He'll Be Back -- for his toothbrush

On the other hand, maybe he'll be forgiven. It wouldn't be the first time; it wouldn't be the hundredth.

Cheating in a marriage, on a family, isn't a felony, it's just a broken promise with one hell of a parking ticket. \

(And the upside is, those who lecture on the sanctity of marriage -- one particular idea of marriage -- may choose to lay low for awhile, especially if they have numerous sanctities under their belt.)

I was working for a company that exposed some of Schwarzenegger's indiscretions, etc, emphasis on the etc's, prior to his election. And we had to field some heat, lots of heat, from his supporters. Private life has no bearing... gossip mongers...mainstream media...blah, blah, blah. Then Maria came out to soothe the troubled waters and, well, everything -- it just went away. It stopped being a story, partly because it made people mad, partly because it didn't sell papers.

And partly, or mostly, it went away because people liked Arnold. He had a nice smile. The difference between a rascal and a liar is charm.

How much should someone's private life influence our opinion on public matters? How much of their business is and should be our business?

There's 10-year old boy who has been charged with murder. He shot his father. The father was a member of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-nazi group.

You can't separate private from public life. It's all just life.