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To: Amerigomag; ElkGroveDan; FOG724; calcowgirl; dalereed; Czar; Mojave; SmithL; ncountylee
He was about as prompt in paying any attention to Prop 187 as the CAGOP "leadership" was to paying any attention to the historic, grassroots conservative Recall campaign against Greasy Gray Davis!!!

Now they are tone deaf toward the grassroots conservatives wishes to rid the state of a Governor who has proved himself WORSE than Gray Davis in every respect except one... Davis still has no personality!!!

8 posted on 03/19/2006 7:14:13 PM PST by SierraWasp (Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know man!!! (or especially Waspman!!!))
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To: SierraWasp
WORSE than Gray Davis in every respect except one... Davis still has no personality!!!

I can't even watch the man's movies any more, and I'm an action/adventure fan!

9 posted on 03/19/2006 7:18:51 PM PST by FOG724 (http://nationalgrange.org/legislation/phpBB2/index.php)
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To: SierraWasp

Prop 187 single handedly resurrected Wilson's campaign in 1994.
It absolutely galvinized republican/independent voters like nothing else and that paid off big at the polls.


12 posted on 03/19/2006 7:39:06 PM PST by Cyropaedia ("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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To: SierraWasp
He was about as prompt in paying any attention to Prop 187 as the CAGOP "leadership" was to paying any attention to the historic, grassroots conservative Recall campaign against Greasy Gray Davis!!!

Here's a blast from the past

Proposition 187 - Wilson Puts Immigration on the Ballot. Wilson's history with Proposition 187 is nearly identical. In the fall of 1993, three conservative immigration proposals surfaced as potential 1994 initiatives. Two of these were similar to Wilson-backed bills introduced in the Legislature, relatively moderate proposals such as requiring hospitals to make an account of undocumented immigrants served with public funds.

The third, the "Save Our State" initiative (which later became Proposition 187), was far more extreme. It proposed excluding undocumented immigrants from public health care and undocumented immigrant children from California's public schools. Its backers came from the fringe of the anti-immigrant movement. SOS newsletters were peppered with overtly racist rhetoric such as, "Wake up and smell the refried beans."

By early 1994, the two moderate measures had folded, citing a lack of funds and public support. The SOS measure, however, persevered, pushed by a small band of conservative activists. The SOS campaign had all the signs of a half-baked effort destined to become a political footnote. The SOS campaign began its signature drive with $11,000. In mid-March, with less than six weeks to go, the campaign reported having collected just 150,000 signatures of the more than half million they would need to qualify for the November ballot.

With a month left to go, the California Republican Party made a decision to adopt "SOS" and assure its presence on the November ballot. The party rolled out a 200,000 piece fundraising mailing for the initiative and helped field an army of paid signature gatherers to finish the task of qualification. Shortly after, Wilson endorsed 187 and made it the core of his reelection effort. "It became almost hard to distinguish the YES on 187 campaign from the Pete Wilson campaign, " says Patrick J. McDonnell, who covered the immigration initiative for the Los Angeles Times.

So much for Bradley's take on the issue!

13 posted on 03/19/2006 7:50:11 PM PST by Amerigomag
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To: SierraWasp

So you don't approve of him making major overhalls to workman's comp?

You don't approve of his vetoing of the gay marriage?

You don't approve of his recinding of the car tax?

You don't approve of the fact that he hasn't raised taxes even while under extreme pressure to do so?

Man, I sure wish we had Davis back!


25 posted on 03/19/2006 10:05:17 PM PST by zbigreddogz
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