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2002/3/14-15 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/President/Reagan] UID:24115 Activity:very high
3/14    All hail Governor Davis!!!
        http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/03/14/ED40228.DTL
        \_ Yeah, the only problem is, Simon is a right wing nutcase.
           Congratulations Republicans, you elected the only guy who
           could possibly make Davis look good.
           \_ One day you leftiest will figure out your worldview is not the
              only possible valid choice.  Then again maybe not, then you
              wouldn't be lefties.
              \_ You will lose, nonetheless. You can believe that aliens
                 in Black Helicopters control your brain, for all I care.
                 Just don't expect to be elected governor in a democracy.
           \_ in what way is he a right-wing nutcase?
              are you saying he is a right-wing nutcase compared to
              Ronald Reagan or Dan Lundgren?
              \_ A Director of the Heritage Foundation? You gotta be kidding.
                 I am sure they love him in Orange County, but I bet you
                 a beer he loses by at least 10 points.
                 \_ A beer on a 10 point spread?  No shit Sherlock, there are
                    10 points more Dems than Reps in CA.  Duh.
                 \_ actually, i was just asking, not disagreeing, i no
                    longer live in ca.
                    \_ Okay, he is anti-abortion, pro-voucher, favors
                       deregulation, anti-gun control, anti gay rights.
                       A lot like Lundgren, come to think of it,
                       who lost by 20 points, if you don't remember.
                        \_ 1) Exactly why should people be given
                           preferential govt treatment based on their
                           behavoir in the bedroom?  2) AIDS is a
                           complete scam.  It is 100% preventable,
                           but irresponsible homosexuals want tax
                           payers to bail them out for
                           incontinent behavoir.  This is common
                           sense.
                           \_ No, they just want equal rights.
                                \_ They already have equal rights.
                                   \_ The right to marraige?
                                      \_ Gays have the right to marry someone
                                         of the opposite sex.  This is the
                                         exact same right straight people
                                         have.  I see no inequality issue.
                                         \_ They do not have the right you
                                           enjoy to marry the person they
                                           love.  If you don't understand this
                                           then you are either stupid or
                                           trying to deprive them of rights,
                                           or a troll.
                        \_ The 2nd amendment is the ONLY guarantor
                           of the Constitution.  How blind can
                           you be to not see this.
                           And we all know how effective gun control is.
                           \_ Gun control is very effective.  I control my
                              guns very well.  I've yet to shoot an innocent
                              or allow a child to gain control of my weapon.
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Gray Davis' effort to paint GOP rival Bill Simon as an extremist nut bag. This is what he told the San Diego Union-Tribune editorial board last week. And this sounds a little presumptuous, but I think I should get a round of applause. Asked if he panicked when he agreed to pricey long-term electricity contracts, which he is now trying to break, Davis answered, "If I didn't panic, you wouldn't be able to put out your paper. If you were put out by blackouts or higher electricity bills, forget your problems. From the moment he won office in 1998, Davis worked on two things: re-election and fund-raising for re-election. He was so devoted to himself that he stocked his war chest at the rate of $1 million a month. He kept squeezing special interests as California's electricity problems grew from a blip on the radar to a full-blown crisis. When Davis finally dealt with the problem, he mostly concentrated on getting California voters to blame someone else -- George W Bush, who assumed office some seven months after the first rolling blackouts of the Davis administration. We were getting shot at by congressional committees, courts, consumer groups, the left, the right, the generators, the utilities. Then again, Davis might have had more allies if he had spent less time blaming the problem on Washington, courts, regulators and power companies. And now that the juice is steady (at least for now), forget those dead weights. I'll give Davis credit for this: When he finally dealt with the problem, Davis mitigated what could have been a devastating blow to California, and perhaps the national economy. On the other hand, if Davis had put as much forethought into energy as he did into fund-raising, tapping billions of taxpayer dollars for energy would not have been necessary. "You're probably looking at the last governor of California who is not a billionaire," he lamented. Oh, the injustice of Davis being forced to attend all those dinners and breakfasts and golf tournaments so that he could squeeze more dollars out of fat cats. Maviglio explained that Davis was exasperated by the editorial board's questions. But the "worse than Vietnam" line preceded any questions. The fact is, Davis has a history of saying what he thinks but what he shouldn't say before editorial boards. Who can forget the 1999 Chronicle editorial board meeting at which Davis made the Napoleonic pronouncement that the job of legislators is "to implement my vision"? "If he's going to blow his stack over a couple questions from the Union-Tribune editorial board, " GOP operative Mark Bogetich asked, "what's he going to do on the campaign trail?" The answer: Davis is going to try to smear Simon as a right-wing nut. Just for fun, Simon might try this for a campaign slogan: "Not insane."