[ambrose]

I don't want facts to get in the way of your arguments, but George Deukmejian was about as conservative of a governor as they come. The only time he really veered from the conservative path was on the assault rifle ban after Patrick Purdy did his evil deeds. Deukmejian could have easily won a third term or a US Senate seat, if he wanted it.

[ambrose]

"I'm going to help him as much as he helped me," George Deukmejian said about Riordan. Republican Deukmejian was governor from 1983 to 1991. Riordan had contributed $500,000 to Democrat Tom Bradley, who lost to Deukmejian.

"I don't respect him," Deukmejian continued. "I don't have any respect for the way he has conducted himself politically. He tries to be all things to all people."

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