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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AFP) - Muscleman-turned-actor-turned-politician Arnold
Schwarzenegger called on Barack Obama to beef up his policies -- and his
body -- at a high-voltage campaign rally for Republican John McCain
Friday.
Schwarzenegger, the Hollywood action hero who is now the Republican
governor of California, delighted a crowd of several thousand at a
McCain campaign event in Ohio by ridiculing both Obama's policies and
his slender physique.
The Austrian-born former Mr. Universe has hosted a bodybuilding
tournament in Columbus for several years, and opened his address by
inviting Obama to participate in the next event.
"Every year in March I come here to organize the Arnold Classic, which
is all about building the body and pumping," Schwarzenegger said.
"That's why I want to invite Senator Obama because he needs to do
something about those skinny legs. I'm going to make him do some squats.
"And then we're going to make him do some biceps curls to beef up those
scrawny little arms. But if he could only do something about putting
some meat on his ideas.
"Senator McCain on the other hand is built like a rock. His character
and his views are solid."
McCain and Schwarzenegger rolled into the Nationwide Arena Hockey
Stadium together on the Republican candidate's "Straight Talk Express",
the campaign bus that has ferried him on a two-day blitz of this
battleground state.
While McCain received loud cheers, it was Schwarzenegger who provided
some much-needed glamour and the biggest cheers with a searing attack on
Obama's economic policies. He meanwhile painted former Vietnam War
prisoner and navy pilot McCain as a "real-life American hero."
"John McCain's character has been tested as no other presidential
candidate in the history of this nation," Schwarzenegger said. "He has
spent five and a half years as a prisoner of war. He has been tested
under torture, under temptation, under deprivation, under isolation.
"He has proven what kind of a man he is. We don't have to wonder if he's
ready to lead. We don't have to wonder is he ready to be president of
the United States. John McCain has served his country longer in a POW
camp than his opponent has served in the United State Senate."
Ohio is a must-win state for McCain, 72, who is trailing Obama in a
clutch of pivotal battlegrounds won by outgoing President George W. Bush
in 2004.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AFP) - Muscleman-turned-actor-turned-politician Arnold
Schwarzenegger called on Barack Obama to beef up his policies -- and his
body -- at a high-voltage campaign rally for Republican John McCain
Friday.
Schwarzenegger, the Hollywood action hero who is now the Republican
governor of California, delighted a crowd of several thousand at a
McCain campaign event in Ohio by ridiculing both Obama's policies and
his slender physique.
The Austrian-born former Mr. Universe has hosted a bodybuilding
tournament in Columbus for several years, and opened his address by
inviting Obama to participate in the next event.
"Every year in March I come here to organize the Arnold Classic, which
is all about building the body and pumping," Schwarzenegger said.
"That's why I want to invite Senator Obama because he needs to do
something about those skinny legs. I'm going to make him do some squats.
"And then we're going to make him do some biceps curls to beef up those
scrawny little arms. But if he could only do something about putting
some meat on his ideas.
"Senator McCain on the other hand is built like a rock. His character
and his views are solid."
McCain and Schwarzenegger rolled into the Nationwide Arena Hockey
Stadium together on the Republican candidate's "Straight Talk Express",
the campaign bus that has ferried him on a two-day blitz of this
battleground state.
While McCain received loud cheers, it was Schwarzenegger who provided
some much-needed glamour and the biggest cheers with a searing attack on
Obama's economic policies. He meanwhile painted former Vietnam War
prisoner and navy pilot McCain as a "real-life American hero."
"John McCain's character has been tested as no other presidential
candidate in the history of this nation," Schwarzenegger said. "He has
spent five and a half years as a prisoner of war. He has been tested
under torture, under temptation, under deprivation, under isolation.
"He has proven what kind of a man he is. We don't have to wonder if he's
ready to lead. We don't have to wonder is he ready to be president of
the United States. John McCain has served his country longer in a POW
camp than his opponent has served in the United State Senate."
Ohio is a must-win state for McCain, 72, who is trailing Obama in a
clutch of pivotal battlegrounds won by outgoing President George W. Bush
in 2004.
