Arnold fabricates history in speech

[George_Bonanza]

Claim #1: Arnold claims he saw Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon debating on TV, as a German friend translated the words for him.

Fact: Humphrey and Nixon never debated on TV.

Claim #2: Arnold claims that he saw Soviet tanks in his native Austria.

Fact: History Stefan Karner states that it would've been impossible for Arnold to see a Soviet tank where he lived, since he lived in a British sphere of control.

A president full of lies begets a follower full of lies.

[shoopnyc123]

1. The Immigrant...

...that hates immigrants!



My husband!

[aldian159]

2. Links?

Information would be a dandy.

[George_Bonanza]

4. Go to slate.msn.com

[Career Prole]

3. He also frequently mispronounces

"burly men"
The bonehead...

[Senior citizen]

5. If there were any fiscal conservatives left in their party,

Ah-nold's speech made Democrats out of them for sure.

[James T. Kirk]

6. Humphrey & Nixon

From the transcript of speech
I finally arrived here in 1968.I had empty pockets, but I was full of dreams. The presidential campaign was in full swing. I remember watching the Nixon and Humphrey presidential race on TV. A friend who spoke German and English, translated for me. I heard Humphrey saying things that sounded like socialism which is what I had just left. But then I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free enterprise, getting government off your back, lowering taxes, and strengthening the military. Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air.

I said to my friend, "What party is he?" My friend said, "He's a Republican." I said, "Then I am a Republican!" And I've been a Republican ever since! And trust me, in my wife's family, that's no small achievement! I'm proud to belong to the party of Abraham Lincoln, the party of Teddy Roosevelt, the party of Ronald Reagan and the party of George W. Bush.

http://www.gopconvention.com/cgi-data/speeches/files/2jl158h8hr9cm5t7e4d379jp6o186680.shtml

He said he watched the race on TV, which makes sense. This is from the Republican web site. Does anyone have links to other independent web sites to see if the quotes match?

[James T. Kirk]

7. Arnold claimed he traveled to the Soviet-occupied sector.

"When I was a boy, the Soviets occupied part of Austria. I saw their tanks in the streets. I saw communism with my own eyes. I remember the fear we had when we had to cross into the Soviet sector. Growing up, we were told, "Don't look the soldiers in the eye. Look straight ahead." It was a common belief that Soviet soldiers could take a man out of his own car and ship him off to the Soviet Union as slave labor."

He did not claim that Soviet occupiers were in his home town. There is plenty to criticize with Schwarzenegger. You shouldn't need a misquotation.