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California's Show-Me-the-Money Governor
LA Times ^ | July 22, 2002 | George Skelton

Posted on 07/22/2002 7:47:06 AM PDT by gubamyster

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:46 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Gov. Gray Davis has pocketed political money from some of the biggest, baddest names in the corporate corruption scandals.

WorldCom $109,000. Adelphia $52,500. Enron $120,000. Global Crossing execs $120,050. Arthur Andersen and its parent $54,000. Does anybody care?

Republican rival Bill Simon Jr. has been hammered politically for using offshore tax shelters that the Internal Revenue Service contends may be illegal. Davis, it turns out, received $86,500 from the accounting firm that recommended the shelters. The firm, KPMG LLP, is being sued by the IRS.


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


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: billsimon; dumpdavis
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There are also a few good letters to the editor slamming Davis in today's LAT.
1 posted on 07/22/2002 7:47:06 AM PDT by gubamyster
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To: gubamyster
This from the liberal George "Slumberin" Skelton? I'm surprised. And I suppose its just a coincidence the IRS never openly named GrayDown in their press release of the other week. GrayDown's become the JJ of California politics; he's the expert at getting corporations to pony up to his campaign or else.
2 posted on 07/22/2002 7:50:40 AM PDT by goldstategop
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Gophack; ElkGroveDan; NormsRevenge
Ready made campaign ad here, IMHO....
3 posted on 07/22/2002 7:51:39 AM PDT by eureka!
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To: eureka!
Thanks for the PING.

Gov. Gray Davis has pocketed political money from some of the biggest, baddest names in the corporate corruption scandals.

WorldCom $109,000. Adelphia $52,500. Enron $120,000. Global Crossing execs $120,050. Arthur Andersen and its parent $54,000. Does anybody care?


We, the People, Care!!!
DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists

GO SIMON

4 posted on 07/22/2002 8:45:06 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: gubamyster
GREAT find!

Democrat pit bull Bob Mulholland will continue trying to make hay with the corporate scandals, but the fact is that Democrats receive far more corporate money than Republicans. I hope the RNC is putting together those facts.

Bill Simon didn't take a dime from Enron, Davis took $120,000 ... and gave us taxpayers a $12 billion debt to purchase energy on the spot market.

Dump Davis!

5 posted on 07/22/2002 9:48:50 AM PDT by Gophack
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SHOW-ME-THE-MONEY PING
6 posted on 07/22/2002 11:04:32 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan
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To: ElkGroveDan
Gray Davis - The Coin-Operated Governor.
7 posted on 07/22/2002 11:17:52 AM PDT by PsyOp
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To: goldstategop
This is just the LATimes's way of "inoculating" Davis from these revelations should they be used in Davis' campaign. "Why that's 'old news,'" they'll say. It's just a standard Democrap/Media propaganda op.
8 posted on 07/22/2002 11:22:32 AM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: Gophack
Bill Simon didn't take a dime from Enron, Davis took $120,000 ... and gave us taxpayers a $12 billion debt to purchase energy on the spot market.

This bears repeating and repeating and repeating until the sheeple get it.

9 posted on 07/22/2002 11:25:50 AM PDT by BornOnTheFourth
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To: ElkGroveDan
Show me the money? How about show him the door!
10 posted on 07/22/2002 11:33:13 AM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: gubamyster; Mama_Bear; mtngrl@vrwc; Jim Robinson
Let's start our campaign to :


11 posted on 07/22/2002 11:43:03 AM PDT by JustAmy
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Yes, show him the door, then get ready to dump Barbara and Diane!

12 posted on 07/22/2002 11:48:03 AM PDT by JustAmy
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To: JustAmy
Thank heaven you didn't put him in the recycle bin.
13 posted on 07/22/2002 11:49:28 AM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: JustAmy; ST.LOUIE1
Oh, I LOVE that signature!!

Louie, I want a "Dump Davis" gif-gift too! Maybe, when you have a few minutes, you could come up with one for me? :-)

14 posted on 07/22/2002 11:53:09 AM PDT by Mama_Bear
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To: DoughtyOne
He's already been recycled too many times! Past time for the landfill.


15 posted on 07/22/2002 11:58:37 AM PDT by JustAmy
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To: Mama_Bear
Oh, I LOVE that signature!!
Louie, I want a "Dump Davis" gif-gift too!
Maybe, when you have a few minutes, you could come up with one for me? :-)

LOL! Sure! You want the same little girl?

And thanks. : )

16 posted on 07/22/2002 12:10:17 PM PDT by ST.LOUIE1
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To: ST.LOUIE1
"LOL! Sure! You want the same little girl?"

No, that's Amy's little girl. Something different, maybe? :-)

17 posted on 07/22/2002 12:14:43 PM PDT by Mama_Bear
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To: Mama_Bear; ST.LOUIE1
Oh, I LOVE that signature!!

Isn't she cute? I may start using her on all of the California threads. LOL
Do you think California voters would pay attention if we put her on billboards? We also need a Gray-Out Davis or Dim-Bulb Davis image. I'm afraid that I've been giving Louie so much advertising, he may never catch up! LOL (And he threatened to start charging for his gifs)
18 posted on 07/22/2002 12:16:51 PM PDT by JustAmy
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To: Mama_Bear
"LOL! Sure! You want the same little girl?"

No, that's Amy's little girl.
Something different, maybe? :-)

I thought you wanted to be 'twins'. LOL

Ok, I'll see what I can come up with. : )

19 posted on 07/22/2002 12:18:36 PM PDT by ST.LOUIE1
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To: JustAmy
Hey, that's a really good idea! I'm going to stick the phrase "Dump Davis" on my garbage bins - free advertising every Tuesday...
20 posted on 07/22/2002 12:24:13 PM PDT by mvpel
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