TEFLON TERMINATOR (Polls Show Arnold Gaining Strength After Times' Hit Piece)

LA WEEKLY ^ | October 3, 2003 | Bill Bradley

[TruthConquers]

Friday is usually the last day in a campaign to drop a bomb on a candidate and have it be taken seriously.

I'm hoping that after Aronld wins big, this won't be true anymore!

[b9]

McC needs to...release his people

He already has, in effect, don't you think? His charitable comments about the smears, his lack of criticism toward Arnold...his supporters are and always have been free to think for themselves.

If they choose to boost Republican support in the biggest way possible come Tuesday, it would not reflect as desertion of Tom, but assertion against Davis and voter fraud.

[Alberta's Child]

Sometimes I'd rather just watch a baseball game.

Not Ted Turner's Atlanta Braves, though. But they did lose tonight. LOL.

[dk/coro]

I concur, of course !! But, even as a long-term conservative, with a consistent voting record to back it up, I am consistently dismayed by the lack of cohesion (and sophistication) within the GOP leadership when it comes to playing hard-ball politics.

McC is actually "one of them" in my view. Kasich, Daschele, McClintock, Gephardt, Condit, etc...all have made their money on the backs of the American citizens as CAREER Pols. Not one of the above has ever had his own business -- or had to meet a payroll. I have, and, in my view it separates the men from the boys !!

To he** with 'em all !! Go Arnie !!

Cheers !! And, have a great weekend.

[GOPJ]

If the DNC gets to buy a story, why not a used car dealership? Can I buy a story trashing someone I don't like? Ads are so obvious. More fun to buy a journalist, sorry, I mean buy a story...

LA Times: enjoy your 30 pieces of silver.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Oh good news, I hope this is an omen for Tuesday's recall. LOL!

[novacation]

"he needs to release his people.." What a weird comment. Let my people go! McClintock needs to stay in so Arnold gets the yes on recall votes.You could be right about the fraud though.

[Alberta's Child]

LOL. That's a good point.

[ladyinred]

California seems on the verge of a major change.

Let's hope that's true!!! Great article! We are sick of the politics of personal destruction from democrats!

[Tamzee]

Tuesday is PAYBACK DAY!

Yes, it certainly is :-)

[Victoria Delsoul]

My points are always good…. no pun intended, LOL.

[Alberta's Child]

LOL!

[KC_Conspirator]

I actually think there is a chance this will backfire, which is not usually how things go. I think that Californians are paying attention to the political arena right now and good amount of them see this as the smear that it is.

[Tempest]

Payback. I like the sound of that. I like it very much indeed :D

[kingu]

Payback day...

An interesting topic was tossed around today at work: Bustamante is finished within the Democrat party, but the Democrat party has pretty much backstabbed him since he became Lt. Governor. He's got the 'great debate' to fall back on when he admitted that 'we spent too much'.. The supposition is:

By March, Bustamante will be Arnold's best buddy and he will try to become the leader of more conservative Hispanics, switching party affiliation to Independant.

[WOSG]

You forgot ... YES ON 54!!!

[onyx]

That I did. Sorry. :-(

[onyx]

That's VERY interesting.

But how do you make a race horse out of a mule?

[Joy Angela]

The Clintons and the Left-Wing Media
are desperate to STOP Arnold.

VOTE on TUESDAY

YES on the Recall
YES on ARNOLD!!

And watch Hillary wither in Pain!

[kingu]

But how do you make a race horse out of a mule?

The Hispanic population hates illegal immigration, is pro-life, etc. By embracing the views of that population and acting as their leader, he can 'empower' them. The Democrats tend to think that the Hispanics don't want to learn English, want to stay poor, and need to be advanced just because of their race. The Republicans tend to think that Hispanics are all gang members, illegal aliens, Spanish speaking separtists that want to turn the Southwest over to Mexico. Nither view reflects the Hispanic population..

Heck, some even suggested he might go all the way and become Republican.