According to the story, several women anonymously recalled uninvited, sexually aggressive behavior from the gubernatorial candidate, some as recently as 2000. On one of his campaign stops Thursday, Schwarzenegger admitted to some offensive behavior on movie sets and apologized.
Obviously the three scandals are of decreasing importance as listed here, but they otherwise have much in common. First, they're all political - presented and cycled through the media mill as proverbial back-breaking straws.
If someone in the White House did leak the name of a CIA undercover agent as alleged, then President Bush's credibility is further damaged. At this point, however, it appears that there was no intentional, malicious leak.
If Limbaugh, whom Democrats consider a mouthpiece for the Republican Party, can be discredited as an illegal drug abuser, the Democratic Party will erupt in bacchanalian ecstasy. As for The Humiliator, suffice it to say that certain parties would handle snakes and speak in tongues if it would keep a Republican superstar from taking over California.
Second, all three scandals are to some degree speculative or of dubious merit. None of the women accusing Schwarzenegger came forward at the time of the incidents, but rather spoke anonymously when approached by the newspaper. Yes, Schwarzenegger's behavior was despicable, but the timing of these women's moral outrage somewhat weakens their victim status. (And, yes, I said the same thing about Clinton's accusers.)
Limbaugh's pill-popping allegation is without factual basis at this point. The White House "leak" is speculation heaped on allegation. Who done what, we don't yet know.
Finally, all three scandals underscore the corrupt co-dependency of politics and media. Somebody circulates an anonymous rumor; TV invites "experts" to speculate; pundits opine, indict, condemn, spin and recycle until no one remembers or cares what did or didn't happen.
Under the circumstances, a cynic might be tempted to consider the possibility of a vast left-wing conspiracy. But then everybody knows, only the right creates conspiracies, and only the left believes in them.