I can't help it. I really like the seven time Mr. Olympia

[DemocratSinceBirth]

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[PirateRo]

1. He's a good man

He’s got a library of videos on YouTube, too.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. I met him in 1979.

If you saw him in civilian clothes he looked like someone who was in really good shape. Bodybuilding has changed a lot since then. Arnold wouldn't be considered nearly as big.

[PirateRo]

5. Awesome!

[safeinOhio]

8. I ran into him in Malibu back then.

I'm a fairly big guy and he impressed me. No one else in the drug store seem to know who he was. I had seen his movie.

[BigmanPigman]

20. But a crappy Gov.

CA's debt tripled under him! We all ended up paying for this after he left office.

[Tikki]

28. A very crappy Governor..

History bears this out.

Tikki

[lunatica]

35. The governator.

I hated him.

But after the huge scandal about having an affair and a child with his maid and Maria Schreiber leaving him he actually became pretty humble. He’s done a pretty good job getting back into people’s graces.

[BigmanPigman]

36. Yup, my fellow teachers and I hated him too.

[lunatica]

37. The nuns weren't very happy with him either!

He was such an asshole at the time! My mother was a teacher then.

[mobeau69]

3. The puke who screwed domestic worker in Maria's bed. 👎

[JI7]

11. Makes him a horrible husband to Maria but not an evil person

[oldsoftie]

15. Well, do we REALLY know where he screwed her?

[judesedit]

18. That's between him and Maria. Can't hate on everyone who cheats or you'll be hating lots and lots

of people lol. Maybe disrespect him. You just make sure you don't get personally involved with them. If they'd legalize prostitution for men and women, at least it wouldn't develop into anything....most of the time anyway. Just sayin. Arnold said some good things. He's older and wiser and he's trying to help heal this country. Gotta give him credit.

[SCantiGOP]

26. Exactly, you would have to punish:

Bill Clinton, JFK, FDR, etc etc
And, most people don’t have unprotected sex with a porn star while their wife is pregnant.

[judesedit]

39. And think about the people among your own family and friends

Unless you're fortunate enough to have only the loyal.

[tymorial]

27. You really need to take that comment to it's natural conclusion

Seriously, how do you not understand what you wrote

[mitch96]

4. HELLO Terminator... we have a job for you.... ;). nt

[PirateRo]

6. Yah, it's a big job but the fbi is taking names

Once we explain it to them, it’ll be like, “I’m here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I’m all out of bubblegum!”

[JI7]

7. Yup, horrible governor but great activist

[gldstwmn]

9. I like Arnold too.

He ain't all bad.

[shanti]

10. No way

I was a former CA state employee who suffered under his bs rule. He cost me at least $15,000. He's forever on my shit list. I don't care what he says now.

[BigmanPigman]

21. Me too, our CA debt tripled and we payed for it after he left.

[uponit7771]

29. +1, they will swear up and down they're fiscal conservatives

[padfun]

25. Same here.

On CalPERS retirement now,

[shanti]

32. Same

and so happy to have it!

[BlueIdaho]

12. His story was sure worth sharing!

We are not that far removed from the days of Hitler. The former Governor’s story is so relevant right now.

[AmyStrange]

13. Arnold's a republican, but...

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he's not BAT-SHIT CRAZY like the rest of them, and I give him kudos for speaking out right now.
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[yaesu]

14. I know he worked for the dark side back in the day but I do believe in my heart that he is a good

man & that he truly believes in America & its core values. I hope President Biden accepts his help with open arms.

[oldsoftie]

16. I remember when Republicans wanted to change the rules so he could run for President.

[Upthevibe]

17. I was very moved by his video...

(I'm setting aside the drama he's had and is responsible for in his personal life). And even though I live in CA, I'm not sure exactly what did or didn't happen while he was Governor.

