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Gerry Parsky: The Ruin of California and Bill Simon? (With friends like this...)
Letter from Shawn Steel, CRP Chairman
| June 12th, 2002
| Shawn Steel
Posted on 06/25/2002 11:34:14 AM PDT by StoneColdGOP
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To: Poohbah
The bag of money Parsky holds has been irrelevant throughout CA GOP history precisely because of the dueling prima donnas like Parsky and Steel. Have you met Shawn Steel?
Talked to him one on one?
I have.
I didn't get the impression of a prima donna.
Steel clawed his way off the bottom, and I've been there.
From what I can tell the man is genuine.
To: justanotherfreeper
Yes, I have all the Parsky Watch newsletters (VERY interesting stuff), but I'm wondering if it's too much to post, it might take two threads.
If you freepmail me your e-mail address, I can forward them to you, too. I have no idea how I got subscribed to their list, and when I tried to write an e-mail to them it bounced back.
To: Poohbah
Normally, but these are not normal situations. Why try to make peace with someone making a conscious effort to wreck the Party?
To: nickcarraway
I bet those "top California Republican officials" include names like Gerry Parsky, Brooks Firestone and Bob Larkin.
To: Liz
He's orchestrating the party back to its losing days. And that ain't a long journey.
To: Roscoe
What money is raised goes into accounts controlled by Gerry Parsky and (according to the bylaws) the Team Cal committee he chairs and refuses to call meetings for.
To: Common Tator
Then just WHAT is it that Bush has ordered Parsky to do?
The SOLE task of the CRP this year is to get Republicans elected to the Assembly and Senate, elected to statewide constituational offices, and to the U.S. House of Representatives. I will gladly be the first to say that if Bush is having Parsky hang on to all cash he raises in CA for his 2004 re-election, then he is wrong.
But I don't think that's the case. I think that Bush has little if any idea what Parsky and Rove are doing here. I don't think the President is aware that his trusted friend and point man is wrecking the Party, heart and soul, and will virtually LOCK this state for ANY Democrat nominee for President in 2004.
Intentionally or not, ignoring the Simon campaign will help do that. Yes, I agree Simon really needs to get his own fundraising operation into high gear or start writing his campaign some checks. But the Party's role is not that of a mere bystander. For it to aid Simon and DOZENS of other hard working candidates this year, Parsky needs to start cutting checks.
To: NormsRevenge
When Parsky started off here, he was chairman of the Bush campaign in California. His ONLY job was to get the Bush-Cheney ticket California's 54 electoral votes (and a swell job he did there).
When he took on the job of being a member of the CRP Board of Directors and chairing the Team Cal Committee, his job became to elect ALL Republicans, including Bill Simon, regardless of if he likes him or not.
To: StoneColdGOP
The SOLE task of the CRP this year is to get Republicans elected to the Assembly and Senate, elected to statewide constituational offices, and to the U.S. House of Representatives. They haven't lived up to that task in years.
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posted on
06/26/2002 2:36:16 AM PDT
by
Roscoe
To: Carry_Okie
I have heard Shawn Steel on KSFO 560 HotTalk Radio a few times. Yes, He sounds genuine .. doesn't have a hint of RINO in him, IMHO ..
California Power Politics Is an exclusionary sport for many, much like Polo.
If ya ain't got the horses and the reins, It's awful hard to win!.
I just saw the newest SiMon ad, IT IS a Hoot!!!
Go SIMON
To: StoneColdGOP; Common Tator; Poohbah; Roscoe
It's obvious to me that something is not right in California.
Rather than just sitting here and arguing, why not find a solution here? It looks like we have egos getting in the way of the important job there, which is Dumping Davis.
It looks as if Steel and Parsky are BOTH causing part of the problems. And it would not hurt for Simon to at least toss in a check and try to do some more work (although one can argue that Simon is simply allowing Davis to self-destruct and is wisely staying out of the way).
Is this asking too much?
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posted on
06/26/2002 8:29:13 AM PDT
by
hchutch
To: justanotherfreeper
Parsky may be a great fundraiser, but a smart pol would have figured out a way to work with conservatives. That's an impossibiity, if "conservatives" as self-defined here on Free Repbublic are any example.
To: hchutch
From what I'm hearing, the Simon strategy right now is to allow Davus to spend money on TV ads in JUNE that people will (hopefully) forget by November.
To: StoneColdGOP
Is it bad form to resurrect a previous discussion? Just found this thread.
I've got to say I wish the sniveling, in-fighting, self-important do-nothing "Captain" wanna-be's would realize they've been on the TITANIC for the last 10 years. Maybe a little bit of humility would help them get our friggin' message out....or at least find someone who can.
To: StoneColdGOP
Did you send this to Jill Kay(Vice Chair of the Simon campaign in L.A. Co.). When I asked her about Parsky she acted like there is nothing wrong!
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posted on
07/02/2002 10:05:56 PM PDT
by
gc4nra
To: Mediaqueen
Not bad form at all!
To: gc4nra
No, I didn't bring it up to her. For one, she's in a volunteer position and I didn't think she'd know much about it.
Also, I talked to Steve Frank (one of the guys running the campaign) and he said that right now, their entire focus is on getting Simon elected, and that they will ignore (publicly) the question of Parsky, for the image of public unity.
To: StoneColdGOP
"their entire focus is on getting Simon elected, and that they will ignore (publicly) the question of Parsky, for the image of public unity."
This is esentially what she said, but I don't understand how they can ignore the guy who controls the purse strings!
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posted on
07/03/2002 8:52:32 PM PDT
by
gc4nra
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