Reply #15: sadly even their stalwarts don't buy [View All]

the philandering is bad line. It is a gimmick. Many of them cheat as well (rates for cheating within marraige are, afterall, quite high). Thus pinning it on Arnold doesn't work the way it did on Bill. Because it was never, imo, about that in the first place. It was just a 'hook' on which the talkingheadwing echo chamber could deried, denegrate and sneer at Clinton day in and day out.

They know they have their own cheaters. And those folks keep getting elected.

I don't think it really makes a difference to them. And if the media isn't harping 24/7 as they did with Clinton (and it was the HARPING, not the content, which had a long term effect), then there is no impact anyway.

I think more to point is reminding of the boorish behavior aspect. His penchant for talking about cumming (on Oprah no less), for refering to women's body parts and women themselves as cunts. He is really a rather gross person.

Like Jesse Ventura, this persona is so ingrained that he can't keep it under control all of the time. He will say stupid things in public that will be offensive and show just what a gross, crude man he is. The thing is, I belive his attitudes are much worse than Ventura's and as a result the things he will inevitably say and do in public will make Ventura's legendary slips look like childrens' stories.

Many Minnesotan's refer to cringing at the image of bafoon from some of Ventura's antics. Now think of Arnie doing the same but in magnitude (eg More frequently and more vulgar).

Let Arnie become the embrassment.

This way one doesn't fool ourselves to believe that womanizing will work against him, nor do we down play the grossness of his behavior. Just amplify what a boor he is, and how gross his comments are, and how consistent the alleged behavior is with the language he uses. That last part one doesn't have to even work at - people will remember the charges. Play up his comments and attitudes towards women (and he will keep saying stupid stuff to give more and more material) - and folks will make the connection to the allegations... and grow a tad bit more uncomfortable... because the consistency is there.