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Pathetic…

SACRAMENTO - A California congressman lodged a federal complaint Tuesday against “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” for featuring Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as a guest one month before the election while snubbing his Democratic opponent.

U.S. Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Los Angeles, argues in Federal Communications Commission complaint that the NBC program is violating the equal time provision of the Federal Communications Act.

Schwarzenegger is to appear tonight on the talk show.

His opponent, state Treasurer Phil Angelides, asked to appear on the show but had not received a response by Tuesday afternoon, said Steve Maviglio, a spokesman for Angelides’ campaign.

A “Tonight Show” spokeswoman confirmed the Republican governor’s appearance but did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

“Use of the broadcast spectrum is granted as a public trust,” Becerra wrote in the complaint filed on Angelides’ behalf.

“It is not to be used to favor certain candidates.”

Federal rules require broadcast stations to give equal time to candidates who appear on the air, although the rules do not apply to news programs, interview shows and documentaries in which the candidate is not the sole focus.

Maybe if Angelides were something more interesting than a far-left, Bush-bashing liberal Leno would have him on.

Though how typical of liberals to want to use government authority to tell a talk show host which guests he can and cannot have on.