ARNOLD INTERCEPTS ATTENTION AT GAME PARTY.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
There aren't many people in Hollywood or politics who could upstage the Super Bowl, but the governor of California The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government, whose responsibilities include making yearly "State of the State" addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced. did just that in Encino Sunday. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] and his wife, Maria Shriver Maria Owings Shriver (pronounced: /'ʃɹaɪvɚ/) (born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist and the wife of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and, as such, the First Lady of California. , walked into the living room of longtime friend Dr. Gary Gitnick of Encino just before halftime, and 200 movers and shakers in this town left their TV sets, hamburgers, and glasses of chardonnay to shake his hand. There was Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Chief Bill Bratton. There was Los Angeles schools Superintendent Roy Romer and Senate President Pro Tem president pro tem n. pl. presidents pro tem Informal A president pro tempore. John Burton. There was even the guy Schwarzenegger beat for the job last year, former Gov. Gray Davis. Yeah, he showed up, joking with Schwarzenegger about getting into the entertainment business now that he was out of politics. Turnabouts only fair play. Shriver shrive v. shrove or shrived, shriv·en or shrived, shriv·ing, shrives v.tr. 1. To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent). 2. laughed, then told Davis they should all get together for dinner sometime. ``Who do you want to win the Super Bowl, governor?'' I asked Schwarzenegger. ``I don't care,'' he said. ``When you get to this level, you don't care who wins.'' About half a billion football fans with a bet on the game would beg to differ, gov. For the last 18 years, Gitnick has thrown this Super Bowl party, then has had a well-known politician or candidate talk to the crowd at halftime. ``It's a must party for politicians because whoever talks always seems to win election,'' said Hahn, who won election as mayor of Los Angeles the year he talked. The only ground rules Gitnick imposes is that the politicians don't talk about politics. Good luck. They're supposed to talk about the host's passion, education. Gitnick is founder of the Fulfillment Fund, the largest student-mentoring organization in the state, and is also chief of the Division of Digestive Diseases at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . It's that last title that gets so many movers and shakers to talk at his Super Bowl party at halftime, Schwarzenegger joked. ``I was having my prostate exam when he asked me to talk this year at halftime,'' the governor said, sending the room into a laughing fit. ``I said, Yeah, sure, Gary, just get me out of here. If you don't do what he says, the consequences can be severe. Howard Dean said no and he took him off his tranquilizers.'' Schwarzenegger spent the next 15 minutes talking about his support of education, but couldn't let the chance slip by to drum up support for Proposition 57 and 58, which he is backing to pay off the current state deficit and mandate a balanced budget Balanced budget A budget in which the income equals expenditure. See: budget. balanced budget A budget in which the expenditures incurred during a given period are matched by revenues. in the future. He wore a big black jacket with ``Yes on 57 and 58 - Californians for a Balanced Budget'' on the back. Not all the questions were about education. One person asked Schwarzenegger how the governorship has affected him as a husband and father. ``It's had no effect, except I do spend less time with my children now,'' he said. ``But I come home every Thursday or Friday from Sacramento and spend all weekend with my kids. I don't play golf.'' When halftime ended, so did the talk. Schwarzenegger hung around for a while shaking more hands, but slipped out midway through the third quarter. The crowd thinned out rapidly after that. The Super Bowl was still going on, but the real show had ended. Dennis McCarthy, (818) 713-3749 dennis.mccarthy(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes the rounds at Dr. Gary Gitnick's Super Bowl party in Encino on Sunday. (2) Arnold and Maria and Gray and Sharon share a laugh Sunday at the Encino Super Bowl party. Ric Francis/Associated Press |
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