Paul Rodriguez -- Water War Turns Violent

Comedian Paul Rodriguez got into it with a Fresno local over the state's water distribution system -- and the stand-off erupted into a one-sided shoving match.




It all went down yesterday outside of the Tower Theatre, where Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was speaking about the water issue. The showdown with Rodriguez broke out when a farmer interrupted the comedian's interview and accused the Paul -- who's also chairman of the California Latino Water Coalition -- of "betraying the people."

From what we can tell, the man was upset because he felt Rodriguez was not doing enough to help valley farmers facing a water shortage.

Pushes were thrown, but we're told no cops were called.


Tags: arnold schwarzenegger, fight, paul rodriguez, water

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16. Paul Rodrigues sucks now, has always sucked and will always suck. What a sorry unfunny excuse for a comedian. He and Ned Holness, (Carlos Mencia) suck!

Posted at 12:03PM on Jun 19th 2009 by ABB

17. 2. California Latino Water Coalition? WTF?

Posted at 11:51AM on Jun 19th 2009 by Mikey

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Yeah, do you believe that one????? I'm Greek, so where's the California Greek Water Coalition????

Posted at 12:31PM on Jun 19th 2009 by just another hollywood douche bag

18. Paul has done nothing but help the water cause. Sending back the 20 million illegals won't fix the water problem nor will it plant and harvest your food for you. Yes, I would not like to have to pay for all of them that are here, that would fix our economic failure in CA, but it won't fix our water problem. When the farmers have no water you will then have no food.

Posted at 12:45PM on Jun 19th 2009 by farmrswf

19. George Lopez stepped over the line today on THE VIEW tv show. Whoopi Goldberg asked him why golf?,, Lopez said, "anytime you can hit something WHITE with a club".......Racist or what?

The View has been stepping over the line of decent entertainment for years. It should go the way of Jon & Kate and just leave TV for good. Old Barbara is a fake, with her affairs and pretending to be a journalist and decent...ewwww

Whoopi just doesn't seem to be there or interested in most of the interviews or conversations.

Joy Behar is an OLD GAS BAG, (cover those fat old legs). She screams all the time. She doesn't have a conversational tone. She demeans Elizabeth.

Sherri just pretends to know anything. She has comedic talent, stick with that.

Posted at 1:03PM on Jun 19th 2009 by enough

20. He's another angry anti-white mexican who thinks the Southwest belongs to mexico. It's funny how so many mexicans conveniently forget that they are the descendants of the invading european spanish conquistadors. California already looks just like mexico - bankrupt, run-down, filled with uneducated adults and arrogant latino males - so he and Lopez should stop complaining. California is a third-world dump just like the mother country. Mission accomplished Paul.

Posted at 1:10PM on Jun 19th 2009 by Tax paying gringo

21. Paul & George are both nit-wits. Show us your birth certificates, then GO HOME!

Posted at 1:10PM on Jun 19th 2009 by tifosi44

22. That is the funniest thing Paul Rodriguez has don in years

Posted at 1:18PM on Jun 19th 2009 by Steve Ysebart

23. Somebody hand Paul a gun...

Posted at 9:09PM on Jun 19th 2009 by Incredullous...

24. These comments are idiotic. It's a JOKE people. George Lopez has made jokes about black and white people. It's not about race. It's whether the joke is funny or not. I've heard George Carlin, Bill Maher, Don Rickles and countless others make jokes about people of different ethnicities with no fear of offending. Rickles is awesome, btw. You say it's liberals or minorities that can easily get away with these jokes..where are the Republican comedians? Name a few...I'll give them a listen. When in the hell did white people become so sensitive...DAMN!!!!!

Posted at 1:59PM on Jun 19th 2009 by IT'S A JOKE!!!

25. Someone should tell George Lopez without moronic white people that actually thought he was in any way funny, he'd be serving me my chips and salsa every Friday night, and cutting my lawn the following Saturday morning. What a dumbass.

Posted at 2:06PM on Jun 19th 2009 by hoyomama

26. Isn't Sandra Bullock credited with "discoverying" Lopez's unfunny ass? Hmm....weird how from that point on she hasn't "discovered" anyone else. Her eye for talent must be as bad as her eye for a good script.

Posted at 2:08PM on Jun 19th 2009 by naples

27. Ooopsie!!! I misspelled "discovering." Now my entire comment is ruined!!! :(

Posted at 2:11PM on Jun 19th 2009 by naples

28. what did he lie about? in what way did he betray the people? the other guy was an idiot for interrupting, he should have waited for his turn to speak then he would have been able to make his point.

Posted at 3:19PM on Jun 19th 2009 by Confused

29. There's an ol' Irish saying ... Whiskey is for sippin', water is for fightin'. Most Californians don't realize how true it is. Being a water engineer, I'm familiar with the issue and Paul's efforts to bring attention to it. So I'm willing to cut him some slack, key words being ... some slack. He does invest a lot of his personal time to this cause. His mother's farm had their water allocation reduced to zero, so I'm sure his passion and frustration got the better of him. Still no excuse to shove. He didn't help his cause yesterday.

I find it ironic though, how someone on the left of the political spectrum, supports left leaning politicians, who appoint left leaning judges, who make left leaning rulings that shut off their water, and then their surprised and outraged by it. Go figure.

Posted at 3:44PM on Jun 19th 2009 by H2O Engineer

30. Paul looked like Francis Llewelyn Poncherello when he would get mad at a perp. Viva la "CHiPs".

Posted at 4:17PM on Jun 19th 2009 by Megan

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