Schwarzenegger Says Hasta la Vista, Baby, to Politics
After terminating his second stint as California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger will be looking for a fourth act in life. The movie-star-turned-politician told reporters in Italy, "I am not going to run for anything else." So what's next? Environmental activist? Hummer salesman? Judge on Project Runway? (continued)
After terminating his second stint as California’s governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger will be looking for a fourth act in life. The movie-star-turned-politician told reporters in Italy, “I am not going to run for anything else.” So what’s next? Environmental activist? Hummer salesman? Judge on Project Runway?
Term limits prevent Schwarzenegger from running for governor again, although his 22 percent approval rating might have had something to say in the matter. — PZS
Wait, before you go…AP via Yahoo:
“I have never labeled myself as a politician, so I am not going to run for anything else,” Schwarzenegger told reporters in Milan on Tuesday.
Schwarzenegger, a Republican, is restricted by California law from seeking a third term as governor when his tenure expires at the end of 2010. He has previously indicated that the only other political office he would be interested in seeking is president, and he can’t run because he was born in Austria.
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