[RonDog]

FReeper daviddennis will be posting a more complete post-FReep report later today, with PICTURES!

We were there IN FORCE!

The "eGray Hooker," "Superman SIMON," the "DEBATE Chicken," and TWO "Monica in a BLUE DRESS, with berets!"

Plus, DOZENS of FReepers and FRiends, with MANY signs and banners, including:

"DUMP DAVIS"
"FIRE Gray Davis"
"I believe Juanita Broaddrick!

The security was INTENSE, and we were kept FAR AWAY from the outdoor venue where Bubba and eGray spoke - no doubt to prevent another Davis fiasco/FReeper success like the Pasadena Firefighter BBQ - where we REALLY rattled eGray!

Fortunately, the Chicken Man's instincts were once again PERFECT, and we at least got to FReep the incoming motorcade - from BOTH CORNERS - as they arrived, and eGray (at least) made eye contact with Jessamine as "Monica #1" - and perhaps others.

More soon from daviddennis...

...including our video interview of a USC journalism student interviewing US!

[RonDog]

FReeper "honor roll" for the "Where's Bubba?" FReep:

FReepers:

daviddennis - with his videocamera
Jessamine - as "Monica in a BLUE DRESS!" - the STAR of our FReep!
RonDog (as the "eGray Hooker")
Outraged (as "Superman SIMON")
TheSpottedOwl - with her daughter
paola
Reagan woman
Tony in Hawaii
HangFire
LadyJenn

and MANY MORE!

(Please help me with all of your screen names!)

Not-yet-FReepers:

Monica in a BLUE DRESS - #2
the "DEBATE Chicken"
Heather, the USC journalism student

and MANY MORE!

(I was too busy to get all the names. Sorry.)

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

"If you look at the difference in what Governor Davis and the Democrats in the California Legislature have done, as compared with America, you will see the difference between our party and theirs," Clinton told the crowd of more than 1,000.

If anybody sitting on the fence in any state needed a reason to vote Republican, X42 just gave it to you.

[RonDog]

This just in, from The Mercury News:

Posted on Tue, Oct. 29, 2002

Clinton touts Davis at rally
Mercury News Sacramento Bureau

INGLEWOOD - Flanked by two of America's most popular presidents -- one real, one fictional -- Gov. Gray Davis staged the biggest rally of his re-election campaign Monday night with a pledge to build upon his first four years in office.

More than 1,500 supporters cheered Davis, who was joined at the rally by former President Clinton and Martin Sheen, the liberal actor who plays the president on television's ``The West Wing.'' Clinton praised Davis and California for being a model for the nation in setting progressive policies for America to follow.

``When you clear away all the ads and all the arguments and all the attacks, when all the dust settles, the facts remain: Since Gray Davis has been in office, education has improved, the economic policies of the state are better, you've done more for working families,'' Clinton said.

Meanwhile, a Los Angeles Times poll released today showed Davis ahead 45 percent to 36 percent -- about the same as most polls in the past several weeks.

[Slip18]

Thanks for the report, RonDog. It sounds as if it were a wonderful FREEP!

[Eastbound]

Great report, RonDog. Reports like these make the day worth waking up to. Thanks. -- Dave

[b4its2late]

What if the leader of the Democratic Party came to town, and NOBODY noticed?

It's great to see how well he's doing in the legacy building department.........

[RonDog]

FINALLY, here is a little more DETAIL, from the Sacramento Bee:

Clinton stumps for Davis in south state

GOP rival Simon hails release of potentially damaging letters.

By Margaret Talev -- Bee Capitol Bureau
Published 2:15 a.m. PDT Tuesday, October 29, 2002

INGLEWOOD -- Former President Clinton traveled to Southern California on Monday night to stump for Gov. Gray Davis, telling voters in this largely African American and Latino city that, under the Democratic incumbent, California had become the most progressive state in the nation.

Speaking to 1,000 fans at a get-out-the-vote rally outside Animo Leadership Charter High School, Clinton said California's policies toward labor, minorities and the environment under Davis serve as "Exhibit A" for why voters should elect Democrats rather than Republicans.

"Gray Davis has broken new ground every single year, and California is leading America toward an environmentally responsible future," Clinton told the enthusiastic crowd. "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."

