On March 20, Schwarzenegger called conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh "irrelevant" after Limbaugh said Schwarzenegger seemed like a Democrat in his policies on energy, stem cell research, and health care. Schwarzenegger appointed David Long, Riverside County's superintendent of schools since 1999, as the new secretary of education. While giving a speech at a school on March 30 in Delano, California, where he was paying tribute to the late Cesar Chavez, a girl fainted, which caused him to stop mid-speech to help her off the platform. He then quipped, "Okay everybody who's standing back here loosen up your knees. Don't stand with stiff knees okay, because that's how you faint. Loosen up and relax." On April 8, the Conservative Party (UK) announced that Schwarzenegger would address the annual conference of the party, which was to be held between September 30 and October 3.
