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Here's my speech given at the DUMP DAVIS! Rally today:

I want you all to know how proud I am of Bill Simon. How he has withstood Gray Davis’s campaign of terror is absolutely amazing. I stand in awe of our Nominee. How many of us could have survived such a malicious onslaught of lies, deceit – the politics of personal destruction.

Don’t get me wrong; I fully understand why Gray Davis masterminded the most twisted and evil attack in the history of this State. First of all, it comes natural to him. He can't help it; that's just the way he is. Furthermore, he has no positives of his own to run on. Gray Davis’s only hope is to destroy his opponent. So he spent upwards of $22 million dollars to try and destroy a good man. What a colossal waste of money! One thing our creepy governor will never understand is that INTEGRITY CANNOT BE BOUGHT OR SOLD OR DESTROYED – not even with $22 million dollars. As a matter of fact, Bill Simon is a better man today than he was six months ago. Adversity builds character!

I do have one criticism of Bill Simon, however, and that is that he’s too nice and he’s not a slick, savvy politician. But now that I think about it – even that’s a good thing! We don’t need another "slick willy" politician – we need a leader, a compassionate conservative, a governor with a heart of gold – and that’s our Bill Simon!

There’s so much to dislike about Gray Davis. Where to start? So many reasons to DUMP DAVIS! Let’s see . . .We don't have all day so I'll just name a few:

One thing that really bothers me is the way Gray Davis lumps people into tidy little voting blocks so he can exploit them to the hilt. I call it "sexual and racial profiling". For example, Gray Davis sees women as this vast sea of voting female flesh. He seems to think we only care about abortion and all he has to say is, "I’m for a woman’s right to choose" and we’ll all bow down and follow him like dumb little sheep to the slaughter. Well, the women I know like to think for themselves. We are not ignorant, one-issue voters. We are citizens of California FIRST. Don’t single us out; don’t target us; and stop talking about WOMEN’S ISSUES. ALL ISSUES ARE WOMEN’S ISSUES!!!

Bill Simon is not ashamed to say he’s pro life and pro family and that’s okay by me; he treats all people with respect and dignity. Bill Simon is not the one exploiting women. He’s a fine, decent, husband, father and civic leader. Maybe if Gray Davis had had children of his own, he’d have a heart for our struggling working families.

Gray Davis also thinks he’s got minorities all figured out and in his pocket. Throw ‘em a few crumbs, render a little hollow lip service, and they’ll follow the women right down that primrose path. That is disgusting behavior for a governor. I am offended to the core of my being! For God’s sake LET US THINK FOR OURSELVES.

And don’t even get me started on unions! I’m a lowly clerical worker. I pay union dues yet my union board voted to endorse Gray Davis for Governor. They didn’t even bother to consult the rank and file. Welcome to Gray Davis’s People’s Republic of California! Davis has some kind of racket going on here. The unions have become, for the most part, nothing but a front for the democrat machine. It’s extortion, plain and simple! Union members who happen to be from the Green Party or the Republican Party are being – ARE YOU READY - DISENFRANCHISED! It’s like taxation without representation. Like I said, don’t even get me started on these corrupt unions.

In 17 short days, we have the opportunity to elect a man who could very likely be the greatest governor this state has ever known. Isn’t it ironic that Bill Simon will be replacing, very likely, the worst governor this state has ever known?!

Although he’s been out-spent SIX TO ONE, and the media has piled on, Bill Simon is finally getting his message out. A vote for Bill Simon will save our schools, save our economy, save our environment. Wait a minute! Can you believe this? A Republican needs to save the environment from an industrial polluting democrat!? California’s environmental issues have been up for sale to the highest bidder under Gray Davis’s "pay to play" shabby policies.

Now what’s up with this AB 1493, what conservatives are calling "the Kiyoto Treaty for California". Bill Simon said he would have vetoed it in a heart beat. Gray Davis actually signed a bill into law which will reek havoc on our transportation choices. He’s trying to take away our SUV’s, mini vans and trucks by taxing us to death and by rationing and controlling the number of miles we are allowed to travel. This is an absolute outrage that must be overturned before we’re all reduced to traveling in electric golf carts or packed like sardines in buses and cable cars. Hello! Gray Davis – this is America. We don’t take orders from the United Nations! We demand freedom to travel as we see fit!!!

Speaking of transportation, did you know that BART ridership is down? Know why? JOBS ARE DOWN. Under Gray Davis, unemployment rates have risen. Businesses are fleeing the state in droves. We used to be the FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD but now we’re the sixth – surpassed by France! FRANCE! Even the inept bumbling pro terrorist French have surpassed us. This is an international humiliation!!

There isn't one California board for which Gray Davis has appointing authority that doesn't have at least one sitting member who is a Davis campaign cash contributor and many boards are stacked with Davis's cash cows. It's a scandal and today's San Francisco Chronicle has a story about three wealthy donors who got what they wanted from the California Coastal Commission thanks to Gray Davis's corruption. Gray Davis has put our state up for sale to the highest special-interest bidders. It's despicable, deplorable, disgusting, and I hope Gray Davis is held accountable some day - go to jail!

Finally, my last comment on why we need to DUMP DAVIS! The guy is a health nut. I don’t trust health nuts. He looks pasty, weasley, sickly and creepy. Give me a red blooded American boy scout type any day.

"Somebody save us . . . from Gray Davis!" That somebody is Bill Simon, my hero, my choice for Governor. DUMP DAVIS! GO, SIMON!!!

GREAT speech, Saundra Duffy!

EXTRAORDINARY FReep, Northern Callifornia FReepers!!!

I need some help here, though!

In just a few hours I will be driving 150+ miles to Coachella to watch the "Chicken Man's" back as he and Tony in Hawaii and a few others go head-to-head with large numbers of UFW union thugs on their home turf - so I will again be OFFLINE for most of today.

PLEASE add your DETAILED (positive!) comments, observations and PHOTOGRAPHS to this thread ASAP - and BUMP anyone that was there to do the same.

I was driving the DUMP TRUCK back to the rental company for a few hours immediately following the FReep, so I missed watching the daviddennis "Greatest Hits" video of our previous "Dump DAVIS!" rallies in L.A. - when he played it for you guys in Sacramento.

What did you think?

Processing, editing and posting FReep videos is very TIME-CONSUMING - so the video from yesterday's FReep will not be available until some time next week - and it will be POWERFUL and COMPELLING at that time, but we need YOUR (positive) FReep reports NOW!

What part of the FReep did you like BEST???

Who were all those college kids from Davis?
What about the weak (lame!) MINI-counter-protest of the union thugs?

Can you summarize some of the chants you heard, the COSTUMES you saw, your impressions of the DUMP TRUCK, the WONDERFUL speakers, all of the non-FReepers who were there, etc., etc., etc.

I expect to see OVER ONE HUMDRED (positive, uplifting) POSTS on this thread by the time that I get back from our "showdown in the desert" later this afternoon!

One of the MOST IMPORTANT parts of every successful FReep is the post-FReep report, to permanently document EXACTLY what happened while the events are still fresh in your memory, and to SHARE our victory with FRiends (and even ENEMIES) all across California, and the world.

What say you, fellow "Dump DAVIS!" FReepers?
Will you help me make this THREAD as wonderful as the FReep was?