Davis thanked Clinton, calling him "the best president in my lifetime." He told the crowd he has expanded insurance and college scholarships for minority groups, and he said his support for expanded gun control and abortion rights contrast with Republican Bill Simon's positions. "My opponent is out of step, out of touch and out to lunch," he said.

The governor made no mention, in his speech, of court papers released Monday in which former California Coastal Commissioner Mark Nathanson asserted that Davis as a state assemblyman and controller had sought to link commission actions with campaign contributions.

But Simon, seeking to cut into Davis' lead eight days before Election Day, seized on the release of the documents.

Calling a press conference on a public beach at Malibu, Simon said the onus was on Davis to disprove the fund-raising allegations made by Nathanson, who went to prison in a bribery scandal disclosing that he had sought payments from individuals with business before the commission.

Simon called on Davis to release his calendars and schedules dating back to the mid-1980s, detailing all telephone calls or meetings with Nathanson, developers or any Coastal Commission permit applicants. "The governor owes more to the people of California than just dismissive denials," Simon said.

"Did he solicit them for contributions? Did he in fact receive contributions and did he brag of his relationship with Mark Nathanson in any conversations?" Simon continued. "If he did not do what Nathanson alleges, he should have no fear of answering these questions."

Prosecutors discredited Nathanson's claims a decade ago and refused to cut him a deal in exchange for them. But Simon -- a former federal prosecutor -- said he would not dismiss the allegations outright. He also refused to say whether, in the final days of the gubernatorial race, he planned to run negative ads alleging impropriety.

"Mr. Davis obviously is worried, having sent letters to many television stations, that we might," Simon said, referring to letters that Davis' campaign attorneys sent to television stations last week, suggesting the campaign might sue them if they ran unsubstantiated ads related to Nathanson's claims.

The Davis campaign, meanwhile, released an ad of its own intended to inoculate the governor against any Simon attack on the issue. The ad draws on criticism Simon faced earlier this month for falsely accusing the governor of violating a law by accepting a campaign check in a government office building.

The site of Davis' rally, Animo Leadership, was established three years ago in a mostly Latino neighborhood with the mission of steering children of uneducated immigrants toward college.

But African Americans made up the majority of the crowd at Monday's rally, including students from a sister charter school in its first year, Animo Inglewood. Many in the audience said they came to see Clinton, widely regarded as the most popular president in history with African Americans.

Some said they would have voted for Davis, whether or not Clinton encouraged them to do so. But others said they were doing so with reservations, that they blamed Davis for the state's energy crisis and were supporting him largely because they preferred him to Simon.

Jeffrey Williams, 49, of Inglewood said he attended only because he admired Clinton. An MRI technician at a local hospital, he said he and his co-workers were likely to face layoffs because of budget cuts -- and he blamed Davis. A registered Democrat, Williams said he planned to vote for Simon in protest.

After the rally, the former president was scheduled to headline a $100 apiece Hollywood studio fund-raiser with Davis for about 700 supporters.

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Clinton speech

Former President Clinton will give a speech at 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 17 at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Davis.

Clinton is the founder of the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, co-chairman of the International AIDS Trust and co-chairman of the Families of Freedom Fund.

Tickets and information are available by calling (530) 752-1915 or at www.mondaviarts.org.

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About the Writer
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The Bee's Margaret Talev can be reached at (916) 326-5540 or mtalev@sacbee.com.

[HangFire]

Thanks RD!

Another great job;-)

[cake_crumb]

"The charges against Nathanson stemmed from an investigation that began with an FBI undercover probe of alleged vote-buying in the Legislature and also resulted in convictions or guilty pleas from five sitting or former lawmakers"

WHY do voters elect convicted criminals?

THIS crap, combined with the news that deceased Senator Wellstone's family is classless and partisan enough to BAR Vice President Dick Cheny from the funeral is NOT the best way to digest an egg salad sandwich.

[Jessamine]

This Freep was an awesome experience! My voice is a little scratchy from chanting. RonDog, you inspire us all and we had SUCH A GREAT TIME!!! I wish I could describe Grayout's face as he went by in a GIANT SUV (he'll be the only one who can afford those soon - soccer moms be damned) but at a minimum the look could be called disappointed - of course, that's after looking at my Monica get-up. I had a lot of fun as Monica screaming after the people straggling into the event "Say Hi to Bill for me - I brought my kneepads!"

[RonDog]

Check out the NEW FReep-report thread - with PICTURES!!!

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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