But, in fact, the governor of Calif. was having surgery on his thigh. In case you forgot, this is his thigh: Read more…

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The rapper duo have remixed their 1990s hit single “Whatta Man.” The original lyrics included a shout out to Arnold Schwarzenegger — long before he became a Republican pol. The gals now much prefer the body politik of Barack Obama and have reworked the lyrics to, “A body like Obama with a Denzel face.”

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Maybe he should have thought a little longer, a little harder, about running as a GOP candidate for Governor of California. Ever since Arnold Schwarzenegger ascended to that throne, he’s seen the Republican Party largely crumble around him — yet he’s managed to remain popular with voters. And he wishes the GOP would heed some of his lessons.

“Our party has lost the middle and we will not regain true political power in California until we get it back,” the celebrity politico told hundreds of Republicans at a state party convention on Friday. “The California Republican Party should be a right-of-center party that occupies the broad middle of California. That is a lush, green, abandoned political space,” he added. “It can be ours.”

He said he wanted the party to be much more welcoming to independents — and that it should open up its February presidential primary to independent voters.

According to the AP, Schwarzenegger recently proposed distilling the state GOP platform — the party’s statement of core values — into as little as a single page focusing on lowering taxes, limiting the size of government and building a strong national defense. His proposal made no mention of abortion, gay marriage or other social issues.

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Karen Feld reports that an “overly orange-dyed hair, Arnold Schwarzenegger - walking on a drug store stick with the price tag in plain view - opted to attend the White House dinner and the National Governors Association in Washington over the ‘green’ Oscars, Sunday evening.”

“I have a great White House dinner and then go home and see the Academy Awards,” he told Feld. ”That’s technology - TiVo.”

And when the longtime Washington gossip ran into Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine at President Bush’s annual dinner for the nation’s governors at The White House, she pressed him as to why he felt the need to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination so early in the election cycle.

“I have a good personal relationship with Barack. He’s a transformational figure,” Kaine replied. “I do things when my gut tells me.”

He also told her that he hasn’t made any deals with Obama for a possible cabinet seat. “If Obama wins, I’ll still be governor for another year and I promise - hear that - ‘promise’ to stay in the governor’s office ’til the last day.”

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In town for the big governors meeting, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has offered this sage advice to President Bush: Build a smoking tent on the White House lawn.

“In the courtyard in our state capital, I have a politically incorrect smoking tent,” the governor said at the National Press Club yesterday. “People come in there, Democrats and Republicans, and they take off their jackets and rip off their ties, and they sit down and smoke a stogie, and they talk, and they schmooze.”

(Orgy?)

“Sometimes there is white smoke coming out. And sometimes black smoke,” Schwarzenegger added. “My smoking tent is always very, very busy, I can tell you.”

Oh, we definitely believe him. But cigars did nothing to help increase bipartisanship during Bill Clinton’s time in office.

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