[ElkGroveDan]

CA-WIDE PING

[skeeter]

Moderate Republicans, who pride themselves on knowing "how to win," seem enthusiastic in helping the media defeat Simon.

Funny how 'moderate republicans' who criticise conservatives for dragging the party down because of their dogged adherence to their principles seem willing to sabotage a fellow republican in order to be proven right.

[Euro-American Scum]

If a Republican wins the endorsement of a large Latino organization, doesn't that qualify as news? Not in California. As of Monday, no major California paper had reported that Bill Simon won the endorsement of 22 of the 32 chapters of the Mexican American Political Association.

And can you imagine the outright propaganda that will prevail if campaign finance report ever becomes the law of the land.

It'll be a crime to so much as mention the name of a Republican candidate in public.

[Pagey]

"...no major California paper had reported that Bill Simon won the endorsement of 22 of the 32 chapters of the Mexican American Political Association..."

It's just par for the course.Tell your friends and all your relatives.I had several register to vote and this was just over the phone.Action Is! If "Red" Davis wins, I may just go completely bonkers.I don't think people realize just how much worse it will get if this happens.The Media is for "Red", now the Big Money Donors are giving $$$ to "Red". Traitors, all of them! Go get him Bill Simon!

[gubamyster]

I saw this yesterday, so I wrote a letter to the LAT asking why the endorsement did not appear. The following is their response:

Dear Mr. ******,

Thanks for apprising me of his very interesting development.

Wondering what was up here, I consulted my database, looking for some impartial source, and I found this Associated Press release from Jan. 14, 2002:

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Secretary of State Bill Jones announced Monday he has received the endorsement of the Mexican American Political Association in his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor.

"We simply saw Bill Jones as an honest, hardworking person who has a track record of community responsiveness," MAPA President Ben Benavidez said in a statement released by the Jones campaign.

But MAPA, a Fresno-based group dedicated to promoting political representation for Hispanics, also has a policy of only endorsing candidates who show up at their conventions.

Jones was the only candidate on hand when the group met Jan. 5 in Los Angeles.

Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan planned to attend via satellite - but the satellite feed malfunctioned and he was disqualified, campaign officials said.

The third major GOP candidate, Bill Simon, missed the event, as did Democratic incumbent Gray Davis.

I am not ending my investigation here, but I did think that, for now anyway, a MAPA endorsement is not what it appeared to be.

Thanks again.

Very truly yours,

Readers Representative, Los Angeles Times

Do you have any info regarding MAPA & their endorsement policies? Of course this still doesn't fully explain why the LAT did not report this endorsement.

[d14truth]

1998 - $10,000,000,000 SURPLUS

2002 - $25,000,000,000 DEBT

What changed in Sacramento? The 'Governor'!!!

When the 'economy' lessened the state revenues, did the head of state reduce expenses? Why not?

[Aunt Polgara]

Last week the Times thought it newsworthy to report on the front page that Simon is appearing with great frequency on conservative talk radio.

Did you notice that the LATimes didn't even bother to mention that Simon was also on the John & Ken show on KFI-640 here in Los Angeles? They are big supporters of Simon's and are by no means a part of "conservative talk radio."

If anything, John & Ken are outspoken rabble rousers for ordinary folks and their politics are neither liberal nor conservative. Rather they tend toward libertarian and have probably the highest rated talk show in their time slot in Los Angeles on the 50,000 watt blowtorch KFI radio station.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

What an excellent article, thanks for posting it!

[goldstategop]

Ann's Exhibit #1 - Kalifornistan's Media Bias. You see how they omit news favorable to Bill Simon, play up possible bad news, omit stories damaging to GrayDown while playing up stories where he looks good? And some people think there's still no media bias! Huh?? I venture if Simon wins it will be in spite of not because of fair play in Kalifornistan's liberal media.