State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-CA) Heckles Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Said "Kiss My Gay Ass"

Here's another lawmaker who has lost all sense of respect and decorum. This time the outburst, akin to Rep. Joe Wilson's "You Lie," came from a Democrat towards Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was a surprise drop-in at a recent San Francisco Democratic Party fund-raiser. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, state assemblyman Tom Ammiano shouted "You lie!" to Schwarzenneger during the event at the Fairmont Hotel -- and didn't deny reports he walked out with a quip of "kiss my gay ass" -- said the GOP governor's "cheap publicity stunt" earned a very appropriate show of political theater, San Francisco-style.

Here's the back story from some of the insiders as told by the San Francisco Chronicle:

"Before (Schwarzenegger) showed up, people were talking about how unfortunate it was the Governor...was so missing in action on issues so important to San Francisco," Ammiano told us this morning. "Then I noticed the dye job out of the corner of my eye.''

Ammiano: "This isn't a chamber where someone suffers through. This is our house -- and it's like someone came in and took a big dump. He showed up; it was rude, he got up there and it felt to us that he was trivializing all the issues we care about. You have a few options, and along with the labor people, we walked out."

And that "kiss my gay ass" comment? "That I don't really remember," laughed Ammiano, "but I've said that before...and if it was attributed to me..." Still, the Assemblyman insists Schwarzenegger got what he deserved. "It was a cheap publicity stunt and I think this guy has a problem distinguishing between movies and reality," Ammiano said. "You don't come uninvited and you don't devalue what the Democratic Party stands for." Source: SFGate

Shameful. At least Schwarzenegger had to decency, like President Obama, to shrug it off. The sad reality is that there are far too many rude people in our midst. Granted, politicians like SC Gov. Mark Sanford, Sen. Ensign and Rep. Charlie Rangel need to be run out of office, but Gov. Schwarzenegger didn't deserve to be treated in this manner by the assemblyman.