Shriver stands up for 'smart' Arnie

Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife has a message for the women of California - her husband is not stupid or sexist.

Mrs Schwarzenegger, better known as the talented American television reporter Maria Shriver, wants to change female attitudes about Arnold, which, let's face it, are not that positive.

So Shriver is campaigning from San Francisco to East Los Angeles, telling women, "10 things you should know about Arnold before you go to the polls".

Number one, she says: Arnold Schwarzenegger is intelligent.

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<snip>Another woman on the "Terminator 2" set recalls walking by Schwarzenegger and a group of other men during a break in filming. "I was walking on the set and Arnold called out, 'Come here, you sexy devil,' and reached out and pulled me on to his lap," she told the paper, adding that he then whispered in her ear: "Have you ever had a man slide his tongue in your (anus)?"

Oh, but there's more, much more, including a waitress at a restaurant frequented by Schwarzenegger and some of his buddies who came this close to dumping a pot of hot coffee on the actor's lap when he beckoned her over and asked her for a favor. "I thought, OK, maybe he wanted more bread. And he said, 'I want you to go in the bathroom, stick your finger in your (vagina), and bring it out to me.'"

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