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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (471067)	10/4/2003 7:12:31 PM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 769670

<font color=red>NEWS: SCHWARZENEGGER LOSES ENDORSEMENT!!!</font> msnbc.com LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 — Arnold Schwarzenegger sought to shake off allegations of sexual misbehavior that cost him at least one newspaper endorsement Saturday as he and the other gubernatorial candidates leaped into their final weekend of campaigning. THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE withdrew its endorsement of Schwarzenegger on Saturday, saying the sexual harassment allegations indicate “a pattern of recurring abuse and boorish behavior that in different circumstances could have led to assault charges.” “By no stretch of the imagination can his groping and grabbing on ’rowdy movie sets’ be dismissed as an isolated incident,” the newspaper said. Schwarzenegger spokesman Rob Stutzman expressed disappointment in the decision Saturday and blamed the sexual allegations on “last-minute gotcha journalism tactics.” SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS The allegations of groping and Hitler-lauding that surfaced Thursday and Friday have threatened to engulf the Republican actor’s gubernatorial campaign, which has been leading in the polls. Women’s groups and religious leaders on Friday vowed an all-out effort to stop him. ABC News and The New York Times had carried statements Thursday attributed to Schwarzenegger in 1975 during the filming of the bodybuilding documentary “Pumping Iron.” Schwarzenegger was said to have told an interviewer that he admired Hitler’s rise to power and wished he could have experienced the thrill the Nazi leader must have had holding sway over huge audiences. The news organizations said the remarks were contained in transcripts from a book proposal made by “Pumping Iron” director George Butler. On Friday, Butler, in a statement issued by the Schwarzenegger campaign, said the remarks were taken out of context or inaccurately quoted. He added that he does not have the “Pumping Iron” outtakes, but said the transcripts show that earlier in the interview Schwarzenegger said that in Germany “they used power and authority but it was used in the wrong way.” Schwarzenegger reiterated Friday that he could not imagine saying anything positive about Hitler. The actor added that his father, a member of the Nazi party, never discussed what he did during World War II. He also spoke of the growing number of women accusing him of sexual harassment in past years, saying he felt badly that they hadn’t confronted him so he could have apologized. Schwarzenegger acknowledged Thursday that he had treated some women badly. On Saturday, he resumed his bus campaign across the state, traveling through central California’s heartland. Gov. Gray Davis, fighting to save his job, was traveling the state by plane, accompanied by big-name Democrats including Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and the Rev. Jesse Jackson.