Reply #109: I agree w/ you completely and...

[smirkymonkey]

I don't understand many DUer's complete dismissal of this issue as at least a factor in determining Arnold's suitability for office. It may not be the number one consideration, but it is wise to get some questions answered before the decision is made. People seem so strongly adamant about the fact that there is no connection between the potential influencing of the son by the father.

Call me cynical, but Arnold may have contributed to the Wiesenthal center just to obfuscate the connection between him "the candidate" and his father's Nazi past. I think Arnold has been preparing for this for a long time, and saw the potential damage.

Anyway, it is inconceivable to me to believe that a child has not been shaped in anyway by an abusive, authoritarian parent - as much as we try to escape our childhoods, our environments have much greater impacts on us than we think.