Posted on 01/16/2002 10:33:38 AM PST by IrishMom
Alas
I'd back Simon over all of them.
Riordan is actually more left than Davis. Not only that, Davis can to some extent keep the REALLY bad radicals like the Don Peratas, Jack Scotts and Kevin Shelleys in check. Riordan would roll over so fast to prove his 'liberal' colors to them.
I beleive the latest voter registration is about 45% RATS 37% REPUBS and 14% no party. The rest are the very fringe. 38 out of 58 counties voted for W. It might have been even more than that.
Registration in California is 35% Republican and 45% Democrat. You can't always go by registration numbers because Democrats in the Central Valley tend to be very conservative and vote REpublican, and Republicans in the San Francisco Bay Area are a bunch of liberals.
In addition, Republican vote at a far higher percentage than Democrats, at least in the past. Unfortunately, 1998 and 2000 were bad years for Republicans who stayed home in droves and Democrats voted in higher numbers.
Whether this trend continues is anybody's guess ... I think that a solid conservative candidate who is articulate and motivates people to work for him and vote for him -- like Bill Simon -- will do wonders for increasing Republican turnout.
The counties are overwhelmingly conservative (Republican) by the numbers, but the population base is really in the Los Angeles County and San Francisco County and the two or three counties surrounding them. That's over half the people in the state. Outside of those areas, people vote far more conservative for the most part.
Thank you! God bless you!
Good to hear it! If all of us pro-lifers came out and voted for Mr. Simon, he would win hands down (I think.)
Let everyone you know know about how wonderful this guy is because he needs our help ... that Mr. Riordan is just horrid, we can't let him win.
I can't vote for either Mr. Riordan or Gray Davis. They are both so bad ... and I can't vote in good conscience for anyone who supports abortion. I guess I'll have to skip that race if Mr. Simon doesn't win the primary.
I'm going to give it my best. I do a lot of politic-talking at church and the upcoming gubernatorial primary race is the first item on the agenda. I will spread the word as far as I can.
We have only SEVEN Sundays before the primary. That's not a lot of time ... we need to use each and every one to convince church-goers to VOTE on March 5th and VOTE for Bill Simon, the conservative in the race.
God bless!
Yep.....and it's no time to be timid. This is a battle and we are the warriors for the good guys.
Amen! Look at the 2000 election results. How much did Christie Todd Whitman or George Ryan "help" Bush by giving token support to him in their respective states? RINO governors AGREE with the Democratic candidates on everything. The only thing they bring "in play" is the possiblity of reporters to run around the state and bash Bush for not being as liberal as the "tolerant Republican" Governor in the state he's campaigning in... "Gosh, George...that Governor Ryan is SOOOOOOO compassionate for abolishing the death penealty in Illinois...why won't you do that in Texas?" and "Mr. Bush, why won't you reach out to pro-choice woman like Goveror Whitman has??" and consider we could be hearing: "President Bush, your fellow Republican Dick Riordan says your tax cut was dangerous and he was elected governor of the largest state in the country. How do you feel about that"? ?
RINO governors are back-stabbing twits. NO WAY do I want them to "help" Bush in 2004. We already saw their handywork in 2000.
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