Pete Wilson, slimy as he is, is a piker compared to Bush and Cheney. Not only does Arnold have direct contact with Wilson, whose last good deed was the San Diego Trolley, but also with Bush. He's just the face, as is Bush, to allow Wilson, California's Cheney, to actually run things.

Pete Wilson was my albatross for so long. I grew up in San Diego, when he was routinely called "Mayor Pete" by the sycophantic local press. Then, around the time I left San Diego, he became Senator Pete, then Governor Pete. When I finally stopped being a Californian, he threatened to become President Pete. I thought I was never going to get rid of him.

At least Arnold is mildly entertaining at times. Wilson has no endearing qualities whatsoever. He is Lee Atwater nasty, Dick Cheney unprincipled, oily as hell . . . .

Even his wife gets into the act. I remember when Kathleen Brown (daughter of Pat, sister of Jerry) ran against Wilson for governor, and Wilson's wife sang a cute little song about Brown at a Republican fundraiser. I don't remember the whole thing, but the last line was that Kathleen was "Jerry in a dress."

Death is too good for these people.

Do you sense that I don't like Pete Wilson?