Joy, did you see the item in the paper today that Davis' attack on Riordian was guded and encouraged by your old pal Bill Clinton?
mayhem <meurtre_at_earthlink.net> wrote:I would argue that Davis mis-handled the energy crisis as badly as Pete
Wilson did the phony "deregulation" that led to it.
--J
Actually, what led to Simon's nomination was a brilliant bit of
politicking on Davis' part. By running attack ads against Riordan in
the primary race, he got Riordan to come out and state how much of a
centrist he is (including that he politically supports a woman's
right to choose). The negative ads raised Riordan's negative rating
and the state's conservative base of republicans then swung to Simon
enough to win Simon the primary. It wasn't crossover votes at all.
Also, while I am no fan of 'Governor Hair' (he is a politician in all
of the negative connotations of the word -- unethical, money-
grubbing, slick, etc. -- and he has an anti-personality to boot), he
has not really done 'immense damage' to the state. The energy crisis
was not his fault (deregulation was pre-Davis, and we've now seen
that the energy companies manipulated the market), and the state's
financial crisis is more due to the dot-com/tech bubble bursting (and
the subsequent loss or revenues) than with Davis' policy.
But he's still a repulsive wanker.
- David
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., mayhem <meurtre_at_e...> wrote:
> In the case of the CA gubernatorial race, original sin is the
idiotic
> provision we have that allows anyone to vote in any party's
> primary--because, of course, NO ONE would dare to use that ability
for any
> but the highest purpose.
>
> So, naturally, people are free to cross party lines and vote for
the weaker
> candidate in the other party's primary contest. That's probably
what gave us
> Simon as the challenger to Davis, rather than Dick Riordon. And
Riordon
> might be a little vanilla/mainstream, but he 1) would have won
handily, and
> 2) is a capable manager. Had he attained the governership, he might
have
> been able to undo some of the immense damage "Governor Hair" has
done to
> this state.
>
> --J
>
> * * *
>
> They already have that alternative on Nevada state ballots. To my
> knowledge, "None" has never won a race there.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Georgie Hinklemyer" <samoolives_at_y...>
> To: <OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y...>
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 10:32 AM
> Subject: [OliveStarlightOrchestra] Voting alternative
>
>
> > Thanks a lot, you political activists! Now you've got ME
started. I
> > wrote in to KNX newsradio saying they need to have an editorial
> > promoting the idea to vote for a third party or "None of the
Above,"
> > since no one liked Simon or Davis. They liked the idea and had me
> > record it for them! COOL! Now all I have to do is legally
change my
> > name to None Of The Above...
> > -Deb
> >
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