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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Skywatcher who wrote (469667)	10/2/2003 5:04:05 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 769670

Baloney.....

To: Skywatcher who wrote (469667)	10/2/2003 5:08:13 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

And your position on Clinton's behaviour was ...... ?

To: Skywatcher who wrote (469667)	10/2/2003 5:08:57 PM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

At least he has apologized. That's more than Slick Willy ever did: Schwarzenegger Says He's 'Behaved Badly' By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer SAN DIEGO - Gubernatorial front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger acknowledged Thursday that he has "behaved badly" to women, and he apologized to "those people that I have offended." Schwarzenegger's remarks, as he kicked off a bus tour of the state in the final days of the recall campaign, came after the Los Angeles Times published a story Thursday in which six women accused him of sexually harassing and groping them. "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," Schwarzenegger told a crowd of supports in San Diego. "Those people that I have offended, I want to say to them I am deeply sorry about that and I apologize because that's not what I'm trying to do," he added. From this point on, Schwarzenegger said, he would prove he is a "champion for the women." As he made that pledge, the crowd interrupted him with cheers. Schwarzenegger also dismissed the Times story as "trash politics" and said much of it was not true. "Now let's go from the dirty politics to the future of California," he said. The Times said none of the actor's political opponents helped the newspaper locate Schwarzenegger's accusers and that none of them had come forward on their own. None of the six women interviewed have brought legal action against Schwarzenegger, according to the newspaper. The Times, quoting two of the women by name and the rest anonymously, said the instances of unwanted fondling and groping allegedly occurred as far back as 1975 and as recently as 2000. Schwarzenegger spokesman Sean Walsh had earlier denied the women's allegations in comments to the Times, saying the actor had not engaged in improper conduct toward women. Walsh said the claims were a political attack in the days leading up to the Oct. 7 recall election. "We believe that this is coming so close before the election, something that discourages good, hard-working, decent people from running for office," Walsh was quoted in the paper as saying. In San Diego to kick off a weekend-long bus tour of the state, Schwarzenegger took the stage to chants of "Arnold, Arnold" and immediately addressed the Times story. Without mentioning specifics, he admitted to wrongdoing and apologized. "This morning they have begun with the tearing down ... I know, I know the people of California will see through this trash politics," he said. "A lot of those that you see in the stories is not true, but at the same time, I have to tell you that I always say, that wherever there is smoke, there is fire," he said. Before Schwarzenegger's remarks, several in the crowd of supporters at the San Diego Convention Center said they didn't believe the article and didn't think it would affect his campaign. "I think it's baloney," said Kendall DePascal, 41, a marketing specialist from San Diego. "You know what, he worked on a movie set. You encounter people who make claims about you right and left. I don't believe it at all." Outside the center, two Democratic Party activists protested. One held up the front page of the Los Angeles Times with the article on the alleged harassment. Three of the women quoted in the times said Schwarzenegger grabbed their breasts. Another said he reached under her skirt and grabbed her buttocks. Another woman said Schwarzenegger tried to remove her bathing suit in a hotel elevator, and the sixth said Schwarzenegger pulled her onto his lap and asked whether a certain sexual act had ever been performed on her. According to the accounts, the first incident occurred in the 1970s, the next two were in the 1980s, followed by two more in the 1990s and one in 2000. Three of the women who spoke on condition of anonymity said being named could jeopardize their careers; another feared public ridicule or harm to her husband's business. Schwarzenegger's alleged past indiscretions have been an issue in the campaign since he announced his bid for governor. Much of the controversy has surrounded a 1977 interview in Oui magazine in which Schwarzenegger talked about engaging in group sex. The actor has previously said he didn't remember it. On Tuesday, a new Los Angeles Times poll showed Schwarzenegger had support from 40 percent of likely voters in the recall election. Democrat Lt. Gov. Bustamante had 32 percent, and Republican state Sen. Tom McClintock had 15 percent. The poll also showed the effort to oust Davis succeeding, 56 percent to 42 percent. That marked a shift from a Sept. 12 Times poll that found 50 percent in favor of recalling Davis and 47 percent opposed. The earlier poll also had found Bustamante leading with 30 percent to Schwarzenegger's 25 percent. McClintock had 18 percent. The latest poll surveyed 815 likely voters Sept. 25-29 and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.