Posted on 10/14/2002 3:19:47 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy
Attention California FreeRepublic.com Chapters:
We're coming down to the wire. Deadline for voter reg is October 21st. Here's the link to the contest info: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/753123/posts?page=1
Fresno/Central Valley has taken the lead with 128 Republican voter registrations. Yahoo!!
Please report your numbers to Saundra Duffy ASAP. Thanks!
Democrats, GOP vying for majority
By John Ellis The Fresno Bee (Published Saturday, October 12, 2002, 7:15 AM)
Updated voter registration numbers were released this week, and Fresno County's Republicans once again reign supreme over Democrats. So let the roller coaster begin.
Two years ago, the county's Republicans passed Democrats for the first time in memory.
This August, the Democrats regained the lead.
Now Republicans have a slim, 158-registrant lead. There's still time to register to vote; Democrats could make a comeback.
Before you start enjoying this E ticket ride too much, remember that you might throw up at the end. That's when reality hits.
The reality? Redistricting.
These new political districts -- which take effect after the Nov. 5 election -- are made for either Republicans or Democrats.
Almost none is competitive, so the number of registered Democrats or Republicans is a moot point. You're a slave to whatever party holds the advantage in your district.
If you're a Democrat living in the 29th Assembly District, you are essentially disenfranchised in that race. Same story if you're a Republican living in the 20th Congressional District.
We were sold out by the Democratic-dominated state Legislature with the collusion of spineless Republicans who didn't say no to this senseless plan.
HOW IT HAPPENED: The local GOP was losing the voter registration war because it had no money. The solution? Form a political action committee. The result was a pot with enough money to pay people $7 for each new Republican they signed up.
In the modern campaigns, the Democrat Voters ask, "What will the Democrats give to Me?"
There needs to be a discussion about the Preamble's "promote the general Welfare". We need to make a distinction between "promote the general Welfare", and 'create the welfare-state'. And Democrat voters (and others) need to understand this difference.
If the leaders won't change their policies, then Democrat and union voters need to abandon the socialism of the modern Democratic Party and vote to reject the Democrat candidates.
No, the unions are doing that for him.
Kid, you just MADE MY DAY! Yahoo! For victory & freedom!!!
A vote for Gulke is worth two votes for "Gay" Davis. I was making phone calls on behalf of the Republican team this weekend. Many hours! And I ran across a woman who said she was going to vote for Gulke, too. After I spent about 15 minutes with her, she said she's reconsider. Your vote for Gulke is worse than throwing it away. You will be making sure that "Gay" Davis stays in office for another four long years. Please reconsider. All I can do is pray that for every one of you, there are two Green Party folks who will vote for Camejo. That's my only hope to undo the hideous damage you will do to our State. For victory & freedom!!!
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