Ohio, Florida, and Texas didn't get that memo, as Arnold goes on another out-of-state big money fundraising spree.

But who will protect California's local governments from Arnold's $70 million special election?

Or sooner. I think most Californians are already drained from Arnold's numerous broken promises, his refusal to take care of the state's business, and his ridiculous stunts. Not to mention the fact that the governor hasn't filed one application for a major energy plant since being elected.

Because, as an actor, he knows stunts, catchphrase one-liners and negative controversy is what gets the media's attention. Arnold sure does love that media attention!

Apparently, there was a footnote of fine print next to the word "everything."

As governor, not so much. As a matter of fact, Arnold is about as eco-friendly as President Bush. 

Can Arnold get fired for that? Oh, duh. Of course he can. It's called not being elected to a second term!

Apparently, all he needed was a catchy name, a couple "sincere" TV commercials, and this time Arnold means it when he says he will "put the state's fiscal house in order."

Wait a minute! Whatever happened to "truth" in advertising? What's next? "Fake" TV news?

Chatting on talk radio and being interviewed for TV puff pieces, that's "action," isn't it?

Arnold, for the 300th time, this ISN'T Hollywood, where producers back your every move (or movie).  In the real world, those "people" are called taxpayers! 

Parents need that money to buy duct tape for schools' leaking roofs, and portable tents to help expand the overcrowded classrooms.

He never meant for the "people" to win, did he?

Big surprise!  Guess who the biggest winners are?  Insurance companies!

So when he goes negative and does the personal attacks -- he does it often, and with gusto!

Look for more official "translations" as Arnold continues his statewide "foot-in-mouth" tour.  

Well, maybe no lights.  Either way, Arnold flubs another line.

No, honest he said that.  Just as he lit up another cigar and drove away in his gas guzzling Hummer. 

Oh yeah?  Tell that to the injured workers who have been denied treatment or face deep cuts in disability benefits.

What a shocker!  The cupboards are surprisingly bare of Arnold's so-called "ordinary citizens."

Not so much, unless you call count his numerous "emergency regulations."

And he's better at talking points, you say?  That's like repeating the words in a script, right?   Darn!  Too bad Arnold is an actor and not a director.

Either way, he's not getting the job done for California.

And Arnold has broken many, many promises.

Again, Arnold makes the wrong choice for Californians.

Along with all those badly needed roads he promised to build.

Exactly who "benefits" when Arnold slashes workers' compensation benefits?

He didn't exactly "rid Sacramento of special interests," did he?  No, Arnold actually invited more of them to sit down at his table (for a price of course).  

Arnold's own petition says it all: "eliminates death, disability benefits for such employees."  Did he think we wouldn't read it?

One of Arnold's "Pay-to-Play" buddies is not getting the job done.  Can we get our money back?

You know what they say, the rich just keep getting richer!

During the recall Arnold claimed he would never [over his dead body] suspend or delay Prop. 98.  Once he was elected ... well, you know the rest.

"I will never attack anyone personally."  Instead, Arnold resorts to childish, disparaging remarks about whole groups of people.  You get the difference, right?

"As soon as the campaign is over ... I can get into all of the specifics ... "  We're still waiting, Arnold. 

Apparently, Arnold has something against being a "stay-at-home" governor.    Wish he would have told us that when he applied for the job. 

By declaring another "emergency" the governor thinks it's okay to circumvent that "openness" he promised.  

Arnold's BIG broken promise on education will cost a whopping $8,650 per classroom per year!

"Is governor just following the money?"  Yep.  All the way to the bank.

A tax by any other name is still a tax.  Just ask college students and teachers.

Broken promises on state education - our kids deserve better than that!

The governor says, "we need roads."  We say, restore the funding for those roads.

Arnold falls back on old GOP standard: balancing the budget on the backs of working class.

"Money talks."  And big special-interest money, talks even louder.

"I cannot be bought," the governor says.  Really?  Then what's the million a-piece from three different special-interest groups for?

Last year, the state employee retirement system was "secure."  This year, the "platinum-laced pensions" [as he calls them] are fair game for the governor.   

"I don't need any money; I have plenty."  Then stop asking for it! 

Cost of another "rubber chicken" fundraising dinner?  $250  Photo ops with governor for special-interest groups?  Priceless. 

Invest your own retirement money - where have we heard that one before?

Is his "smoking tent" the only place the governor will negotiate with legislators?       

"Money goes in.  Favors go out ... we need to send a message: game over."  Apparently, the governor didn't get his own message. 

The governor's SOP really means "Secret Operating Procedures."