Reply #80: And what if she was running?...

[fujiyama]

and what she said was true? For God's sakes, this is plain ridiculous. Basically all present day Germans should be looked with suspicion because of their past, and the same goes with the Japanese. Hell, all BRits should be looked with suspicion because of the fact that their fathers and mothers served in occupied colonies. Therefore, all Britons should be looked at with suspicion and their judgement questioned. Same should go with all Europeans, most of whom let go of their colonies only in the past 50 years. Now, I'm not comparing all nations with the Nazis and there is no comparison with the horrors inflicted by them, but Arnold should not be blamed for the sins of his father.

Now, I think if you were to raise questions about his judgement about inviting the formed UN general, Kurt Wilheilm or whatever his name was, to his wedding then that's fair game. Arnold should clearly have exercised better judgment, and people would know what indication that is of his judgment.

Arnold should be attacked for what he is -- an inexperienced, bumbling fool, riding on fame from silly movies, taking advantage of a republican power grab, for an office they could not win legimately.

You can attack Arnold for his dad being a Nazi, and make a big deal of this with the media...But now, the real question is, how does all this play in terms of pure electoral politics? Hard to say, but I doubt, even if the media did pick this up, that people would look very deeply into. Most people understand that Austria and Germany were completely dominated by the Nazi party and that by most accounts, Arnold is not a Nazi, an antisemite, or racist. Such tacticts could possibly even backfire, since the people of the state, may be tired of such dirty politics of personal destruction.

There are plenty of REAL issues to attack Arnold on. We have to focus on those.