ABCNEWS SPIKES INTERVIEW WITH SCHWARZENEGGER ASSOCIATE; RACIST COMMENT COMES BACK TO HAUNT CANDIDATE

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[Brian S]

**World Exclusive**

ABC NEWS has spiked an interview with a close associate of Arnold Schwarzenegger who went on camera and accused the California gubernatorial candidate of making racist comments back in the 1970s, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

Charges of past racist comments by Schwarzenegger were leveled by Rick Wayne, a former bodybuilding star who is now the publisher of the St. Lucia Star.

Wayne, who is black, told ABC NEWS that Schwarzenegger made the comments regarding South Africa's former Apartheid system:

"If you gave these blacks a country to run, they would run it down the tubes."

The interview was taped and set for airing but was spiked, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

Developing...

[hole_n_one]

**World Exclusive**

I got your World Exclusive right here.

[South40]

"If you gave these blacks a country to run, they would run it down the tubes."

Sounds like an astute assessment to me.

[Petronski]

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[Brian S]

I your dreams...

[goldstategop]

They're nailing Arnold for a supposedly racist comment while giving Large Breasts a pass. Yep, there is no double standard here, folks and nothing to see. Its time to move on...

[South40]

I see it as a sure sign of their despreration.

[sharkhawk]

Has anyone been to South Africa lately.

[annyokie]

Ahem, what about the N comment to the Black History crowd by Bustemonte? Does he get a pass?

[TheAngryClam]

But Arnold can wiiiiiinnnn!

[fortcollins]

It must be sunday night again.

[Quicksilver]

It must be Sunday evening.

[dalebert]

Another Arnold Bashing Party.

[goldstategop]

No but Arnold is guilty of more than racism: he's guilty of being politically incorrect about South Africa.

[Miss Marple]

I wonder who is giving Drudge these stories, why he is carrying them, and who he really supports. (I am not just talking about Arnold...take a look at the body of his work over the last two years.)

[Torie]

If you gave these blacks a country to run, they would run it down the tubes

Of course, that is what has happened. But then blacks in SA had a right to do that. With freedom comes consequences, both good and bad. This dog won't hunt either by the way. No one thinks Arnold wants to keep American blacks down.

[Pikamax]

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/6606447.htm

Touchy subjects

Schwarzenegger didn't shy away from controversial views. He often got into heated battles with Rick Wayne -- a black bodybuilder from St. Lucia, a Caribbean island -- about one of the most emotional international issues of the 1970s: racial segregation in South Africa.

Wayne said Schwarzenegger defended the apartheid system and argued that white South Africans could not turn power over to black South Africans without ruining the nation.

``At the time, I just thought he was an out-and-out racist,'' Wayne said in a recent interview.

Schwarzenegger also appeared to have no qualms about telling Jewish jokes to his friends.

Wayne said he watched Schwarzenegger upset Jewish friend Joe Weider to the point of tears with his crass jokes, which included doing an impression of Hitler.

As their friendship evolved, Wayne said he came to understand Schwarzenegger's sense of humor.

Wayne once asked his friend how an Austrian immigrant had conquered Hollywood.

In a moment of ``pure mischief,'' he said, Schwarzenegger stood up, looked him ``straight in the eye and said, `Because I've got the greatest physique in the world, I'm sharp, I'm super talented.' Then he stood up, walked down the hall, looked over his shoulder and said: `And I'm white.' ''

What might have once set Wayne off now leaves him chuckling.

``Today I don't necessarily think he's a racist,'' he said. ``How are you a racist and have a black guy as your friend?''

[Quicksilver]

Great minds post at the same time. :-)

[ambrose]

They're nailing Arnold for a supposedly racist comment while giving Large Breasts a pass.

Huh? They spiked the story. They're giving both of them a pass.

[hole_n_one]

From this San Jose Mercury News article.......

Touchy subjects

Schwarzenegger didn't shy away from controversial views. He often got into heated battles with Rick Wayne -- a black bodybuilder from St. Lucia, a Caribbean island -- about one of the most emotional international issues of the 1970s: racial segregation in South Africa.

Wayne said Schwarzenegger defended the apartheid system and argued that white South Africans could not turn power over to black South Africans without ruining the nation.

``At the time, I just thought he was an out-and-out racist,'' Wayne said in a recent interview.

Schwarzenegger also appeared to have no qualms about telling Jewish jokes to his friends.

Wayne said he watched Schwarzenegger upset Jewish friend Joe Weider to the point of tears with his crass jokes, which included doing an impression of Hitler.

As their friendship evolved, Wayne said he came to understand Schwarzenegger's sense of humor.

Wayne once asked his friend how an Austrian immigrant had conquered Hollywood.

In a moment of ``pure mischief,'' he said, Schwarzenegger stood up, looked him ``straight in the eye and said, `Because I've got the greatest physique in the world, I'm sharp, I'm super talented.' Then he stood up, walked down the hall, looked over his shoulder and said: `And I'm white.' ''

What might have once set Wayne off now leaves him chuckling.

``Today I don't necessarily think he's a racist,'' he said. ``How are you a racist and have a black guy as your friend?''