Larry O'Donnell on McLaughlin Group: Arnold Could Be In More Trouble

[Cush]

For some reason, its on now here in the DC Area (usually airs at night), but Larry is saying that the LA Times about Arnold are just the tip of the iceberg and he knows it. THese stories are everywhere, you can't go onto a hollywood set without 4 or 5 people having an Arnold story

I get the idea that Larry really, really dislikes Arnie.....not that I blame him

[The Zanti Regent]

1. If he wins, he should be IMPEACHED IMMEDIATELY

Greg Palast had the Smoking Gun on him!

[Capn Sunshine]

3. In anticipation of that possibility

http://www.gregpalast.com/printerfriendly.cfm?artid=283

At last count we have 900 signatures

[Capn Sunshine]

4. Oh and the Times had two more women

This morning on the front page charging him with forced groping or somesuch. Which I believe is where he corners them up against a wall and has his gropey way with them

One told of a forced tongue in throat experience ewwwwww

[northernsoul]

9. if true, that constitutes assault and battery

uninvited invasions of someone's personal, especially when of such a patently offensive nature, are not just rowdy horseplay - they are Assault and Battery.

I'd advise these women to get a good lawyer prontissimo. (Or, I'll be more than happy to represent in 2 and half years)

[blondeatlast]

5. Thunk. (Jaw hits desk)

:wow:

[truthseeker1]

7. TOTAL Recall

The next recall will have WAY more signatures on the petition and we won't have to pay unsuspecting shoppers for their signatures. It will be a passionate grassroots effort and it will be HUGE, especially after the Enron story comes out. That will make the sexual battery stories pale in comparison.

[Cush]

2. Also

Larry & Eleanor Clift were the only ones who think that the CIA story is big, the other two played it off

[truthseeker1]

6. Tony Blankly makes me want to puke

If it weren't for Eleanor, I wouldn't suffer through that show. Blankly is so arrogant and condescending. Every Monday I vote in the TMG poll where you get to rate the guests and I faithfully give Tony the lowest rating possible!!!

It doesn't come on until 6:30 PM here (west coast).

[Cush]

8. about Tony

why does he look like a freakin Vulcan (his eyes/eybrows) all of a sudden?

[onecitizen]

10. Tony has always looked to me.......

like he's ready to POP!! Stick a pin in him and he'd be propelled to outer space. I mean, I wonder if he's as gassy as he looks?

[truthseeker1]

11. and those suits!! nt

looks like one of the squirrel nut zippers or something!

[KittyWampus]

12. Hmmmm, Seems Like The Wind Might Be Shifting

It's be great if Arnold's numbers sank like stones.

Get out the vote, California Democrats!!!

We ARE ROOTING OFR YOU!

[roguevalley]

13. Arnold has always done TERRIBLE things. What has protected him

was his box office status. Women have always despaired
of him and his behavior. Now, with his career sliding,
and this being something other than 'talk and fear not
working in Hollywood again', the walls are leaking.

I believe in some religions its called justice. :)

[karlschneider]

14. Well, I really, really dislike LK, but hey a blind pig finds an acorn

now and then....
:eyes:

[Generic Other]

15. Any woman in California who votes for Arnold has consented to her own

sexual victimization at the hands of any man who believes he has the right to use power to gain sexual control over a woman who says no.

Arnold has been accused of being a serial sex offender. Sexual battery is a criminal offense. Arnold's apologies for his behavior are as good as a confession. While he may avoid prosecution, I have to wonder how many parents would be comfortable allowing him to have contact with their children. In my neighborhood, the police post notices warning citizens of the whereabouts of men who have been found guilty of committing sex crimes. Arnold's admission of guilt means he is an unconvicted sex offender in my eyes. What's the difference? I would not feel safe in his presence. Am I wrong about that?

Californians should not elect such a man to public office no matter how charming he may seem or how rich he is. Martin Luther King once said we should "judge a man by his character..." Well, judgment day is here for California. When a quarter of the black men in this country are felons who have lost the right to vote, many for lesser crimes than the allegations against Arnold, all damned in a speedy fashion by the justice system, the idea that voters would consider rewarding this man by electing him to public office reveals the ugly double standard. A country where a Nazi sympathizer and sexual predator is excused and rewarded for his behavior is a country where women and children are not safe in their beds at night.

What kind of confusing message do we send young men when we condone and reward such behavior? A high school kid who emulated Arnold would risk carrying a record for the rest of his life.

A vote for Arnold says of the voter that he or she condones such behavior. A vote for Arnold means the voter is complicit and as much of a threat as the offender himself.

I don't believe the voters of California will ignore the ugly truth and vote for a man who really should be in a special treatment unit until he is deemed fit to mix with decent people.