Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called the state Legislature "a bunch of kids" in an interview with Greta Van Susteren that aired on Fox News last night.
Susteren visited the former Mr. Universe in his Santa Monica office to talk about his recent cuts to the state budget, health care reform, the media, and his regret at not being eligible for the presidency. Here's the link, and here are some snippets from the governor:
"... They just were not willing to make the tough decisions and the last cuts that we needed to do in order to create a reserve, so I had to make the tough decisions ... It gets to be very tough, and you have many times sleepless nights awake because, you know, you're concerned about the cuts that you have to make.
"I think, in general, California always is more exaggerated about everything, you know, it is about the good things, but also about the bad things.
"We've got to go and create more -- you know, kind of sprinkle the responsibility of tax revenues all around so you don't rely on one thing because that makes it volatile and makes it vulnerable ... Rich people are not running around complaining that much. It's just A) that they leave the state, and B) it is volatile.
"I am not going to dwell on this one single thing that I can't do, which is to run for president. I'm not going to say, 'Oh isn't this terrible? Let me feel sorry for me. I can't run for president. No, because I love this country, and I take it exactly as a whole package."
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