Who would have thought that a movie star would be self-centered? Not us—we’re starry-eyed idealists, you see. We actually thought that Arnold Schwarzenegger would follow through on his campaign promises to fix “Kolliefornia” rather than make self-serving statements about his own political future.

Of course, you have to filter the preceding paragraph through a whole lot of sarcasm (though it was quite refreshing to use the term “starry-eyed idealists” for once). But when we see front-page headlines about a future Kindergarten Cop presidential bid, we have to shake our heads. Because, so far, Arnold’s campaign to fix California’s problems have been less than impressive:

- One of Schwarzenegger’s campaign promises was to have an independent auditor review California’s books within 60 days of taking office. Now, 100 days later, there is no audit to be found. “I’ve only been in office now barely 100 days” Arnold said Sunday on Meet The Press. Can someone give this man a calculator?

- Remember the promise to “investigate himself” on the sexual harassment charges? Yes, it was a ridiculous thing to say. But he did say it, before dropping all pretense of having an investigation. And the question remains unanswered.

- As one of his first actions as governor, Schwarzenegger decided to do away with an increased “car tax” that was set to go in effect. But by doing so, he pushed an already debt-ridden state further into the red. Local governments are having to do drastic things in order to make ends meet. Fire stations are being closed. Policemen are being laid off. Colleges are hiking up tuition. And programs for the blind, the elderly and the disabled are being starved. This is a good trade-off?

And Arnold also had this to say, on the subject of San Francisco’s gay marriage controversy:

Then it got to be a bigger issue and a bigger issue, and then yesterday, when I was in San Francisco for the Republican convention, all of a sudden we see riots and we see protests and we see people clashing.  The next thing we know is there are injured or there are dead people, and we don’t want to have that.

Holy hyperbole, Batman! Funny thing—even though we live squarely in the San Francisco Bay Area, we haven’t heard one peep about riots and “people clashing”. Damn liberal media, with their positive imagery—they never show bloodlust when you want it most.