Posted on 02/01/2003 9:04:25 AM PST by John Jorsett
NewsMax's many California readers have been buzzing for more information about a brief UPI item we ran describing a bipartisan coalition to recall corrupt and extremely unpopular Gov. Gray Davis. Here's the inside scoop.
Melanie Morgan of radio station KSFO in San Francisco tells NewsMax that she got the ball rolling when, in a recent interview with California GOP chairman Shawn Steele, she suggested an effort to recall Davis.
"He investigated it, and discovered that with the low voter turnout, we need just 675,000 signatures for a recall. The law says that we can't officially begin until six months after Davis was inaugurated. June 1, we're off and running.
"Steele is going to introduce the recall effort at the California Republican convention next month. In the meantime, Steele has enlisted former Carter pollster Pat Caddell to handle a Dump Davis democrat petition drive. Right/Left Coalition is born!" Morgan writes.
Thousands of volunteers have already contacted Steele to participate, Morgan reveals.
All it takes is 675,000 fed-up Californians? Gray, you might want to start hunting for a new job. Perhaps the state tax collector is hiring bureaucrats to haul in the huge tax increases you're shoving down the people's throats.
He barely squeeked by with a 5% margin against an inept candidate after spending tens of millions of dollars. Then after winning, he announces the budget deficit is twice as bad as he'd been saying, that taxes have to go up (Republicans hate that) and that spending has to be slashed (Democrats hate that). The California Teachers Association has been running radio attack ads against the guy because of his proposed cuts in school spending. I don't think many of his erstwhile donors would give him the time of day now, so he'd have a hard time campaigning. I believe a recall would win big. The big question is whether the Democrat candidate in the recall would be one of their more commie-like folks. Giving the governorship to Cruz Bustamante would be a Bad Thing.
1)December 2)January 3)February 4)March 5)April 6)May
June 1 he's toast
I certainly hope you're right. Remember the story about Sisyphus?
They'll make it up in volume? (rimshot)
Unfortunately, it isn't yet a criminal act to be Gray Davis, although I'd certainly support a law to that effect.
The everlasting problem under "democratic" communism -- that's what it is when you get to vote for your socialist dictatorship -- is that socialism impedes individualism.
Why work when everything you earn belongs to others?
Put me on the bribery trial jury and ... guess how I'd vote.
Under California law the Lt. Governor replaces the recalled Governor.
While Davis is a predictable failure he represents much less of a potential threat to California's culture than does Bustamante.
Bustamante has a political history that is aligned with Mexican separatism.
For the record Bustamante has publically stated he is a "first generation" Californian (US citizen) but proof that he was born in the US has never been made public.
A well funded recall effort - with the limp wristed California Republican Party finally on board - would be a cakewalk, if all we need are about 675000 signatures.
So when do we start?
It's apparent that Davis has an unexpected insurance policy in the form of Cruz "I didn't mean to say the N-word" Bustamante.
Or maybe not so unexpected...
Too bad this has to come after the damage is already done. It's sort of like deciding to paint the living room while the kitchen is engulfed in flames.
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