Well, if you axe me it looks like old Arnold (Schwarzenegger, not Drummond) is going to be Cali's next governor.
Not that this should or will be of any comfort to anyone, but I don't think he really meant that thing about admiring Hitler. I think Arnold was just like that kid in high school who think's he's gonna earn himself some points towards his Rebel/ Original Thinker merit badge by saying some shit about "I'm not saying what Hitler did was right, but you gotta admire his ability to organize".
Well no, ya dumb punk- I don't gotta do anything- and that would be a very Original Thought if millions of brainwashed Germans hadn't already thunk it.
Guys like this fall into the same category as the guy at the party who pipes up with "I think Nixon got a bad rap. Aside from Watergate, he was a pretty good president. He opened up China!".
That's always there- "he opened up China" is supposed to be the all-purpose defense of Nixon.
Firstly, anyone who thinks Nixon was just misunderstood should read Abuse of Power edited by Stanley Kutler to see in Nixon's own words what a truly Bad Man he was.
Secondly, "he opened up China"? So fuckin' what? People always say this as though it's some self-evidently wonderful thing. Perhaps I don't understand the subtlety of world affairs, or maybe us young folk just don't remember the dark days before the U.S. could trade openly with that great abuser of human rights and manufacturer of shoddy merchandise. Thanks, Dick! Maybe somebody out there can enlighten me about why exactly an open China is s'posed to make me like Nixon (an open China- that sounds dirty!-ed.).
Of course neither the Hitler guy nor the Nixon guy have much of a grasp of what they're saying. They're just attempting to strut their plumage by expressing an opinion that, although far from original, will probably be contrary to that of most of the people around them.
It's always delicious to watch this backfire, as somebody makes them look like the jackasses they are.
Strangely, both of these guys are usually also the kinds of guys who like to grope women.
So, no, Arnie's probably not a Nazi. Just a world-class moron of the sort we've all known and loved to mock at parties.
He's all yours, Caligulafornia!