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'Worse than Vietnam'
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 03/14/2002 | Debra Saunders

Posted on 03/14/2002 6:16:50 AM PST by Pokey78

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:39:55 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A funny thing happened to Gov. Gray Davis' effort to paint GOP rival Bill Simon as an extremist nut bag.

Davis opened his mouth.

This is what he told the San Diego Union-Tribune editorial board last week.

Davis said of the energy crisis: "This is like a war. This is worse than being in Vietnam. This is a full-out war against me."


(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; calpowercrisis; calpowergate
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To: Pokey78
Welcome to another episode of "Egomaniacal Control-Freak Democrats Say The Darndest Things".
41 posted on 03/14/2002 11:21:30 AM PST by RichInOC
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To: MeeknMing
Hey, if these are yours, you are so sick! They are GREAT! Thanks for posting them!!
42 posted on 03/14/2002 11:28:09 AM PST by dcwusmc
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To: RonDog;doug from upland; ALOHA RONNIE
Looks like Hugh Hewitt's story about Gray Davis' rant is getting out there.
Hope Hewitt eventually gets a copy of this exchange to play on the air!
43 posted on 03/14/2002 11:51:44 AM PST by VOA
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To: MeeknMing
Another Gray Day in L.A.

Dashiell Hamster

It was morning in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch when my partner saw a man in a suit shouting at a brick wall in an alley. I parked the squad. Frank and I confronted the man in the suit.

"--and another thing! I kept the lights on in this alley! Got that?! I did! I deserve a round of applause--but no! You just stand there like a brick wall!"

Frank approached the man, "Sir, sir, step away from the wall--"

"This is worse than Vietnam! I'm in a bunker here, see? First, this wall just won't give me any respect! Now I've got you two shooting at me!"

I spoke up in an attempt to calm the man, "Sir, you look a little gray, a little overtaxed. Would you like to sit down? Would you like--"

Then he lunged at Frank, grabbing him by the shoulders, sweat pouring down his face, "I saved your friggin' department! They were shooting at me! I didn't have any friends!"

I called in for the boys from Sunnyvale, and after we had our gray, distressed man safely on his way to a nice long rest, Frank turned to me and said, "Does he despair because God does not exist and therefore he has no higher morality to which he may address his appeal?"

And I squinted at the bright ball the sun made rising over Daylight Donuts and replied, "No, Frank, he just skipped breakfast."

My partner grunted assent and the door bells jangled as the aroma of fresh-baked donuts displaced the raw fear of the alley.

44 posted on 03/14/2002 11:59:29 AM PST by PhilDragoo
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To: Pokey78
Wow. I always suspected Davis had a screw loose, but this confirms it!
45 posted on 03/14/2002 2:08:20 PM PST by B Knotts
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To: Grampa Dave
"Vote for Simon, He's not Insane!"

I'm not sure that this is something Bill Simon would support.
It sure isn't saying very much and it isn't positive.

You can bet that he will stand for only the highest level of decency. It's in his long term interest to do so. Character is the one asset he cannot afford to blow.

46 posted on 03/14/2002 3:01:49 PM PST by Carry_Okie
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To: TADSLOS
Just curious. Did Davis serve in Vietnam?

Yes he did. My only question: Was he pounding a typerwriter in an office with Al Gore? I can't imagine this putz commanding combat troops.

47 posted on 03/14/2002 3:04:28 PM PST by Euro-American Scum
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48 posted on 03/14/2002 3:18:02 PM PST by ElkGroveDan
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To: ElkGroveDan
Those pics are way to much fun.:-o)<
49 posted on 03/14/2002 4:41:10 PM PST by tubebender
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To: Euro-American Scum; TADSLOS
From the San Jose Mercury News, September 20, 1998:

Davis' job as a member of the Signal Corps in Vietnam was to deliver radio equipment by helicopter to troops on the front lines. He said he "got caught up in rocket attacks" every few weeks, and the helicopter "was hit a few times." But more traumatic for the impressionable Davis was the fact that few of his frat brothers or law school classmates were in Vietnam. Even fewer were on the front lines.

"I was pretty naive growing up, and I just thought everyone did their duty. America was fighting a war, everyone kind of had to share the burden," Davis recalls. "The burden of this war fell disproportionately on minorities and whites who were less well-educated." He adds: "That's why I'm a Democrat."

He was awarded a Bronze Star for his year in Vietnam. The commendation noted his "initiative, zeal, sound judgment and devotion to duty" in the effort to rid Vietnam "of the Communist threat to its freedom." Wary that he may give his more liberal audiences the wrong impression, Davis now often calls the war "ill-conceived" and asks them not to "think I'm a hawk."

50 posted on 03/14/2002 4:46:21 PM PST by Holden Magroin
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51 posted on 03/14/2002 4:49:04 PM PST by Bob J
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To: Pokey78
ok california, how about 'lights out for davis' in november?
52 posted on 03/14/2002 4:52:14 PM PST by rockfish59
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To: Pokey78
Davis' Queeg-like cryptofascism peeks out from under his cloak every now and then.

"The duty of the Legislature is to implement my vision."

"Singapore's police are a model for California."

The man's scary. Fortunately, he's also incompetent.
53 posted on 03/14/2002 4:59:54 PM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast
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To: Pokey78
Davis is an idiot. He disgraces the honor of war vets. He admits to "panicking" which means he didn't think the power crisis through. He stuck us with a huge deficit, and now he wants to mortgage the future earning power of young children to pay his way out.

What a sleazeball. This should be Simon's pitch: Davis' plan of selling bonds to fund current needs means people who aren't even born yet will have to pay for this mess when they start working in 18 years.

54 posted on 03/14/2002 5:13:21 PM PST by monkeyshine
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To: Grampa Dave
Vote for Simon, He's not Insane!

How about something more positive, as long as people don't think someone named "Sanity" is running:

Vote for sanity. Vote for SIMON.

(or vice versa) He would need to combine it with a campaign for catchy, common sense solutions.


The FR edition of the March 8, 2002 San Diego Union Tribune article
'I kept the lights on,' Davis says in a rail against critics
55 posted on 03/14/2002 5:27:24 PM PST by heleny
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To: Holden Magroin
The burden of this war fell disproportionately on minorities and whites who were less well-educated." He adds: "That's why I'm a Democrat."

This idiot doesn't remember that Lyndon Johnson was the President from November, 1963 until January, 1969. Wasn't that when the draft levels were the highest? Also, wasn't Congress controlled by the Dems during that time period?

BTW - your screen name is a hoot!

56 posted on 03/14/2002 5:31:05 PM PST by Inspectorette
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To: Pokey78
Go Bill Simon Jr. and win one for the Gipper, Ronald Reagan!
57 posted on 03/14/2002 6:13:35 PM PST by johnfl61
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To: monkeyshine
Naw-- the generation of 18yrs hence, is already paying for it. You'll see-- they're fading from the picture.


58 posted on 03/14/2002 7:09:54 PM PST by let freedom sing
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Davis said of the energy crisis: "This is like a war. This is worse than being in Vietnam. This is a full-out war against me."

Inquiring minds want to know, can Davis be any more whiney and try any harder to paint himself as a victim? I think not!

I wonder how many of Davis troups contemplated fragging Davis over in Nam? I am not sure it is wise to use Nam analogies, but it is tempting.

59 posted on 03/14/2002 7:12:06 PM PST by Robert357
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To: homeschool mama
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60 posted on 03/14/2002 8:47:27 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma
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