# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/21 "2003-09-24T13:43:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*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. \*\* I may have missed something but where do you see a liberal saying that these pictures make him unsuitable for public office? There might be a few reponding with glee at the thought that this might ruin his chances…or just reponding with glee period…but that’s really not the same thing :). ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/22 "2003-09-24T13:47:48Z")
Sometimes you get scooped, gobear, and sometimes you scoop :D. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/23 "2003-09-24T13:49:36Z")
Right, gobear! Remember, UncleBeer, that a sordid past is likely to make a candidate MORE attractive to us perverts on the Left. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/24 "2003-09-24T13:53:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTA \* > \*\*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. > \*\* Just in the intersts of fighting ingorance, Mapplethorpe didn’t get money from the NEA. Money was used to fund an exibit of his work. (And Andre Serrano was not funded to photograph a cruxifics in urine, and Karen Findley was not funded to smear herself with chocolate.) ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/25 "2003-09-24T14:00:57Z")
I know all of you want to see the Arnold photos to make fun of him, but I for one, think Arnold Is WHITE HOT, and I’d like to see that thing he packs purely for fantasy purposes. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/26 "2003-09-24T14:24:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*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. \*\* Bzzzzzzzzzzt. Wrong. Who in this thread has made any suggestion that such pictures would make Ahnold unsuitable for office? There are plenty of things besides nudity that do that. Most people have just been having a laugh. So i’m afraid i call TCH – Typical Conservative Hypersensitivity. ---
**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, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/27 "2003-09-24T14:33:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Mapplethorpe didn’t get money from the NEA. I figured this was probably the case, mostly because of the timeline of the NEA controversies in relation to when those photos were likely taken (hence the phrase, “I wonder”). Call it wishful thinking on my part. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/28 "2003-09-24T14:35:20Z")
Personally, I think someone’s sex life **should** remain private. Right up to the point where they themselves decide to talk about it in a national magazine, have pictures taken or post about it on a message board. After that, it’s pretty hard to say “None of your business”. ---
**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, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/29 "2003-09-24T14:37:16Z")
**Unclebeer** , I have nothing against Arnie and I actually thinks it’s kind of cool that he could pose for someone like Mapplethorpe without any hang-ups. I think he may be unfit to be governor for _other_ reasons but this (like the _Oui_ interview) is not one of them. Like **gobear** said, it’s just extremely amusing to see the California GOP’s recall gambit backfire on them to the extent where they now have to support a lefty Hollywood libertine with his schlong hanging out. The irony is delicious. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/30 "2003-09-24T14:45:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*I know all of you want to see the Arnold photos to make fun of him, but I for one, think Arnold Is WHITE HOT, and I’d like to see that thing he packs purely for fantasy purposes. \*\* And I think Californians would agree that an important quality of any elected official is how prominently they can figure in masturbatory fantasies. Just ask the bald-headed large-nazi fetishists of Minnesota. ## Peace. Excuse me, may I have a word with you, Senator Madonna? ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/31 "2003-09-24T14:50:21Z")
Having seen the pictures in Spy magazine, I can tell you that what he packs isn’t really fantasy worthy. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/32 "2003-09-24T14:50:53Z")
moriah, :rolleyes: First. I live in Chicago, so it makes no difference. Second, I never said a word of how it figures into whether he should be in office. Third, just so you can take this with you into the future: Not all Austrians/Germans are NAZI. It’s a helpful factoid. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/33 "2003-09-24T14:57:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > First. I live in Chicago, so it makes no difference. Second, I never said a word of how it figures into whether he should be in office. Third, just so you can take this with you into the future: > > Not all Austrians/Germans are NAZI. It’s a helpful factoid. I thought the reference was to Jesse Ventura (large, bald head, Minnesota), though I was trying to figure out where the Nazi thing came in. And in case I was wrong, Schwarzenegger’s dad was Nazi SS, but sheesh, it took a hell of a lot of digging - initiated at Schwarzenegger’s own request - to figure that out. I hardly think that makes him one if he needed to send some serious Nazi-hunters to start the process of unearthing his own dad’s background. And yeah, this liberal doesn’t think the photos do a damned thing to discredit his suitability for public office. Heck, I was counting him as a Democrat anyway, considering how hard the California Republicans were wincing at first when he announced his intention to run - he has some political views that skew far left. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/34 "2003-09-24T15:00:44Z")
Again, my post had nothing the fuck to do with my views on the recall election. I JUST WANT TO SEE NORDIC MEN NAKED. THAT IS ALL. And even if Arnold’s father was HERMAN FUCKING GOERRING, it doesn’t make Arnold a NAZI, nor does it make ‘many’ current Austrians or German NAZIs. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/35 "2003-09-24T15:03:36Z")
Austria is Nordic now? Well, it _would_ explain the shrinkage I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/36 "2003-09-24T15:06:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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 \*\* Google really is your friend in this instance. ---
**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, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/37 "2003-09-24T15:13:10Z")
[Here](http://www.slumdance.com/blogs/brian_flemming/archives/000299.html) is a blog with the photo in it. Advance warning: it’s about as titillating as John Ashcroft’s Giant Aluminum Boob of Justice. _Mod Notes:_ But it **does** contain full frontal male nudity, so beware when opening it._Thank you._ ---
**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, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/38 "2003-09-24T15:19:07Z")
## [jeopardy theme]This six-letter word functions as an adjective, and is synonymous with BAD, decayed, putrid or spoiled. It’s also a popular web site.[/jeopardy theme] This adjective plus DOT COM, has two pictures of my esteemed future governor. NSFW warning. B ---
**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, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/39 "2003-09-24T16:37:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*Again, my post had nothing the fuck to do with my views on the recall election. I JUST WANT TO SEE NORDIC MEN NAKED. THAT IS ALL. > > \*\* I know that you’d appreciate (hot, hard-chiseled, well oiled) Nordic men as well, but as **Coldie** points out, in this case you’re lusting for the Grand Teutons. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445/40 "2003-09-24T16:42:24Z")
Whatever the word is…I guess Teutonic, but that sounds very ancient. I LIKE GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN MEN TO BE NAKED, and I don’t care if they’re in politics or not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnie-in-robert-mapplethorpe-nudie-photos/203445.md?page=3)