Schwarzenegger Releases Data on Hitler Comments [also said that he admired Kennedy in same sentence]

NY Times ^ | 10-04-03 | NY Times

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[ambrose]

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[vger]

Oh cr*p, I already sent in my absentee ballot. Why didn't anyone tell us he admires Kennedy?! Oops I forgor he's married to one.

[ellery]

bttt

[SevenDaysInMay]

Arnold macht frei.

[Shermy]

He did not say, "I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it," as he was quoted in the book proposal and in early editions of The Times.

Mr. Butler said he could not explain the inaccuracy. "I am amazed that something like that escaped me."

Oh, the explanation is easy. Mr. Butler "sexed up" the report with controversy to make a sale.

[TBP]

It's one thing to admire Hitler's persuasion and propaganda skills. From what I can gather, he was quite a speaker. But to admire anything else about him is vile.

I'm not a Schwarzenegger supporter. But even if the quotes are true, they were almost 30 years ago and his record since then contradicts these statements. Either he never held these views or he has changed in 30 years (as we all have.) If these quotes are relevant and a valid part of the political discourse, why are we not supposed to bring up Robert Byrd's KKK affiliation?

And BTW, even though Sheets Byrd has apologized for his involvement in the KKK and asked for forgiveness, he used the N-word (the same one Bustamante uses) about a year or two ago on "Fox News Sunday." That is much more recent than any of the quotes Ah-nold is charged with uttering.

Can you say "Double standard"? Sure, I knew you could.

[ladyinred]

Did you actually bother to read the quotes? Obviously not, perhaps you could get a job with the mainstream media.

[owl]

Let's not hear any more comments from ABC and the NY Times about Matt Drudge rushing to publish unverified and inaccurate stories.

[ambrose]

That's why they release smears right before an election. Arnold/Hitler. Boom. They just drop a smear, splash it around, no time for a rebuttal or when there is a rebuttal, very little coverage is given to it, and people continue to repeat the original false charges. Disgusting.

[goldstategop]

Yep. Just change the comments to make them more unflattering. I mean the guy wanted to write an expose, right?

[Consort]

He admired Kennedy? Not good.

[owl]

It's well-known that Teddy Kennedy's father was a prominent Nazi sympathizer. Maybe Kennedy should resign.

[Russell Scott]

Wow. I thought he didn't remember anything about it. Looking more like a Clintonian Statesman everyday.

Poor old boring, honest Tom McClintock. No scandalous excitement, or late night jokes, with him as Governor. Just a much better place to raise your family.

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[novacation]

If sure the $500,000 advance has nothing to do with this.I don't think Arnold's supposed comment is a big deal. It was the power he admired, not the man.

[Republic_of_Secession.]

The Left is getting very desperate now. Which is funny since Swarzenegger is not so different from them on a number of "social" issues. This must be eminating mainly from the Davis campaign.

[owl]

It's one thing to admire Hitler's persuasion and propaganda skills. From what I can gather, he was quite a speaker. But to admire anything else about him is vile.

When I was in college, one of my professors told of educated friends in Germany who went to a Hitler rally to mock him only to come away convinced he was right. When they woke up the next morning they realized it was all nonsense. Hitler was a mesmerizing speaker.