# Arnie in Robert Mapplethorpe Nudie Photos! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 24, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445 "2003-09-24T01:26:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/1 "2003-09-24T01:26:31Z")
Says Drudge. I got nothing special to say about this partly because its so hard to type when you’re laughing yourself sick! I haven’t felt this good since they shot Ol’ Yeller! ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/2 "2003-09-24T01:31:21Z")
Pardon? _Bob Mapplethorpe–potential gettaway driver–go!_ ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/3 "2003-09-24T01:34:22Z")
[Link](http://www.drudgereport.com/arnold.htm) for those who are interested. > [@](#): > > Mapplethorpe, whose infamous self-portrait with a bullwhip inserted in his anus as well as many photographs of penises and men engaging in homosexual acts, considered Schwarzenegger one of his favorite subjects, sources close to the late artist tell DRUDGE. I hope that paragraph is permissable in GD. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/4 "2003-09-24T01:39:34Z")
> [@](#): > > _From the Drudge Report link_ **Voters have never seen an elected official in such detail.** Well now, that all depends upon whether Mary Carey gets elected or not. Her fans know every single detail about her. 😉 Besides, what’s the controversy here? Wasn’t Arnie dangling the wang in the first Terminator, right in the beginning? It can’t be anything that any 18-118 year old person hasn’t seen already. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/5 "2003-09-24T01:43:34Z")
Oh, please, Lord! Please, I beseech Thee! Just one picture of Arnie the Candidate with a bullwhip stuck up his Nixon! On Drudge! I swear, I’ll give all my money to charity and head straight to the monastery of the Brothers of Pointless Penitence! ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/6 "2003-09-24T01:58:25Z")
Does this mean he is more or less likely to be elected in California? I’m always unclear on that. It seems like the more he pisses off the right the more he pisses off the left. How is that possible? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/7 "2003-09-24T02:39:56Z")
Dear Og, I’ve never asked you for anything before, but I really need your help. I understand that there are some “full nude erotic photographs” of Arnold Schwarzenegger taken by Robert Mapplethorpe. Dear Og, please let me see these photographs. Your humble servant, Green Bean ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/8 "2003-09-24T02:41:53Z")
Now, Lord Krishna, I know I haven’t been a very good Hindu… ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/9 "2003-09-24T03:47:12Z")
If true, I have more respect for him. Not that it would sway my vote, if I were able to vote for him in the first place. But does this mean that he could not be mayor of Cincinatti? ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/10 "2003-09-24T03:50:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > \*\*Dear Og, > > I’ve never asked you for anything before, but I really need your help. I understand that there are some “full nude erotic photographs” of Arnold Schwarzenegger taken by Robert Mapplethorpe. Dear Og, please let me see these photographs. > > Your humble servant, > > Green Bean \*\* I’m with **Green Bean** on that. Og Please? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/11 "2003-09-24T04:04:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beagle \* > \*\*It seems like the more he pisses off the right the more he pisses off the left. How is that possible? \*\* His peepee is bent. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/12 "2003-09-24T04:20:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Now, Lord Krishna, I know I haven’t been a very good Hindu… …but I did rent Fiddler on the Roof, and I _will_ watch it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/13 "2003-09-24T04:43:43Z")
I don’t know about Mapplethorpe, but Arnold DID regularly pose nude for gay photographers back in his days as a young, aspiring bodybuilder. Many such photos have surfaced, and several have been published in mainstream, non-porn magazines like Spy. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/14 "2003-09-24T12:36:21Z")
Some years ago, the late and much lamented satire magazine **Spy** ran a full-length nude photo of Arnold in support of allegations that he had been a gay-for-pay “escort” for wealthy businessmen in his early bodybuilding career. In contrast to Sly “Is that a thumb?” Stallone, Arnold has much to be proud of. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/15 "2003-09-24T12:37:31Z")
Crumbs, scooped again. ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/16 "2003-09-24T12:53:04Z")
I wonder if Mapplethorpe paid Arnold for nude modeling with money he got from the **National Endowment for the Arts**. And how if true that would discombobulate the GOP in California. > [@](#): > > Does this mean he is more or less likely to be elected in California? I believe ultimately that question depends not on the issues or past deeds but whether enough voting machines are rigged to lean towards the right. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/17 "2003-09-24T13:02:06Z")
This could get interesting. Remember that his explanation for the _Oui_ interview was that he really couldn’t recall, he did so many interviews and this was such a long time ago (tell me the GOP learned nothing from the Clintons’ testimony). Now if he can just admit that he really doesn’t recall, he posed for so many gay photogs, and that was so long ago… Of course, we can remember it for you wholesale, if you need a total recall. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/18 "2003-09-24T13:26:59Z")
Ah, I see. Clinton’s little escapades with his female employees and others is properly none of the people’s business. But pictures of Schwarzenegger’s dick are indications of his suitabilty for public office. I call TLH on this one - Transparent Liberal Hypocrisy. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/19 "2003-09-24T13:31:42Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\* total recall_\* _snort_ ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/20 "2003-09-24T13:39:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Ah, I see. Clinton’s little escapades with his female employees and others is properly none of the people’s business. But pictures of Schwarzenegger’s dick are indications of his suitabilty for public office. I call TLH on this one - Transparent Liberal Hypocrisy. Stop being silly, **Uncle Beer**. none of the lefties here seem to be saying that nude photos make him unfit for office. Rather, they seem to be enjoying the hypocrisy of the California GOP in embracing a pro-gay rights candidate with a seamy past who they would flay alive if he were a Democrat. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445.md?page=2)