WHERE'S BUBBA? Nathanson letters keep Bill Clinton visit to L.A. (and our FReep!) out of the news

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FREEP REPORT: We Freep the Creeps [Bill Clinton & Davis] 10/28/2002!
amazing.com (my web site) ^ | 10/28/02 | David H Dennis
Posted on 10/29/2002 9:57 AM PST by daviddennis

A brave band of enthusiastic freepers were in Inglewood to freep ex-President Clinton and his equally sleazy sidekick, soon to be ex-Governor Gray Davis!

A crowd of about 30-40 people were hoisting signs and banners, making a lot of noise in the process! And, as always, we got tremendous support from the traffic, with tons of honks and expressions of sympathy for the cause.

Unfortunately, thanks to tight security, we were unable to get anywhere near the actual event. It looks like they got a little smarter with this event - the venue had massive fences around it, and the event was about in the middle. The crowd of 1,000 (surely not that big for the likes of Clinton) was swallowed up by the enormous property, so it's likely that we couldn't have gotten much attention even if we had been allowed free movement.

Loud chanting of our favourite slogans - Hey Hey, Ho, Ho, Gray Davis Gotta Go!, DUMP DAVIS NOW, and many others made sure there was no doubt abbout the intensity of our support!

The star of the show was surely Monica Lewinsky...
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Click here to download the California Republican Liberty Caucus' tri-fold pamphlet on the governor's race!

It's a .pdf file, so you'll need Acrobat Reader... it's free, and chances are good you already have it on your computer. Try the link and see.

Print it using the printer-icon button in the Acrobat toolbar in your browser (not File|Print in your browser's menu). It's intended for double-sided printing using single pieces of paper-- no stapling needed if you do it that way, and saves trees! ;-) Print one side, then invert the paper and feed it through a second time for the second side. Fold, and sally forth to get out the vote!

Give this to friends, walk your neighborhood, take it to stores, give a wad of 'em to your school, hand some out at your house of worship, at clubs, at stores and small businesses...

Let's retire Gray Davis!

Let's show the media and RINOs that "It's the base, stupid!"

Let's show Gray Davis that money can't buy him love ...or re-election!

Freepers and RLC activists can claim considerable credit for nominating Bill Simon, so now let's elect him!

As I posted on the OTHER thread, it appears that COLLEGE journalists did a MUCH BETTER job covering this event than their counter-parts with the MAINSTREAM media, although this reporter does not quite capture the TRUE nature of the protesters, from www.csulb.edu:

Democrats rally for Davis

By Jill Thomsen
On-line Forty-Niner
Two presidents joined Gov. Gray Davis for a Democratic “get out the vote” rally Monday night at Animo Charter High School in Inglewood.

Former President Bill Clinton, actor Martin Sheen and around 23 statewide democratic elected officials rallied the crowd with chants of “Si se puede!” and “Four more years!”

“It is time to open up a can of whoop-ass on the Republicans,” California State assemblymember Herb Wesson Jr. said. “They are the party of the privileged, we are the party of the people.”

Davis highlighted his improvements in education noting “schools are more accountable. Teachers are better trained. A college education is more accessible.”

Clinton echoed the governor and highlighted California’s leading role in America.

“There’s not a state in the country that has done more progressive things when it comes to education, when it comes to health care, when it comes to balancing the needs of working families, when it comes to the rights of working people and women and minorities and gays than the state of California,” Clinton said.

Davis used the charter school setting as a backdrop for emphasizing his opposition to vouchers.

“I will not allow millions of dollars to be funneled away from the public school system,” Davis said.

State Board of Equalization member John Chung said, “Republicans want to give tax breaks to Enron, we want to give tax breaks to these beautiful students behind me.”

Both Davis and Clinton used the positions of Bill Simon, the Republican candidate for governor, as an example of how far the opposing party’s views are from Californians.

While Simon is backed by the NRA, Davis has signed several gun control measures, including bills that limit semiautomatic weapons and limit gun purchases to one a month. Davis also is staunchly pro-choice while Simon is pro-life.

“My opponent is out of step, out of touch and out to lunch,” Davis said.

About 45 protesters picketed the event. Pro-life activists were especially prominent, as were representatives of the Green Party and its gubernatorial candidate, Peter Camejo.

“They won’t let us in, but we’re getting our message to the people,” said Camejo supporter Richard Burlingame.

All of the speakers referred to recent polls that indicate Democrats around the country are not going to vote in Tuesday’s election.

“When you don’t vote, you are voting — against your families, against your democratic ticket and against your community,” said Assemblyman Jerome Horton.

A recent Los Angeles Times poll shows that although Davis had a 56 percent unfavorable rating, he is leading the governor’s race by a 45 percent to 36 percent margin.

The rally was part of an ongoing, statewide “get out the vote” effort that is “unparalleled in its scope and reach,” according to Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres. Around $5 million is being spent to mobilize more than 5,000 people to reach out to more than 600,000 voters.

“We’re going to give them a surprise on election day,” Clinton said.

For a possible EXPLANATION of the recent "Where's BUBBA? Clinton/Davis news blackout," see:

It's Official: Clinton Loves Gray Davis
American Prowler ^ | 10/30/2002 | George Neumayr
Posted on 10/29/2002 9:37 PM PST by Pokey78

As letters implicating Gray Davis in graft were released on Monday, Davis was busy campaigning with Bill Clinton -- an appropriate echo to the letters' charges. Davis called the impeached former president, accused felon, and disbarred lawyer the "best president in his lifetime." Clinton, for his part, declared California a progressive utopia under Davis.

"Gray Davis has broken new ground every single year, and California is leading America toward an environmentally responsible future," Clinton said in Inglewood. "There's not a state in the country that has done more progressive things when it comes to education, when it comes to health care, when it comes to balancing the needs of working families, when it comes to the rights of working people and women and minorities and gays than the state of California."

Meanwhile, Garry South, Davis's lowlife political adviser, tried to bat down charges from Mark Nathanson that Davis sought to benefit from the California Coastal Commission's corruption. A member of the Willie Brown machine in the 1980s, Nathanson used the commission to extort money from permit applicants. He says that Davis, as an assemblyman and state controller, was a partner in some of his schemes. "The governor is not going to have an argument with a convicted felon and admitted perjurer," says Garry South.

Boy, what contempt for perjurers. Doesn't South know that his boss is campaigning with one?

Davis campaign spokesman Roger Salazar dismisses the allegations as "baseless charges that the FBI, the U.S. attorney and a district court judge found not to be credible." But as Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee notes, Nathanson's charges were evaluated by Clinton officials.

"Federal prosecutors declined to pursue the leads, citing Nathan's record of untruthfulness. But, in fact, he had no incentive to lie and every incentive -- a shorter sentence -- to tell the truth," writes Walters. "Prosecutors' reluctance could have been political since by the time the letters were written in 1993 and 1994, the Democratic Clinton administration had taken over the U.S. Justice Department and the California anti-corruption crusade was kaput..."
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