[Spiff]

This was a sleeze piece. That is what I see the post thoughout this thread saying. You make a falacious argument when you say that because someone is calling this article a smear job that they support everything Arnold stands for. In other words, your argument does not logically follow (If I say that the article is a smear, then I must love Arnold).

So, I'll ask the question a little differently. What accusation would an article have to make and who would have to make it before the Arnoldbots on Free Republic would NOT just call it a "sleeze piece"? Where is the line drawn? Tell you what, if Arnold turned out to be Larry Flynt in a Terminator mask, as long as that (R) is after the name and he was still polling well, the Arnoldbots here would still be supporting him.

[BJungNan]

So, I'll ask the question a little differently. What accusation would an article have to make and who would have to make it before the Arnoldbots on Free Republic would NOT just call it a "sleeze piece"?

Ad hominem attack is also not a very good debating point. It undermines any serious point you make (Arnoldbots).

Of course, I understand what you are trying to say, to you it seems like people can find nothing wrong in Arnold no matter what comes out - by way of sleaze hit piece or legitimate news.

Apparantly, everything that has come out thus far has not sufficiently shaken his supporters to turn away from him. That is probably because the attacks have had little or nothing to do with the issues or were merely ad hominem attack.