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I don't know. I didn't hear the original quote, but I read it later - in its entirety, with context - and I could certainly see the undertones. Sometimes it's not what's said, but what's left unsaid, and Limbaugh certainly left the impression that this was a racially motivated statement. Certainly, McNabb took it that way, and he's not alone. Sports commentators around the country have weighed in on this issue, as have fans - and they have overwhelmingly agreed that Limbaugh was certainly factually wrong, and most likely malicious in his statement. It ain't just liberals, no matter how much anyone wants to paint it that way.

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Now this is interesting. What wonderful timing, hmm? According to the story I read, "None of the six women who gave their accounts to the Times filed any legal action against him." Also, four of them wanted to remain un-identified. If these accusations were being made to anyone but Schwarzenegger, they would never be reported.

I'm not disagreeing with that statement. Were it anyone but Schwarzo, this would be a non-story. But Schwarzenegger is a different case altogether: he's running for public office, in an era where conservatives have made it clear that character and integrity matter.. This issue calls Schwarzenegger's character and integrity into question. Some of these stories have been public knowledge for years - it's not as if they were cropping up all of a sudden and out of the clear blue.

Regarding the "no charges filed" bit, that's unsurprising. Some of these folks were functionaries in the movie industry, where if you cause trouble for an executive or for a star, your career ends right there. Full stop. Sexual harassment happens in that industry, and goes unreported. I don't read anything into the fact that no charges were filed, and in my opinion, neither should anyone else.

This story is nothing less than Arnold's own Paula Jones moment. Those stories were given credence supposedly because they called Bill Clinton's character into question. These stories call Arnie's character into question - Arnie, by the way, is a prohibitive favorite to become the governor of the nation's most powerful state and the world's fifth-largest economy. If Clinton's character mattered, then Arnie's matters too. Bottom line, this is a he-said-she-said story. Perhaps a special prosecutor should be appointed?

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