Schwarzenegger's Sex Talk: In 1977 interview, actor spoke of orgies, drugs, and homosexuality
When Schwarzenegger first announced his candidacy, I said that it was just a matter of time before his rather libertine history became a matter of public record. Here we go, y'all....
AUGUST 27--Arnold Schwarzenegger once told a magazine interviewer about participating in an orgy with other bodybuilders, noting that "everybody jumped on" the woman involved and "took her upstairs where we all got together." The California Republican added that not every muscleman participated in the gang bang....
Not exactly the California Republican Campaign Manual, eh??
Schwarzenegger's lewd talk appeared in the August 1977 issue of Oui, a now-defunct adult magazine published by Playboy. The five-page Schwarzenegger interview was conducted by author Peter Manso and flagged on the magazine's cover with the headline, "Arnold Schwarzenegger on the Sex Secrets of Bodybuilders."
At the time of the Oui story, Schwarzenegger, then 29, was appearing in "Pumping Iron," a documentary on the bodybuilding circuit. In the Q&A with Manso, today's gubernatorial wannabe spoke about his sex life, drug usage, and belief that men "shouldn't feel like fags just because they want to have nice-looking bodies."
OK, so it's not exactly something you'll find in the late Lee Atwater's campaign manual. Still, you've got to admit that Ahnold is going to be a WHOLE lot more interesting that your average plain Vanilla Republican candidate.
There will be many more of these "revelations" to come. Personally, I don't much care if Schwarzenegger has a history of buggering goats in the '70s. There are a lot of politicians out there who could be declared unfit for office if you were to find out what they did for excitement in the '60s and '70s. Face reality, folks; it was a much different world. That was then, this is now, and shouldn't be more worried about what a candidate can do for our future? When last I checked, you still could not change the past. That's not likely to change anytime soon.
If you want a boring white man in a boring blue suit, a boring white shirt, and a boring red tie, there are plenty of faceless politicians out there for you (Bill Simon, anyone??). Let's not write off Schwarzenegger simply because he knew how to party 25-30 years ago.
