MARIA 'LYSISTRATA' SHRIVER COMES THROUGH!

From the LA Times:

Though he still won't commit to campaigning out of state for President Bush, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is blitzing California in the days before the election, stumping for legislative candidates and urging voters to follow his advice on a string of ballot measures.

Schwarzenegger appeared at a rally here Monday afternoon to tout an initiative, Proposition 1A, that would make it tougher for the state to tap local government revenue during financial crises. He told reporters afterward that "we haven't really made up our mind yet" as to whether he would campaign for Bush in the last week of the presidential race.

He is considering a single trip to Ohio — there and back the same day, probably Friday.

"Now I can squeeze in a quick trip because I have my own plane," he said. "So there is a way of doing it. But I'm not going to hop around from state to state because the people did not elect me to do that."

Schwarzenegger sponsors an annual fitness weekend in Columbus, Ohio, and has made clear that Ohio is the only state besides California where he would campaign for Bush.

Hmm, I wonder why Ahhnuld isn't stumping for Bush more than just one day. Perhaps it has something to do with his other bush-stumping, so to speak:

Schwarzenegger says his pro-Bush speech in August didn't do any favors for him in bed.

He drew big laughs when asked how well the speech went over with his wife, Maria Shriver, a member of the famously Democratic Kennedy family.

When asked how long it was before he and Maria started talking again after the speech, he said "well, there was no sex for 14 days."

Well there you have it. Maria Shriver may have saved America from future Iraq-like misadventures. Perhaps she is the face that kept 1,000 more ships from launching! Heyo!