Lopez-What, Schwarzenegger Vague? He Was Once Mighty Explicit

[realFedUp]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez29aug29,1,163257.story

What, Schwarzenegger Vague? He Was Once Mighty Explicit
Steve Lopez

August 29, 2003

Hey, I'm no prude. But I felt more than a little embarrassed while reading details of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Don Juan days to the Rev. Louis P. Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition.

"Go ahead," Rev. Sheldon encouraged in a somber tone. "I'm an adult."

Yeah, but this stuff could make a sailor blush. The comments by Schwarzenegger were from a 1977 Oui magazine article that's been making the rounds.

I'm guessing it's a tossup as to whether Schwarzenegger's randy remarks will cost him, or win him, Republican votes. He's got sort of an old-fashioned take on the role of women, you might say, and his slurs against gays might not hurt him with some conservatives, either.

But you don't want to have to explain bawdy comments about group sex in the gym, hanging out with hookers or getting high on grass and hashish the very week you're trying to climb into bed with true conservatives who doubt you're one of them.

As I began quoting from the Oui article, there was stony silence from the Rev. Sheldon, the head of Californians for Moral Government.
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[Rick Myers]

1. Today Ah'nold is says he doesn't know what reporters are talking about

He claims he doesn't recall (pun intended) interviews from 20 or 30 years ago... He is in Fresno to promote his economic plan...

And that plan would be?????

Ah'nold???

We're still waiting.....

A plan....

An idea...

A thought???

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

2. The Oui interviewer said Arnie was an effluent speaker

when it came to himself and his domination over women.

Maybe the reporters are asking the wrong questions?

[realFedUp]

4. yeah, more pointed questions might be more helpful

on everything about this guy.

[enki23]

9. effluent speaker...

so you're saying he's talking shit, right?

[realFedUp]

10. I think that's effluvium....

but I had to look it up. :-)
As David Brooks said tonight..."it's just vulgar"
I guess the conservatives are breaking all ties with Ahnold...

[realFedUp]

3. Maybe the Rotary Club will let him know....

I still like slot machines in every public bathroom...

[searchingforlight]

5. What bothers me the most about this story is the fact that he would be

a part of a group that would use a woman so callously and that he would not remember it enough to feel remorse.

[realFedUp]

6. yes

It's just this kind of using whatever bodies are around
for his pleasure really denigrates other human beings...I disagree
that this is just typical behavior from people in Hollywood
(as Joe (Anonymous) Klein stated today on CNN,
and I would think many actors would vehemently disagree with that
stereotype.

[searchingforlight]

7. Hollywood has struggled for years to rid itself of the casting couch

stereotype.

When I first heard this story, my heart went out to this woman. She may have been a stripper, prostitute, whatever. She also may have been in way over her head and these thick-headed bozos may have thought what the hell.

Does he have daughters? If so, how would he like one of them to feel this way. How would he like to put Maria's face on this woman.

It is disgusting.

[tabasco]

8. Moral standards only apply to Democrats

The party of family values will easily overlook Arnold's gangbanging.
The republicans didn't seem to have a problem with Bush's playboy lifestyle and drunk driving. No problems with Cheney DUI. For republicans, these are "youthful indiscretions' like Henry Hyde's extramarital affair.
But heaven forbid if a Democrat does anything like this. Then it will be moral turpitude of the lowest order. The hypocrisy of the republicans is stunning.

[Skittles]

11. TO GET DETAILS FROM ARNOLD

YOU HAVE TO REFER TO HIS COCK. :O

[SodoffBush]

12. Arnold is toast.

Nobody wants some sleaze-bag Austrian telling Californians what to do.