CA: Recall Debate Live Thread

September 24, 2003

[lainie]

Got popcorn?

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TV:

• Fox News Channel
• KCOP-13 (UPN) (follows the Ricki Lake show, perhaps appropriately, we'll see)
• KCET-28 (PBS)
• KABC-7

LIVE AUDIO STREAMS OF THE DEBATE:

• KABC 790 AM Los Angeles
• KFI 640 AM Los Angeles
• KOGO 600 AM San Diego

[bvw]

A beautiful place. I like their building codes -- as codes go that is -- none is better.

[BlueNgold]

KFBK has been updating it all afternoon ...

[Afronaut]

Attack

[auboy]

Arianna: "Come to my website. Bush is bad. Send money. Bush is awful. Buy my books. Bush is terrible. I'm strapped for cash. Hummers are horrible. Will disrupt for cash… oops"

[FreeReign]

"If only Arnold had walked over to Ariana and given her one of these."

I don't think so...remember Lazio?

That's because Hillary already had two of her own.

[woodyinscc]

DEAD LAST - Red Davis.

You just nailed it!

One thing I know for sure, coming out of this debate, is that Red Davis is toast!! He will be tossed in a landslide! No one made any argument against the State being in serious trouble, and anyone watching knows there has to be a change. Bustamante because he is tied to the problems, cannot win. Looks like AS as the next Gov.

[bootyist-monk]

Arnold won by not losing. It will be very interesting to see what the poll numbers show following this debate.

Arnold also smartly got off all the quotable one-liners, which means that all of the news channels are using his quips for their footage.

You will see the "Terminator 4 / Zsa Zsa" and the Bustamecha "You only know how to sign checks on the back, not the front" clips repeatedly in the next news cycle.

Arnold may have locked this up tonight, regardless of what TM does. However, as an outspoken critic of McClintock, I will give him credit for his performance and his lack of personal attacks on Arnold. If they were smart, they'd figure out a way to get together, with McClintock taking the lead on solving the budget crisis, and with Gov. Arnold using the bully pulpit and his popularity to start getting our state back on track.

We will see.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Mara loves McClintock, how blantant is this divide and conquer.

Not sure how many are going to run out and vote for Tom just because Mara endorses him. Her audience is mostly brain dead sheeple-Libs.

[lainie]

An earlier FR post mentioned that BustaMecha said he couldn't give the money back because it was already spent on the commercials.

Yes. To which I thought, "well then, he should be in jail. Shouldn't he?"

[Dan from Michigan]

Ariana dissed the recall.

Arianna probably has a book coming out.

Cruz dissed the recall.

He secretly backs it so he can be da man.

[sd-joe]

LOL

[Yaelle]

Solid stone and great fixtures. Those houses last for hundreds of years. They cost a FORTUNE though.

[Not gonna take it anymore]

Working hard. Not listening to radio. And KGBK is the radio I listen to.

I hope all is well.

What have you heard lately?

[WOSG]

the post-debate talking heads said that Arriana the Annoying has the campaign's highest negatives ...
I think Arnold probably gained a lot of votes slapping her incredible rudeness down with one-liners.

[lainie]

yewwwwwwwwwww

talk about two who'd deserve each other ;)

[Dan from Michigan]

Shut up Arianna Gabor! She is interrupting and blaming Bush!

I wonder if she knows that Bush isn't running for CA. Governor.

[novacation]

McClintock stayed on subject, took some shots at Cruz and Davis, and said nothing negative about Arnold. He'd been an attack dog towards Arnold earlier. Something is up. McClintock came across as a class act to me and would be the governor this state needs. But something is up.

[gubamyster]

Come on guy, Tom McClintock did a good job.

Does that mean you will be supporting him? He's the candidate who brought the "illegals" discussion back to the point and off adiscussion about textbooks. He is the only candidate who opposed open borders & freebies for illegals.

[ntnychik]

My 'puter belongs in a museum, but I loved the pics. Thanks!

[hotpotato]

ouch, the Fox panel is saying, "Ariana's a good debator, she adds polish, she was president of the Cambridge union debate society" -- AREN'T THEY KIND!

You should have watched Chris Matthews and company. They crucified her. Especially the democratic strategist guest.