Being a democrat through and through and not being an action movie buff, I find very little that is appealing in Arnold Swazzy, the Governor of CA.
However, a recent news byte made me inch my opinion about him in the positive direction.
He had been heckled by a Democratic lawmaker (something that seems to be becoming commonplace in US politics). When vetoing (obviously) one of the bills co-authored by that lawmaker, the note he sent out explaining the veto, appeared to carry a hidden meaning. Putting together the 1st letter of every sentence in the note happened to make a very commonly used phrase, actually a profanity. The 1st word being the four lettered f-word and the second one being y-o-u.
The Governor's spokesperson's reaction to this was, of course (paraphrased) "OMG, what a wild coincidence". But NPR interviewed a University professor who would be qualified to make a statistical estimate on the probability of this being a coincidence (based on the frequency of the various letters and words) and it turned out to be 5.5 in 1 trillion!
Full marks to the CA Governor for his irreverence and his (or his officials') wit.
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