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I don't think that Arnold was ever a Hitler fan, so I am not trying to tie these stories together.

In Racine Wisconsin right now there is a story about a 78 year old US citizen who is being deported because it has been discovered that when he was 17 years old he was a guard at a Nazi death camp. He immigrated to the US in the 1950s and lied on his application form. Had he admitted his true profession, he never would have been admitted into the US, nor gained citizenship. There is absolutely no proof that this man actually killed anyone, but he was present (at least in the camp) during at least one mass execution.

I telling this story only to point out once again the hipocracy of the left. Here in Wisconsin they are rallying around him, (many on the right are also), saying that he shouldn't be deported because he has, by all accounts, been an upstanding citizen since he came here.

My point?....Regardless of what Arnold did or did not say, how can the Left praise a true Nazi, yet say that Arnold is so awful by once stating he admired someones speaking ability?

I must confess, and I know this may get me kicked off FreeRepublic for life...

I have always admired Clintons speaking ability. : )

You have been a McClintock supporter. I recall the McCain events of 2000. McCain, I think, earned some considerable points with how hard he campaigned for Bush. Note how talk of him switching parties has faded to nothingness. He did the good soldier thing.

You are certainly not obligated to endorse Arnold while McClintock is still in the race -- but my point here is much broader and frankly, I don't have an answer.

We are defining conservatism today by litmus tests du jour -- abortion, gun control, Iraq. How would we label a person's philosophy from say, 75 years ago were he to arrive on the scene today and know nothing whatsoever of these issues. Is there not a broader definition of leanings that goes beyond the current litmus tests? And if so, can not an individual come down on the wrong side of an occasional litmus test and still be conservative?

I'm sure it will be above the fold at the New York Times, and lead with a bullet on ABC News.

Sorry. There is only so much room above the fold and prime air time, and they have to cover the Arnold Nazi affiliation and groping stories, the Rush racism and drug addiction stories, the rehash of the Bush bashing yellow-cake and other "It's Bush's Fault" leads, Hitlery's "Bush's Policies Will Reverse the Gains of the 20th Century" non-partisan commentary, and how vitally important to our survival Dufus, Cruz, and the rest of the Dims are. Feh.