I worked with a gal about 20 years ago who was a temp because her real passion and "career" was acting. I have no idea what she's doing now but it's safe to say that unfortunately, the acting didn't work out for her. Anyway, she was in a movie with him back in the 90's. She wasn't the lead in the film but she had kind of a substantial role. She said Arnold was absolutely wonderful on set and she simply could not say enough good things about him. I'm bringing this up for no particular reason except that it's something that's always stuck with me.

[soldierant]

30. It's always worth bringing up when someone in show business is gracious.

So many, even those who are basically good people, are not terribly gracious And that applies to stage, screen, and opera. Probably ballet and concert musicians too, but I don't have as much knowledge there.

[BigmanPigman]

19. CA's debt tripled while he was Gov.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-12-16/schwarzenegger-bids-california-farewell-leaving-brown-burdened-with-bonds

[weissmam]

22. a true patriot

[NNadir]

23. Quoth Churchill:"If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil...

...in the House of Commons."

A lifelong anti-communist, he was referring to Hitler attacking Stalin.

I don't like Arnie, but in this case, I support him.

[soldierant]

31. Exactly. Credit where credit is doe.

[nwliberalkiwi]

24. Gov of California Missteps

California lost a ton of money from the energy swindle that he did not persue. He was against the nurses, and I will not forget that as my wife is a nurse. On the otherside of the coin his recent talk was good.

[BobTheSubgenius]

33. He seems to have mellowed and developed some perspective over the years.

I remember seeing him on a talk show, BITD, and I didn't like him a bit. His comedic high point, it seemed, was connecting Thanksgiving (which was fairly close in time to this appearance) and "the tourkees" in the Democratic party.

It wasn't just the lame joke, it was how smug he was about it.

[Marrah_Goodman]

34. That video he made on youtube is worth watching. nt

[Demovictory9]

38. He was crap governor

[Mc Mike]

40. Nope. A nazi creep.

He can't fool us by agreeing with us.

[NurseJackie]

41. Lord.

[Turin_C3PO]

42. He

wasn’t a good governor but a Nazi? Where are you getting that? I’ve seen no indication that he sympathizes with the far right.

[Mc Mike]

43. He sued a British paper in '89 and a journo in '93 for saying he had a nazi and antisemitic history.

His dad joined hitler's brownshirts, the SA, in '39 Austria, shortly after kristallnacht.

Was never charged, and got to live free until he died in '72.

Arnie claimed he never knew about his dad's past, when it came out while he was running for gov. The repugs set up a recall coup in CA vs Gray Davis, and Arnie was their chosen candidate.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30110944.html

He was nicknamed the gropenfuhrer by Doonsbury's Trudeau, due to the many accusations of sexual assault against him, from many females in his orbit from the '70's through early '00's, which also came out during his run for gov.

https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-archive-schwarzenegger-women-story.html

One co-star described how he held her upside down above a toilet and dunked her head in, just an assault, not sexual, that time.

He claimed he'd investigate all the charges against him, when he was governor. Surprisingly, he never did.


So now, he's mentioning nazis and kristallnacht, so all the internet search hits about Arnie and nazis are about him saying trumphumpers are nazis. We already know that. Fuck him. And W. bush.

[Turin_C3PO]

44. I knew about his dad

and his sexual assault history. That still doesn’t make him a Nazi.

[Mc Mike]

45. The first thing I pointed out was his lawsuits against a paper and a reporter

who reported his nazi and antisemitic sentiments.

His current claims are that he remembers kristallnacht and the 3rd reich, but he also claimed that he never knew his dad was a brownshirt, though daddy joined the SA 6 months after kristallnacht.

I have nothing against you, as a post-er, turin. But you can believe I'm incorrect or lying, besmirching poor schwartzenegger, and it doesn't bother me a bit. I'm just issuing a caveat, people like arnie and w. bush are nazis as much as their fellow repug, Rump. And Arnie is covering up his history, in internet search terms, with his statement of the obvious.