Republicans and the obsession with sex
It appears that sexual misconduct is only a problem when a Democrat is involved as the Republican frenzy during the Clinton era proved, and is now reconfirmed with the Arnold situation in the CA recall circus. According to the LA Times as reported in this AP story on the WSJ site (subscription required):
Three of the women told the Times that Mr. Schwarzenegger grabbed their breasts. Another said he reached under her skirt and grabbed her buttocks.
Another woman said Mr. Schwarzenegger tried to remove her bathing suit in a hotel elevator, and the sixth said Mr. Schwarzenegger pulled her onto his lap and asked whether a certain sexual act had ever been performed on her.
Which prompted Arnold to finally admit to some "playful" (read "sexual" in non-Republic terms) misconduct:
Mr. Schwarzenegger said: "Yes, it is true that I was on rowdy movie sets and I have done things that were not right which I thought then was playful but now I recognize that I offended people."
And this outrageous comment from Arnold's campaign spokesperson:
"We believe Democrats and others are using this to try to hurt Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign," Mr. Walsh said. "We believe that this is coming so close before the election, something that discourages good, hard-working, decent people from running for office."
Uh, didn't Walsh mean it discourages "playful" people from running for office? May be a good thing too!