South Carolina Pig Protest Inspires California Gov.

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford did not approve of state lawmakers' attempts to override his budget vetoes. So, he walked into South Carolina's Statehouse carrying "two oinking piglets under his arms" to protest "pork" in the state's budget. Sanford called the antics a "lighthearted way to symbolize the need for spending reform in South Carolina."

After hearing of Sanford's entertaining methods, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger concluded that a similar stunt could put pressure on his own state's lawmakers to comply with his somewhat controversial plans for the future of the state. Schwarzenegger walked into California's Statehouse carrying two 300 lb pigs under his arms, shouting at the state lawmakers to ratify his proposals to "rid the state of weaklings." Claiming that the state must deport 20,000 "little girly-men" in order to remain competitive, he proceeded to bench press the pigs twenty times, or one time "for every thousand of the cream puff crybabies we must toss out like the namby-pamby, scaredy-cats they are." Afterward, Schwarzenegger was not available for comment because, according to his spokesman, he was out sky-diving, rock-climbing, and "doing other manly-man activities."