You have to admit this is a brilliant idea, and look at the happy faces I see now

Kallyfawnia Governor Schwarzenegger gave the State of the State address yesterday, talking only about the need for a budget deal.

He had an explanation for the failure thus far, and it wasn’t the ridiculous requirement that budgets must be passed by a 2/3 vote of the Legislature. He explained with the aid of a helpful metaphor: “for too long we have been split by ideology. Conan’s sword could not have cleaved our political system in two as cleanly as our own political parties have done.”

The multi-millionaire had a solution to the problem of late budgets: whenever the deadline is missed, the legislators and the governor forfeit their pay and expenses. “I mean, you have to admit this is a brilliant idea, and look at the happy faces I see now. I love that.” He added that he realized that legislators whose only income came from their salaries could be coerced by wealthy politicians, so he offered to give up all his royalties, merchandising and investment income as well.

No, of course he didn’t.

But you have to appreciate how he’s modeling his idea for persuading the Legislature to accede to his will on the methods he used to sexually harass economically vulnerable women. Who says Hollywood isn’t like the real world?