champion for women
2003-10-02 | 10:09 a.m.

Why doesn't he start now instead of waiting until he's governor?

from www.wsj.com

Schwarzenegger Acknowledges

'Offensive' Behavior to Women

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO -- Gubernatorial front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger acknowledged that he has "behaved badly" to women and offered an apology Thursday.

Mr. Schwarzenegger's remarks, as he kicked off a four-day bus tour of the state in the final days of the recall campaign, came after a Los Angeles Times story published Thursday in which six women accused him of sexually harassing and groping them.

"When I am governor I want to prove to the women that I will be a champion for the women, a champion of the women," Mr. Schwarzenegger said at a rally in San Diego. "Now let's go from the dirty politics to the future of California."

The crowd of Mr. Schwarzenegger supporters interrupted him with cheers.

Mr. Schwarzenegger said: "Yes, it is true that I was on rowdy movie sets and I have done things that were not right which I thought then was playful but now I recognize that I offended people."

"Those people that I have offended, I want to say to them I am deeply sorry about that and I apologize because that's not what I'm trying to do," he said.

Updated October 2, 2003 1:00 p.m.

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