The Lost Vocabulary of Disinterested Politics: "Arnold Schwarzenegger began his campaign to lead California by pledging to become 'the people's governor,' vowing that he would accept no money from the 'special interests who have a stranglehold on Sacramento.' When it turned out that he had accepted contributions from developers and other wealthy individuals, he explained that those weren't special interests but merely 'powerful interests who control things.'
What he had meant, he said, was that he would refuse contributions only from public employee unions or other groups he might have to negotiate with as governor. He apologized for the confusion by saying, 'I was not articulate enough to explain that.'"
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