Posted on 10/04/2003 10:50:17 AM PDT by John Jorsett
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:44:15 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Long Beach -- California Democrats, desperate to keep Gov. Gray Davis from being recalled Tuesday, went on an all-out offensive against Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday, pounding on accusations of sexual misconduct and reported comments he made about Adolf Hitler.
But the actor-turned-politician, enjoying huge, enthusiastic crowds as he barnstormed the state in a six-bus caravan, brushed aside the complaints and campaigned with the confidence only a growing lead in the polls can provide.
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Well, thats a new one to me. Where did you hear/read/see this? Source please. Also, has this been widely disseminated (that means told at lots of places to those of you in Reo Linda - we love ya Rush)?
Best summation I've read so far. Ted Kennedy - don't go to the submarine races with that one.
NY Times Retracts Arnold Hitler Bombshell
The full and corrected Schwarzenegger quote, which was printed by the Times on Saturday, went like this:
"In many ways I admired people — It depends for what. I admired Hitler for instance because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. And I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for his way of getting to the people and so on.
"But I didn't admire him for what he did with it. It is very hard to say who I admired and who are my heroes. And I admired basically people who are powerful people, like Kennedy. Who people listen to and just wait until he comes out with telling them what to do. People like that I admire a lot."
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Probably the legion of lawyers he's doubtless hired to overturn the recall in court.
After the initial expose by the Times had a full day to be magnified, pundit mauled, bellowed by Jennings and the other once-weres, given full time to be presented on the Left Coast ... let's drop the ARNOLD IS HEIMLICH HIMMLER'S ARYAN CLONE smear.
ABC broke the news ... ah, but not really. They didn't break into "Celebrity Proctologist" to trumpet their scoop, they didn't have the ballsack and integrity. Nah, they sent it to DNC cabana boy Drudge, Drudge put it on the "Fly My Pretty's" Siren Alert, and then Keith Olberman is handed a note and he reports what Drude reported that ABC reported that Arnold's biographer reported. FOX and CNN followed.
That's all it takes for a smear these days. ABC doesn't even have to break their breaking news, they tell Drudge and Drudge tells Hysterical Olberman producer who gives it to sleazy Keith who announces it without hesitation or doubt. CNN picks it up, then FOX breaks in. ABC might have mentioned it during their 4:35 am news break.
ABC gets credit for the original report, but they didn't actually jump on it just in case it falls apart. That's the job of the mindless cable outlets. "MSNBC has just learned that Bravo Channel considers Ru Paul "one helluva woman".
For Example "Who do you admire?" "Take Vlad The Impaler for instance, forcing an entire village of people over a cliff to be impaled on sharp metal spikes, you have to admire that innovation he brought to the art of impaling." That's an alarming response on first take, but if we had talked about Vlad the Impaler previously, my answer would be quite acceptable.
I predict rampant confusion, inadequate staffing, faulty instruction, missing registrations and massive voter error in minority districts using the controversial punch card voting machines.
"I voted and voted and voted and nothing happened!"
"I asked twice and nobody could tell me how to vote."
"I looked at that paper for five minutes, it still made no sense."
"I asked him to speak Spanish, and he told me I should go back to Mexico".
"I saw the police arresting black folk and driving them to jail .... just for wanting to vote."
"I forgot what Miguel told me, so I just poked all the holes out."
I've never seen a mention of Tom Lantos that did not include the Holocaust reference. Then again, who hasn't?
I may be bonkers, but I think I might have read here on FR that he and his wife converted from Judaism to the Mormon faith some time back.
He's an insufferably pompous guy, but he's not entirely contemptable. He's a staunch ally of Israel, and that's admirable and puts him on the good guy team. He understands the menace of Islamism, and has been supportive of Military engagement in Iraq. That's a cookie too. Oh, and he's one of George Soros' good pals I do believe. TILT! EJECT!
Arnold won the title. Ferrigno was a much bigger man but Arnold dwarfed him on stage. Ferrigno physically shrunk when he squared off with the Legend. It was amazing to see. The machinations, politics, displays, trash talking and all or nothing nature of the event made it pretty interesting. There were lots of eager groupies hanging about offering their charms to the boys, I do recall that. It was a hedonistic hothouse.
That was a window into Arnold though. Bodybuilding and Hollywood are two snakepits that Arnold mastered brilliantly. This campaign is his third objective, and his track record is impressive. He thrives among vipers.
He's going to be a fantastic steward of the public interest, he's going to bring the Dem-isolated identity groups into the family, and he'll be a tireless evangelist for the renaissance of California.
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