Posted on 08/24/2003 1:47:41 PM PDT by Eric Hogue 1380 KTKZ
Now that Bill Simon has left the building, State Senator Tom McClintock currenlty has the 'only growing campaign'. I'm reading the LA Times article on Simon's departure this morning and I find this nugget of political muscle.
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You don't expect Arnold and his "advisers" to take responsibility for that, do you?
Hmmmm, I don't recall Perot ever being the leader in any poll.
So he's been pushing his ideas since 1995 and still hasn't managed to accomplish it. That shows you what he'll be able to do after he's elected. If he hasn't been able to get his ideas across in 8 years, then he has little chance of doing it after he's elected and become target No. 1.
Delude yourself all you want. You will never get the opportunity to address Tom McClintock as "Governor." The Perot in this race is McClintock.
"C'mon. He can call for reducing taxes. If he admits that Californians are being punished by high taxes, why shouldn't he call for some relief? Like I said the other day, he reminds me of Ross Perot. He sees all the problems, but has no solutions. Gonna get a bunch of people under the hood and study the problem. Hell, the problem is too much government. The solution is to get the government the hell out of the way. Conservatives know this instinctively. Less government. Less spending. Less taxes. It aint rocket science." --Jim Robinson
Who do you think got the car tax cut?
Depends on the smog levels. From 35% down to 22% would seem to be a decline.LOL!
Or were you using NewMath?
Sorry for the personal attack.You are correct, though.
I am using the "new math" of "non-traditional" voters who will vote for Arnold in MASSIVE NUMBERS.Personally, I like Tom's IDEAS.These "non-traditional" voters may not have voted very often in the past, and are probably "under the radar" of most traditional polls.
I am just concerned that he cannot WIN - outside of the comfortably gerrymandered district that allows him to remain in the state Senate - where he has done wonderful things.Remember that just last year he LOST - in a state-wide election - to a political neophyte with lots of money...
And that loss was without the withering attack that would come from the Davis slime machine, if they ever decided that Tom has a PRAYER of winning.Tom McClintock has a major role to play in California, but GOVERNOR is not it.
PerotII is trailing Cruz.
Pinning your hopes on low propensity voters?
Besides, big deal, it's going to take more than lowering the car tax to get California out of it's problems. What are Tom's connections to the big money corporate world, how's he planning on bringing those big boys to California? How is Tom going to get free face time to convince the people of Cali when he needs something done? Do you really think he can get the face time that Arnold can?
Who are his connections in the bond market? Where are his long time ties to the financial community?
In Mein Kampf, Hitler said that the more uncertain someone is of a certain political point, and the more unable one is to back up his view with hard facts, the more he should declare with absolute certainty that his view is correct.
Glad to see you didn't slack when you were assigned to read passages from Mein Kampf in high school history class.
It was illegally increased without a vote in the legislature. Even Arnold has finally gotten around to saying that he would repeal the increase, now that his handlers have decided what he should think on that issue.
This is a recall, not a primary. Read a book.
I frankly I admit I am not a purist in politics. I subscribe to an old and honored strategy of practical politics -- compromise -- because I believe politics is the art of the possible, not the imposition of perfection.
Pinning your hopes on low propensity voters?I would PREFER to count on loyal California conservatives switching from Tom the "ideal" candiadate to Arnold the candidate that can actually WIN, but yes, I am counting on the great masses of average frustrated traditionally non-politcal Californians to provide the margin of victory for Arnold - with or wothout the assistance of the rebel activists who right now appear to favor purity over VICTORY.
But, I truly believe that when "push comes to shove" - in the final stages of this strange election, Tom McClintock will direct his loyal supporters to "do the right thing" and vote for Arnold.
Repeating it doesn't make it so.
Historical revisionism? Actually, he was stronger.
The Gallup poll taken in early June 1992 showed Perot at 39 percent, with George Bush at 32 and Bill Clinton at 24 percent.
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