Behaving Badly

Carissa Dela Cuesta

Miss Kim

English 10 per 2

2 October 09

Behaving Badly

Arnold Schwarzenegger is the Governor of California, politician, and actor. He is mostly known for his movies, "The Terminator". Because of this he is given the nickname the Governator. On October 3, 2003, Schwarzenegger is accused of harassing women he has worked with on movie sets in the past. Four days later, October 7, 2003, he was elected to be the Governor of California. Governator is saying that he has done things in the past that were considered inappropriate, which he thought was "playful". At first he apologizes to the women he has harassed. Then later on he says most is not true.
When Gonvernator was accused of this sexual misconduct, he apologizes to the women he has harassed by saying, "Yes, I have behaved badly sometimes... I have done things that were not right, which then I thought was playful. But how I recognize that I have offended people... and I apologized" (Schwarzenegger 4). Because of this, he convinces people that he has done wrong and they start feeling sympathy towards him and some believe what he is saying. A couple months later women in California were protesting against Schwarzenegger telling him to stop harassing women. These people do not want a groper for governor. However, when Schwarzenegger is asked about his sexual misconduct and why these women were protesting he says, "I don't remember so many of the things I was accused of having done. I would say most is not true" (Schwarzenegger 5-6).
Due to apologizing for harassing women in the past, People believe and forgive Arnold for what he has done. But because of saying he doesn't remember anything, people do not know what to believe. Although Governator has apologized, he has behaved badly again for lying to press. What side do you believe about him?