Reply #88: This is not a non-issue.

[alaine]

Does he agree or disagree with his father's views? Does anyone really believe that Arnold's father did not make his views about Jews known? Has he ever told a story of his father regretting in his participation in the stormtroopers? Or maybe did Gustav brag about it?

Racist parents usually raise their children with the same prejudices they have. Arnold needs to be loudly proclaiming his opposition to the anti-semitism of his father, and getting his story together because this will be an issue for him, like it or not.

Look at the racism that comes creeping out of politican's mouths years down the road, and people are so taken aback, as if it had not been there all along...Trent Lott, Strom Thurmond, etc. If I were Jewish I would sure as hell want to hear Arnold very strongly distancing himself from his father's beliefs. He is entering the political arena in an attempt to become a public servant, employed by people his theoretical prejudices may affect in a very real way. I personally think he is a total moron, although he does seem to be socially liberal, if he's a fiscal conservative that just means practically eliminating all taxation and de-funding congress so that there is no money to fund social programs and safety nets for the poor, especially children. What good does my gay marriage do me if I am poor and jobless without a chance of social assistance, because none exists anymore to help me? They can Nazi the hell out of him for all I care.