Singing Schwarzenegger Sworn In!
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was in attendance at Friday's inaugural event held at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. The event, held at the downtown convention center was an invitation-only, black-tie gala.
Nursing a badly broken right leg, Schwarzenegger missed the first part of the program before coming out to deliver his speech and sang 'My Way' with entertainer Paul Anka.
In a elaborately staged inaugural that included singers breaking into choruses of "Hallelujah" right after he took the oath of office, Schwarzenegger said California could serve as a model to the rest of the country and larger world.
"At one time, the greatest public policy innovations came from liberals, such as during the New Deal," the Republican celebrity said. "Then the most innovative ideas came from conservatives, such as Ronald Reagan.
"It is time we combined the best of both ideologies into a new creative center. This is a dynamic center that is not held captive by either the left or the right or the past," he said after arriving on crutches with a leg broken while skiing.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger missed the start of his two-day inaugural celebration on Thursday to recuperate at home with a broken leg while his wife Maria greeted a crowd gathered at the Capitol.
"He wishes he could be here because this was really the way he was hoping to start his second term, celebrating the green dream," first lady Maria Shriver told about 300 people at the event that highlighted California's environmental strides.
Shriver and their two sons, Patrick and Christopher, and his mother-in-law, Eunice Shriver, represented the governor at the only public event of his two-day inauguration.
"I hope all of you say a prayer for his recovery," Shriver told the crowd.
"I hope if you go skiing you don't break your femur, because it isn't pleasant."
Global Arnold Staff
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