Austrian Oak, felled: Gubernator's bed-in can't keep him from the people's business
Breathe easy, California: Even from his sickbed in Saint John's Health Center, Gov. Schwarzenegger is making sure Cruz Bustamante's hands don't get anywhere near the ship of state's rudder, ever again! His doctor cleared him for duty Tuesday, and now the governor is up-and-at-them, writing with the gubernatorial pen, holding a video conference, oozing enthusiasm for the minutiae of state leadership. You can help out by coming up with captions for these official governor's office photos:
"Honey, I forgot to duck."
There's been a lot of speculation and japery about the supposed fishiness of a healthy 59-year-old breaking a bone from a standing fall. I wouldn't wish a broken femur on Thulsa Doom himself, let alone on Conan, so I'll note that always, there remains the discipline of steel: Arnold's biceps are still bigger than my thighs (and possibly bigger than his own, if this accident is any indication).
Caption suggestions are welcome in the comments.
Update: Ken Schultz comes through with a caption for the IV-in-the hand shot. The other two pics remain uncaptioned.
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The Governor's campaign people will caption these photos themselves come election time. I imagine the captions will have something to do with his health care initiative, whatever that turns out to be. The photos cry out for an initiative if he didn't have one in the oven already.
They're pure digital gold for the governor. With photos like these, a guy could make a serious bid for President. ...I'm surprised his campaign people didn't have a gastronomy tube shoved down his nose!
Who cares if he needed one? Photo ops like these don't grow on trees!
Posted by: Ken Shultz | December 29, 2006 at 06:55 AM
There's a full view of the I.V. on his right hand in the top picture--that one's a keeper!
...and he appears to be, bravely, trying to keep his sense of humor.
I'd caption that one, "Honey, I forgot to duck."
Posted by: Ken Shultz | December 29, 2006 at 07:02 AM
Photo 3?
"Let's see here... I painted a Christmas tree for the Governor holiday greeting, I think I can do this... hrmmm...hmmm..hummm...@#$!..hrmmm..."
Posted by: Jason S. | December 30, 2006 at 01:50 AM