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To: Canticle_of_Deborah
My past isn't lily white but after reading that article I wanted to throw up. Arnold is disgusting.

Unfortunately this is where we are at - no politician is flawless. We knew this was coming as far as his past and it being made into an issue - Cybil S. pretty much said it was in her tinly veiled threat, and if you had seen Pumping Iron years ago or read any of his previous books/artiles, you wouldn't be suprised.

This is the exact thing that happened as what the dems tried to do in 2000, publicizing the mistakes that President Bush made when he was younger, and trying to make it to be a shocking revelation. Back when President Bush was first running for Governor in Texas, some democrats were urging the leadership and major candidates to make his past an issue. Bob Bullock, in a classy move, and one that probably cemented his friendship with President Bush, partially kept them from doing so, but everything was already out there - it just didn't become an issue.

I'm not saying that President Bush's past is even close to this - it's not, although many at FR frowned upon Bush back before 2000, and especially on usenet, there was a lot of flames pointed in his direction for his past, before he became the main GOP candidate. I believe though that President Bush has since changed and a good friend I grew up with that knew President Bush during those days say he is a changed man as well - which leads to the main question here - did Arnold give all of that up?

I refrained from making a joke about the fact that Arnold didn't exactly drive a young woman off a bridge, that would probably be in poor taste.

605 posted on 08/28/2003 7:07:56 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: af_vet_rr
I'm not saying that President Bush's past is even close to this - it's not...

How many of Ahnult's former girl friends ended their pregnancies with abortions?

606 posted on 08/28/2003 7:10:09 AM PDT by MurryMom
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To: af_vet_rr
What really makes me laugh is the obvious double standard...we're expected to tolerate gays, lesbians, and all other sorts of filth, but then all of sudden everyone becomes all prudish when something like this emerges, especially those who preach tolerance for gays, lesbians, etc. I'm not excusing any of Arnold's past sins, just don't understand the double standard, and believe that it would be wiser to take Christ's advice: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone".
655 posted on 08/28/2003 1:02:19 PM PDT by nobdysfool (All men are born Arminians...the Christian ones that grow up become Calvinists...)
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