[skeeter]

Unbelievably stupid admission

Agreed. Its an transparent ploy he shouldn't have dignified with an admission. He's popular enought that he could've have attacked the media outlets for playing along & really done them damage.

[kingu]

Nonstatist: Unbelievably stupid admission

Skeeter: Agreed. Its an transparent ploy he shouldn't have dignified with an admission. He's popular enought that he could've have attacked the media outlets for playing along & really done them damage.

He acknowledged that he may have said things that might have offended some people on a rowdy set, and made an appology. Yes, he could have attacked the media outlets, instead he took the opportunity to do the right thing - admit the behavior that was bad and make ammends for it. The groping accusations, rightly enough, he didn't comment on since they never happened.

I respect Arnold for doing it.

[kingu]

Nonstatist: Unbelievably stupid admission

Skeeter: Agreed. Its an transparent ploy he shouldn't have dignified with an admission. He's popular enought that he could've have attacked the media outlets for playing along & really done them damage.

He acknowledged that he may have said things that might have offended some people on a rowdy set, and made an appology. Yes, he could have attacked the media outlets, instead he took the opportunity to do the right thing - admit the behavior that was bad and make ammends for it. The groping accusations, rightly enough, he didn't comment on since they never happened.

I respect Arnold for doing it.

[kingu]

Nonstatist: Unbelievably stupid admission

Skeeter: Agreed. Its an transparent ploy he shouldn't have dignified with an admission. He's popular enought that he could've have attacked the media outlets for playing along & really done them damage.

He acknowledged that he may have said things that might have offended some people on a rowdy set, and made an appology. Yes, he could have attacked the media outlets, instead he took the opportunity to do the right thing - admit the behavior that was bad and make ammends for it. The groping accusations, rightly enough, he didn't comment on since they never happened.

I respect Arnold for doing it.

[ladyinred]

Wow What everyone including the media is leaving out however, is that at the beginning of the statement he did say some of this is not true, they are only using the soundbite where he says he has behaved badly in the past.

[Stu Cohen]

Unbelievably stupid admission

100% agree. What was this man thinking?

Nobody I knew believes the LA Times. Everyone was disgusted with the tactics of the Times, and this thing was ready to completely backlash against the newspaper. It was good for another 5 percentage points for Anrold. The intent of the newspaper was so transparent. The timing, the "anonymous" sources ... it stunk to everyone, liberals, conservatives, people on the fence .... that article stunk and everyone knew it.

Then, Arnold steps up, and in one fell swoop validates the claims, vindicates the Times, and makes himself look terrible.

If he doesn't win, this will be why.

The man may just be honest, but it was a politically stupid move.

[DannyTN]

"Agreed. Its an transparent ploy he shouldn't have dignified with an admission. "

So he should have been like Clinton and denied everything?

Admitting to it and apologizing was the right thing to do regardless of whether it was the political thing to do. However the bigger question is, "Is this the result of a new found integrity that has developed since those days? Or is California electing a Clintonesque womanizer who doesn't have either a firm or correct set of values."

I hope it's the former.

[Hildy]

He did absoluteley the right thing. If he had denied it, they would trot out these gals and it would distract from this last week of campaigning. My God, who hasn't done anything offensive in 30 years? If he only has 6 women who have come forward,and this is the best they have, I'd say he's done pretty well.