Fear of Flying Revisited and Other Examples of Davis Megalomania

New Times of L.A. ^ | 10/4/2001 | JILL STEWART

[DadOf3]

He's back on the campaign trail. Lock your doors and windows. Put away the breakables.

[goldstategop]

Gray Davis could implode before September if he puts his foot in his mouth every chance he gets. Bill Simon only has to look reasonable to draw the contrast for the state's voters.

[ElkGroveDan]

Can't help but wonder how this guy got elected in the first place.

[eureka!]

This one's worthy of a ping. Grayout is not well.....

[ElkGroveDan]

QUESTIONABLE SANITY PING

[goldstategop]

He always faced inferior candidates. I think luck partly entered into it. Gray Davis never had to face a serious opponent in his life. The funny thing is if he had held off sinking Dick Riordan he could have probably been reelected in November. He somehow decided Bill Simon was a more beatable fellow. His problem is that you ought to be careful of what you wish for cause you just might get it. And if Simon doesn't go by the Davis' playbook, a carefully configured juggernaut could very well come to a screeching halt. Our Governor has his work cut out for him because he's not loved and secondarily his lack of a record to run on.

[alfa6]

Howdy Ping

REgards

alfa6 ;>}

[dpwiener]

The funny thing is if he had held off sinking Dick Riordan he could have probably been reelected in November. He somehow decided Bill Simon was a more beatable fellow.

It really is funny. Of course it's also hindsight, but I now have no doubt that Davis would have pulverized Riordan in a November matchup, given the pathetic quality of the campaign Riordan ran for the GOP nomination and all the weaknesses it revealed. I also think it likely that Riordan would have squeaked through to victory in the GOP primary had Davis not massively intervened.

Of course this doesn't mean that Simon will win in November, it just means that in hindsight Davis knocked off the weaker opponent.

When I read articles like this describing Davis' questionable mental stability, and reflect on his recent interview with the San Diego Union Tribune editorial board, I can anticipate some very interesting possibilities during the coming campaign. More than most politicians, Gray Davis' entire world is bound up in the necessity of getting elected and being perceived as someone important. If the polls show him in serious trouble as the November election nears, he could explode or panic or make major self-destructive errors out of sheer terror at the thought of being defeated and dethroned.

[ZDaphne]

Can't help but wonder how this guy got elected in the first place.

Hassidic Jews??

[Jeff Gordon]

The latest Davis ploy has been to announce that gasoline prices could go over $3.00 per gallon this summer, but HE is taking steps to make sure that does not happen.

Nice idea. If the price does not hit $3, he can say he saved us. If the price does hit $3, he can say he tried but the bad guys (whomever) got in the way.

[let freedom sing]

Gray-out was elected by a majority of voters, who didn't have enough choice.

[Euro-American Scum]

He once grabbed and shook an employee until that person's teeth chattered, according to my off-the-record interview with the employee.

This guy has all the charm of Bill Clinton at his best. Just a born leader of men. Brings up visions of the brave Captain Davis, beating off the hordes of Godless monolithic communism in the rice paddies of Vietnam.

Come to think if it, has anybody seen his DD214?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Brad’s Gramma]

To protect the Great State of California from The Beige One BUMP!!!!

[Grampa Dave]

SANITY REQUIRES SIMON

SIMON THE SANE ONE

SIMON = SANITY

[patriciaruth]

Can't help but wonder how this guy got elected in the first place.

Lemme see. Party registration favors Democrats. The media is liberal. And the Latinos were put out when we tried a last ditch effort to defend the border called Prop 187. Davis is a vicious child and runs vicious negative ads. Need any more reasons?

Hold your hat, because you will find it even harder to understand when he is re-elected in November. And don't blame me; I'll be out stumping for Simon.

[d14truth]

Just who is Captain Queeg

[ElkGroveDan]

Hey those are MY friggin strawberries! I found them first!

Do you hear me? They're MINE! I think I deserve a little credit for finding them don't I? I deserve strawberries and I don't get squat.

[ElkGroveDan]

[ElkGroveDan]

Behind closed doors, if things go wrong, Davis can be a trash-talking rage machine. He throws items such as phones and ashtrays. He once grabbed and shook an employee until that person's teeth chattered, according to my off-the-record interview with the employee.