Dispatch from California - William Rusher Urges Support for KALOOGIAN for SENATE

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[Impeach98]

BUMP!

Man, you all should read the maniacal email the Jones campaign sent out today!

They are freaking out... I have to imagine Bill Jones himself didn't approve the copy. He's much more of an upstanding guy then the tone of this thing. It was pretty comical! I'll try to remember to post it as a separate thread today.

[JohnnyZ]

The latest public polling has:

Jones 31
Casey 9
Kaloogian 9
Marin 9

That's as of 2/2/04.

Impeach98 claims to have seen a poll where Kaloogian has 21%, but he has yet to justify his claim.

[Impeach98]

I got it from Bill Jones actually.

You should ask him today why he's proud of poll numbers that show him GOING DOWN... (he's called a number of our supporters pushing those numbers as proof he's got the nomination in the bag!)

[Impeach98]

P.S. Do you know who wrote the Jones email I was referring to? We were laughing pretty hard. Whoever wrote it slammed talk radio station polls, and the fact that Jones' opponents are touting their endorsements.

Why would Bill Jones' staff be so upset that a candidate - whether it is Rosario Marin or Howard Kaloogian - be touting their endorsements.

In our case it's pretty much all the conservative leaders backing us. We don't have Deukmejian (unfortunately) or Wilson and Schwarzenegger.

But there must be something about Dobson, Kemp, Schlafly, Herschensohn, Weyrich, et. al. supporting Kaloogian that really irks Team Jones. Ask around if you would!

[Impeach98]

I guess Rusher would be another conservative leader pushing Howard (since he is the author of the column that is at the core of this thread).

[Missouri]

PING.

[JohnnyZ]

Impeach98's "source" is that Bill Jones is calling up Kaloogian supporters, telling them that Jones is dropping and Kaloogian is surging. Hey, you interested in buying a share in the Golden Gate Bridge?

Bill Jones endorsements:

NEW: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Darrell Issa, Tom Campbell

PLUS: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; Former California Governors Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian; Congressman David Dreier (R-San Dimas), Leader of the California Republican Congressional Delegation; Congresswoman Mary Bono, the only Republican woman in the California Congressional Delegation; Congressmen Devin Nunes, Doug Ose, George Radanovich and Ed Royce; State Senators Dick Ackerman, Jeff Denham, Bruce McPherson, Bill Morrow, Wm. J. “Pete” Knight and Rico Oller; State Assembly Members Greg Aghazarian, John Benoit, Dave Cogdill, Dave Cox, Guy Houston, Doug LaMalfa, Abel Maldonado, Ken Maddox, Bill Maze, Kevin McCarthy, Charles Poochigian, and Tony Strickland; Former California Republican Party Chairmen Tirso Del Junco and John Herrington; Board of Equalization Member Bill Leonard; California Women’s Leadership Association; California Farm Bureau; National Korean-American Republican Association; National Asian Republican Association; The San Diego Chapter of California Black Republicans Council; and Mayor Alan Autry (R-Fresno).

“I am honored to receive the endorsement of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association,” said Secretary Bill Jones. “Howard Jarvis and his group of tax fighters led the way in bringing sanity back to California’s property tax system, and they saved the homes of countless thousands of Californians, who were literally being taxed out of their family homes. I continue to stand with Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and my fellow Californians in opposing ANY changes to Proposition 13. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association represents Republican, Democrats and Independents. Their support is vital in my effort to defeat Barbara Boxer this November. Barbara Boxer is one of the biggest tax and spend Senators in Congress, who consistently votes against tax relief for millions of hardworking California families

“I am committed to making the President’s tax cuts permanent, and I will work with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association to convince the entire California delegation to support these tax cuts.”

“Bill Jones has always been a strong supporter of Proposition 13 and will be an effective advocate for California taxpayers,” said Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association President Jon Coupal. “He strongly supports President Bush’s tax cuts and will fight efforts by the liberal tax spenders in Washington to repeal these tax cuts and raise taxes on all Californians.”

[Impeach98]

I think the Jones email today said it all about how Jones and his staff think the race is going in the polls, Johnny.

[JohnnyZ]

I think the Jones email today said it all about how Jones and his staff think the race is going in the polls, Johnny.

I have trouble believing anything you say, Impeach, mostly because you live in a fantasy world and just make stuff up.

[Impeach98]

That's your perogative JohnnyZ!

You also support the Bush Immigration plan and think Bill Jones is the best hope for the Republican Party to defeat Barbara Boxer, so I think we're not going to see eye to eye on much.

[JohnnyZ]

You also support the Bush Immigration plan

No, I don't. I think it would be better than what we have now, but I would prefer greatly expanded legal immigration, zero tolerance on illegals, and perhaps a guest worker program on the side.

and think Bill Jones is the best hope for the Republican Party to defeat Barbara Boxer

People who want the most electable candidate support Jones or Marin.
People (like me) who want the most electable conservative support Jones.
People who want to nominate the most conservative candidate, regardless of electability, support Kaloogian, or Ball, or Stoen . . .

so I think we're not going to see eye to eye on much.

Probably not.