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Posted on 09/27/2003 6:32:41 PM PDT by Jean S
On Saturday, 10 days before the Oct. 7 gubernatorial recall election, Gov. Gray Davis agreed to debate Arnold Schwarzenegger on CNN's "Larry King Live," but the Republican actor declined. Both Davis and Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, the only major Democrat on the recall replacement ballot, spent part of the day with senior citizens, considered an important voting bloc.
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IT'S JUST A GAME
Davis, appearing at a senior citizens' center on Saturday, signed a half-dozen bills that strengthen state laws against defrauding the elderly. But he got the most reaction when he headed to the bingo room and helped a woman play. The team didn't win, but another volunteer donated her winning board to the governor and presented him with a prize - a can of spaghetti.
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MILLER TIME?
Comedian Dennis Miller running government instead of bashing it? Three GOP strategists interviewed by the Los Angeles Times in the last week said they want Miller, a registered Republican, to consider it.
One suggestion is to draft him as the opponent to Democratic U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer next year, but so far Miller is keeping any political aspirations to himself.
That didn't keep a spokesman for Boxer from taking a pre-emptive shot at his candidacy.
"I think the public has always registered how they feel about Dennis Miller," Roy Behr said. "And that's why he got booted off 'Monday Night Football.'"
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NEXT STOP, KABUL
One of the 135 people running for governor is planning a distant campaign stop: Afghanistan.
Badi Badiozamani, an Iranian immigrant and nonpartisan candidate from San Diego, has invited three Democratic candidates and a Republican to accompany him to share the lessons of democracy there.
"I would like to tell them about the democracy we have, that ordinary people can run for any position," Badiozamani said.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The idea that a celebrity without political experience, such as Schwarzenegger or Miller, could be elected isn't a good thing. All this drives home the idea - I think a false one - that you don't need any particular skills or background to be a senator or governor. All you need is ambition and fame." Martin Kaplan, director of USC's Norman Lear Center, which studies politics and entertainment.
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The irony. Nobody defrauds the elderly more than DemocRATS.
But I dont think that it does take any special skill. Other than learning Robert's Rules of Order, what is there. Politics is all ideas and opinions. These lifetime politicians think that the world revolves around them, that they are the center of every citizens' lives, that they and they alone are qualified to conduct the affairs of the state. If we had less guys like this, then things would start happening. At the risk of sounding Perotvian or Naderian, we could benefit from a fresh voice in politics.
Patriot Act III will probably have provisions for rounding up seditionists like you.
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