LAT: Cozying Up to Power (Wilkes/Schwarzenegger?)

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When Arnold Schwarzenegger ran for governor, Wilkes was one of the first to contribute to his campaign. Schwarzenegger later gave him plum appointments to boards that oversee the prestigious Del Mar racetrack, where Wilkes held court on opening day in 2004 and 2005.
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Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that prosecutors were investigating whether Wilkes and an associate had paid for hotel hospitality suites in Washington and supplied prostitutes for House members. The CIA confirmed only that Foggo attended poker games at Washington hotels.

Wilkes was active in state politics too. He and his associates have donated $230,000 to California candidates and Republican organizations since 2000. Schwarzenegger's campaigns collected $87,000 of that, and Wilkes' foundation gave an additional $20,000 to nonprofit organizations Schwarzenegger had founded.

In 2003, Wilkes co-chaired Schwarzenegger's fundraising operation in San Diego County. But in March of this year, Schwarzenegger insisted he didn't know Wilkes, adding that he was unaware of the details of Wilkes' appointment to the racetrack boards. "Sometimes I don't get involved in those kinds of decisions," the governor said.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wilkes8may08,0,6220306,full.story?coll=la-home-business

Can it be that the Gropenator was denied the kind of fringe benefits that Wilkes was known to offer?

Is it irresponsible to speculate?, Ms Noonan might ask herself.
It would be irresponsible not to, she would reply with solemn conviction :evilgrin:

http://www.otisproductions.com.nyud.net:8090/blog/images/arnold-grope.jpg

throughout the 80s and 90s. He used to attend big lavish parties thrown with the express purpose of hooking up.