Posted on 07/23/2002 11:20:08 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan
While it is true, one might hope to hear from Mr. candidate Simon, sometime soon.
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EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!! I've been saying this for MONTHS!!!! But, alas, Mr. Saracino is older and wiser and people listen to him.
Go Simon!
Not only did he pay more than his fair share, Gray Davis lost a hell of a lot more of Simon's money during his three-year spending binge than he did his OWN money! That's what we get for electing someone who has never had a private sector job and has always been on the public dole.
DUMP DAVIS!!!!!
Simon has been all over the state. Sign up for his e-newsletter and you'll get his speeches, press releases and where he's been and what he's doing. The liberal media doesn't cover him and that's life. He's going directly to the people, and we have to just deal with it. David Horowitz in "The Art of Political War" (A MUST READ for all activists) says just accept the fact the media hates Republicans and move on.
It's the middle of summer and a bad time to campaign. People aren't focused, like Mr. Saracino says. There is plenty of time until the election.
Go Simon!
I certainly haven't seen anything from the Davis campaign that adequately defends his, well, remarkable record.
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Davis' entire strategy is to tear down Bill Simon, not run on his own record. This is going to be an interesting election year. I don't know if anyone has ever won by tearing down their opponent and refusing to talk about their record.
In any case, Bill Simon is the REPUBLICAN candidate for governor in this state. He is not the conservative candidate except in the narrow sense that his positions are purported to be largely conservative.
The problem with the Simon campaign is that they are not using the "free media." Either they don't know how, or they don't think it's necessary. The result is that everyone is defining who Simon is except Bill Simon. All the excuses in the world do not inform me as much as the evidence of my own two eyes and ears. Example:
Over the last month or so, the John and Ken radio show on KFI here in the L.A. area have been pounding Sacramento about the anti-SUV and anti-driver "global warming" bill. They have been practically begging Simon to come on the air with them and help lead the charge against the bill, with no response from the Simon campaign. A week or so ago, they led a caravan of SUVs, pick-up trucks, etc., up to Sacramento to protest the announcement that Davis would sign the bill. Simon could have led that caravan, gotten free publicity all along the way from L.A. to Sacramento, and picked up who knows how many votes. But he never got involved. A massive blown opportunity to make all sorts of political hay with a very lively issue. A blown opportunity to explain to the general public how this bill threatens to destroy the California economy, and to draw a sharp distinction between Republicans and Democrats (no Republicans voted for it). Very stupid on Simon's part.
Oh, he's got my vote because I'm a committed Republican. But that doesn't change the fact that I'm disgusted with his campaign and don't expect him to win. And I defy anyone, ANYONE to tell me I'm "whining." No, I'm not. I'm telling you people the truth as I see it on the ground here where I live. There is a huge difference between marshalling one's resources for the fall, and being the invisible candidate throughout the spring and summer. I am furious that I'm stuck with a candidate who doesn't get the difference. I'm even more furious with people who keep making excuses for him when what is actually needed is pressure on him to start taking his candidacy a heck of a lot more seriously.
Let me give you an example from L.A Radio yesterday afternoon.KFI Radio,late in the Afternoon drive,had a "glowingly positive" minute about "RED" Davis and his signing a bill at the Griffith Park Observatory. ( IMO He is trying to damage large car companies ) "As he stood looking above at the smoggy L.A. skyline..."( Ohhhh how I wish the Santa Ana's had been howling yesterday) and at the end of that section of news,they had a taped group of children (really young) saying "Thank you GUBINOR Davis".It made me sick and I went back to Savage on KPLS AM 830 out of Orange County,which you can tune in easily on your car radio,anywhere in the L.A. Area if you didn't know...Don't let the news media ( or anyone else for that matter) tell you what to think.Think for yourself!And when is Bill Simon coming back to L.A.???
Thanks for that!I haven't been to his site yet,and I'm going to do that today.
Dump Davis!
Never say die. Stay the course!
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