Reply #164: sigh...

[FredScuttle]

you, like many others on this thread, are assigning motivations to folks like me that just don't stick. I don't think it's worth any Democrat's time to hint and insinuate that Arnold harbors Nazi sympathies based ONLY on the fact that his father was in the SA. I also am voting No on the Recall, Yes on Bustamante. I think Arnold's campaign is a joke and he should go back to playing cyborgs at the multiplex.

Am I defending Arnold? No
Am I covering up for Arnold? No
Am I secretly plotting to subvert the democratic process by arguing that this all is a waste of time? No

The point that has been made over and over and over again here is that any move we (Democrats) make in examining Arnold's Nazi past is a dead end and may very well backfire. I have no objection in examining his past conduct in acting like a pig around women, or any other personal conduct Arnold himself has exhibited that brings into question his fitness for office. What I do object to (or rather, warn against) is dredging up his father's sins and automatically assigning them to the son with no reason or evidence to support it. Why in the hell would we want to turn public sentiment towards this lummox (I can see Frank Luntz and his focus group now - "I thought that whole thing of calling Arnold a Nazi was insulting...") when he's doing a good enough job sinking his campaign by himself?