GIVE HIM ENOUGH GROPE, MAYBE HE’LL HANG HIMSELF

[oxycontinrush]

(I swear that's the real headline! The link's at the bottom.)

GIVE HIM ENOUGH GROPE, MAYBE HE’LL HANG HIMSELF
By LINDA STASI

October 5, 2003 -- Arnold Schwarzenegger took time out from his busy schedule of trying to get a "Total Recall" of California Gov. Gray Davis last week to apologize for groping women, but denied that he'd made pro- Hitler comments. His handlers called it all a political smear campaign.

By whom? The gropees? The neo-Nazis?

On the sexual-harassment charges, the beige-haired 56-year-old actor - whose face looks oddly tighter than Cher's - said he was just being rowdy on movie sets, adding, "I have done things that were not right, which I thought then was playful."

Playful? Right. A woman loves it when a stranger or co-worker the size of Macy's tries to strip her bathing suit off in an elevator, reaches under her skirt, or grabs her breast while she's interviewing him.

And about the Hitler mess? Even though Ah-nold said on Thursday that he hates everything Hitler stood for, the fact remains that he was still a big supporter of Kurt Waldheim even after his Nazi past was revealed.

EDITED BY ADMIN: COPYRIGHT

http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/7297.htm

[Zhade]

1. How the hell does this end up in a Murdoch fishwrapper?

I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm glad to hear this stuff anywhere, but - from Rupert's trashy Post?

Am I in Bizarro World?

[sally343434]

5. Murdoch is the first to cut a loser lose

> Am I in Bizarro World?

No, it's a pragmatic "business decision" for Murdoch. Arnold is finished, both politically and professionally. Murdoch knows this and is cutting him loose now. Watch for Arnold's other republican "endorsements" and "endorsers" to suddenly disappear, or change their tune to, "Arnold who?"

Arnold's next career will be on the shopping network promoting his new line of nutritional supplements.

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[Chico Man]

22. That is what they want you to believe

It ain't over yet.

[E_Zapata]

2. That's a headline alright

(psst, I think you have to edit your post to include no more than 4 paragraphs...keep the rush/judgment/made sentence).

Thanks for posting this. An excellent all around the nation rant. uh huh

[oxycontinrush]

4. edit done

n/t

[lebkuchen]

3. I love the last couple of paragraphs: "Are these things real?"

cute.

[Piperay]

6. Good article

has a humorous tone but makes some good serious points.

[dArKeR]

7. It's called ASSULT not groping as the GOP media is trying to downplay

the seriousness of this criminal act.

[sasty]

9. Baloney

Assault?! LOL

You'd be laughed out of court.

Defeat the recall yes, but let's get real. Grow up.

[Raine]

11. So you don't think grabbing

a woman's (a stranger at that) breast and or her butt without her permission is assault?

[Cheswick2.0]

12. You get real enabler

You don't get to define assualt for us.

[Maddy McCall]

14. Sasty, why don't you go stand at a bus stop in front of a cop

and grab a woman on her breasts or ass and see what happens to you. It is criminal, it is assault, and it will land YOUR ass in jail.

Touching a woman without consent has dire consequences for the toucher--unless the toucher is a millionaire nazi movie star, and then such behavior has the potential to end a political career; we'll see if anything else develops, though.

You, Sasty, need to get real and GROW UP.

[KayLaw]

16. Or this...

Approach a female officer, grab her breast, pull her onto your lap, ask her if a man had ever slid his tongue up her ass, give her a little spank, then let us know how it works out for you.

[glgb]

18. How would you differentiate the allegations against Arnold

from those against Pres. Clinton? Katherine Wiley accused him of groping along the lines of what Arnold's accusers have described. Juanita Brodderick accused him of something much more serious.

[KayLaw]

20. Whom are you asking?

Is someone discussing Bill Clinton here?

[Ediacara]

25. well....

Well..... Arnold's assaults have been witnessed by hundereds, if not thousands of people, reporters among them. And, Arnold says, "it's all true."

Clinton's alleged assaults were witnessed by no one and most of his accusers either have a personal beef with Clinton, or were financially catapulted into the spotlight by right-wing financial backers, or both. Investigations into Clinton's alleged misconduct have yielded no evidence suggesting that what allegedly happened actually happened.

The only thing that can be said of Clinton is that he and an intern shared consentual sexual contact.

[diplomats]

26. Actually, Arnold has been accused of worse, too

Also, see post 25.

[oxycontinrush]

27. Is Clinton on the ballot?

I know there's a whole bargeload of names you have to look through to find anyone, but I have it on pretty good authority that Bill Clinton is not running for Gov. in CA.

[Habibi]

23. Even Merriam-Webster thinks you're the one who needs to get real

(Definition 2) Assault a : a threat or attempt to inflict offensive physical contact or bodily harm on a person (as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner) that puts the person in immediate danger of or in apprehension of such harm or contact -- compare BATTERY 1b b : RAPE

http://www.merriam-webster.org/cgi-bin/dictionary

[Ediacara]

24. what?

I'll give you this, some of what Arnold did could be considered sexual harassment, but a lot of what he did, falls under the heading of sexual assault.

If you came into court with your "baloney" defense, it'd be you that would be laughed out of court.

AND IT'S STILL A CRIME!!!

[sasty]

8. White guys?

Why the racist swipe at white guysz?

[Raine]

10. Why don't you ask the author of

the NY Post, the one who said it? If you read the article you will see it is an observation on two dumb guys, Arnie the groper and Rush Limpdick who made asses out of themselves and just happen to be white.

[Cheswick2.0]

13. there is no such thing as a racist swipe at white guys

Okay your turn, make it good because I have a feeling you are not long for this board.

[Maddy McCall]

15. Coinkydink...I had the same feeling!

;-)

[Sideways]

19. Great Minds

:silly:

[robbedvoter]

21. It's the entertainment section, by a gossip columnist - so Murdoch

is not as much of a hero. The Hitler thingy is huge in NYC - I wonder why doesn't it get more play in California where it matters? I mean, his campaign "response" was nothing - the transcript diferences were already covered in the NYT piece.
Do you want a Hitler wanna-be in office?