Yeah...'cause that Angelides fella is one dynamic character, y'know!
Posted on 10/16/2006 3:44:00 PM PDT by SmithL
Democrat Phil Angelides blamed his struggling campaign for governor on a "record amount of negative ads" put out by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in an interview Monday with The Chronicle editorial board.
Angelides, who trails in most polls by double digits, said Schwarzenegger and his supporters have spent more than $60 million since June to misinform California voters about his record and policies.
"You have the largest amount of special interest money pouring into Arnold Schwarzenegger's accounts -- all to tear me down," said Angelides, a two-term state treasurer. "We are the underdog in this race."
With just three weeks to go before the November election, Angelides said he was confident that his campaign would catch fire in the closing days and voters -- especially Democrats who make up the majority of California voters -- would return to support him.
Angelides spent much of the hour-long interview detailing his plans for improving services and resolving problems. He said Schwarzenegger's ads have misinformed the public about his proposal to raise taxes to pay for education and health care programs.
The treasurer said that, if elected, he would sponsor legislation to provide health care to all children and legislation that would require big businesses to cover employees. He said he would also expand scholarship and financial support for college students.
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yeah, whining will turn your campaign around, Phil.
I live in California and have not see a single negative ad by Arnold - I have seen Angelides go negative Bush bashing but Arnold is so far ahead in the polls he doesn't need to place any ad's.
Politics is a nasty business sometimes, and Phil is the victim of negative ads. However, Democrats do the same darn thing. Poor Phil, we're supposed to feel sorry for him? A Democratic nominee in a Democratic leaning state is behind in the polls and he's whining about the negative ads?
Unbelievable..........
It starts with a narrator saying how Angelides was inspired by a poster as a boy, and they show a boy looking at a "Dump Nixon" poster on a bulletin board. Then some '60s Summer of Love music starts playing in the background.
Huh?!? Is this supposed to make me long for the Good Ol' Watergate days?
-PJ
Truth be told, if Angelides weren't such a dweeby looking guy, he might stand a chance. This is the head of the Chess Club going up against the star quarterback for Homecoming King.
Yeah...'cause that Angelides fella is one dynamic character, y'know!
It doesn’t help to cry like a girly-man.
The "Summer of Love" was 1967 -- two years before Nixon became President. Maybe what he saw was a "Dump Johnson" poster.
Good point. And every time that guy shows up in the media, the situation he's in just gets stranger and stranger...
-PJ
Regards, Ivan
Imagine, Angelides as gov and Brown as AG! AAAIIIIYYYYY!
LOL...OK. I haven't seen the ad, but I can imagine some kid looking at a "Dump Nixon" poster, and having a song by ABBA swell in the background.
Well, Phil, now you know how it feels to be a Republican statewide candidate in California. They're usually the ones who get buried in negative attack ads that they don't have the money to counter adequately. I hope you lose by 15, punk. You deserve to lose by 20.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
All those Arnold ads linking Arnold to the president made me wonder who Phil was running against, Arnold or President Bush.
I have yet to see an Angelides saying what he plans to do if he's elected.
Anyway, the song was a re-recording of "Let Your Love Flow" by the Bellamy Brothers, originally recorded in 1976. So, there is still a time shift, just the other way. ;-)
This article says that the group has offered to perform the song for Schwarzenegger, because they're mad at the Angelides campaign's unauthorized use the song!
-PJ
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