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Gov. Schwarzenegger's 'Girlie Men' Gaffe

By Madeleine Brand

Published July 20, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Madeleine Brand talks with Carla Marinucci, political columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle, about California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent remarks that state Democrats are behaving like "girlie men" and stalling budget passage.

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Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).