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Gray Davis Working Hard for Bill Simon
Los Angeles Daily News ^
| 6/23/02
| Chris Weinkopf
Posted on 06/24/2002 7:58:31 AM PDT by Coop
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Good article. Two comments - 1) The 14-point lead was and is a joke. Simon has led in five of six polls I've seen - of course only the outlying Davis lead is the one talked about. 2) I would not classify Nixon as unable. He and the Impeached Rapist were similar, in my view, although eventually Tricky Dick did put the country before himself.
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posted on
06/24/2002 7:58:31 AM PDT
by
Coop
To: *calgov2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Common Tator
FYI, indexing and pinging...
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posted on
06/24/2002 8:02:16 AM PDT
by
eureka!
To: Coop
The article's main point is Bill Simon has been following the smart strategy since the primary. Just sit back and watch Gray Davis self destruct. When your enemy is doing it for you, its entirely unnecessary and even counterproductive to remind people that he can't run the government, much less than his own reelection campaign. You can always deliver the coup d'grace later.
To: goldstategop
Yep. Ol' Bill's undoubtedly been very busy raising the funds he'll need to fight this war. I was glad to see an earlier article showing some of the GOP heavy hitters are now contributing enthusiastically to his campaign.
But I'll also give Bill Simon some credit. I get his E-mail updates, and he's been pulling no punches in taking on Grayout Davis. He just has a harder time getting his message out.
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posted on
06/24/2002 8:09:08 AM PDT
by
Coop
To: Coop
At first I thought of davis as clinton lite.
Then I thought of him as clinton dark.
Now I think of him as, well,...grey.
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posted on
06/24/2002 8:10:04 AM PDT
by
going hot
To: eureka!; Carry_Okie; SierraWasp; Gophack; HASH(0x8b623cc); ElkGroveDan; Libertarianize the GOP; ...
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Shades of Grey BUMP...
To: Coop
If Davis can't run California, how can he run California?
This needs to be a bumper sticker
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posted on
06/24/2002 8:32:06 AM PDT
by
rivercat
To: goldstategop; Coop
The article's main point is Bill Simon has been following the smart strategy since the primary. Disagree. He should be developing and communicating a positive message to his following to improve the breadth and depth of the sale during the campagn through a coordinated grass roots attack. He hasn't done it, preferring instead to rely upon an expensive media campaign.
When your enemy is doing it for you, its entirely unnecessary and even counterproductive to remind people that he can't run the government, much less than his own reelection campaign. You can always deliver the coup d'grace later.
Only after the positive message has been established. If Simon doesn't clearly make that sale on his program, he will look like a "mean spirited conservative" with no positions of his own. A thoughtful message will be lost in the noise of the last few campaign months.
To: Coop
![](http://www.neomythos.com/intheshell/Images/Gallery/Mangamisc5.jpg)
The combination of incompetence and sleaze makes Davis something of a unique specimen for someone at his level in politics, which usually requires some degree of skill, likability or both. Some leaders are talented but unscrupulous (Bill Clinton) or honest but inept (Jimmy Carter), but to be neither able nor trustworthy puts Davis among a rather select (Richard Nixon) crowd.
Richard Nixon was one of the more able and intelligent Presidents of this or any century. Indeed, his untrustworthiness was confined to his enemies, not his friends.
Other than that, this is a very, very good article.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
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posted on
06/24/2002 8:41:48 AM PDT
by
section9
To: Coop
the sleaze factor
If I really wanted the mob running the state legislature.. I'd re-elect them.
DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists
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GO SIMON
To: Coop
The combination of incompetence and sleaze makes Davis something of a unique specimen for someone at his level in politics, which usually requires some degree of skill, likability or bothclintbilly was neither "talented" nor "unscrupulous". He was and is CORRUPT to the core, and willing to call in the goons to secure for him whatever he wanted.
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posted on
06/24/2002 8:54:24 AM PDT
by
mombonn
To: Coop
Yet in Davis' case, sleaze and ineptitude are two sides of the same coin. Both are the product of a lack of principles on which to govern. Davis is motivated by the singular pursuit of power, marked by a callous indifference to how that power is obtained, whether it's through shady fund-raising or shortsighted, politically motivated policy. This is too good. I could feel sorry for Davis if he wasn't such a corrupt jerk.
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posted on
06/24/2002 9:08:51 AM PDT
by
Gophack
To: Gophack; TheAngryClam; BibChr; Brian Allen; *calgov2002; Brad's Gramma; Dan from Michigan; ...
Corrupt Davis PING
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posted on
06/24/2002 9:10:30 AM PDT
by
Gophack
To: Gophack
I could feel sorry for Davis... You're a better person than I am! :-)
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posted on
06/24/2002 9:10:38 AM PDT
by
Coop
To: Coop; Cinnamon Girl
Dump Davis Bump.
To: Coop
Oh Please Lord ... We want to see debates .. PLease...
To: NormsRevenge
Oh Please Lord ... We want to see debates Oh, yes! Debates! I want so badly to see Davis lose it on television.
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posted on
06/24/2002 9:27:06 AM PDT
by
Gophack
To: Gophack
I'd rather see the power go out during the debates. LOL!
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posted on
06/24/2002 9:44:41 AM PDT
by
Coop
To: monkeyshine
If Davis can't run California, how can he run California? I'd like to see this on billboards at every on-ramp in California.
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