Posted on 04/17/2002 9:23:37 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan
"I like to say that I'm an immigrant, too! I was born in the Bronx, and moved here with my family in 1954...."
Me, too, me, too---I was born in Wisconsin. The ever-pandering Gov. Gray 'Doofus'.
SIMON THE SANE ONE!
Howard Stern might be able to help someone who would be very good as governor of California (or any state, for that matter) win the election. Yet there are many here who would not want our guy to take the step of calling in to the show and doing what it would take to win the election, and get rid of a world-class RAT.
I am of the opinion that Bill Simon, as well as President Bush and others, should call in and spread the message. I don't see what we lose from this, and I see great potential to make gains.
GOPhack was wondering what Stern was about, and was considering watching. Since I know a little bit about GOPhack, I provided some info, and suggested that watching Stern isn't a "must-do" — to say the least.
Should Simon call him? I don't know. Probably not. Stern might want to humiliate him by challenging him to describe one of his body parts — and if you have watched Stern even on a surf-by basis, you will know I am not exaggerating.
Dan
All Bush or Simon would have to do would be to call in, toss Howard something nice (either a proclamation or something of that sort - kinda like those keys to a city some people get), and ask for his support. None of the freaky stuff at all. PJ-Comix would know more about this than me, but I think I'm accurate on this part.
What we get are the Supreme Court nominees (and other judicial nominations) CONFIRMED. We'd be able to make the tax cuts permanent. We'd be able to build on the education bill we passed last year. Lots of good stuff could happen.
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Well done!!!
The public school system with its 'lag of accountability' technically has a 'lack of accountability'.
Enron stinks and in 18 months the WORLD knows and it is gone, the government education system stinks, and the WORLD knows, and it is grown.
One in five!
That's what we're getting for over $9,000 a year? I pay $3300 a year for my kids to go to a PRIVATE school and their proficiency rating last year (they are taking the SAT test next week) was 86%.
Of course, in my kids school they talk about God, discipline kids when disruptive, and teach character education.
Um, unless Simon wants to be asked on national radio about the size of his penis and whether or not his wife allows him anal sex, I would think he might want to steer clear of Howard Stern. Especially since he is determined to play the conservative in this race, despite his knee-smacking cowardly approach to championing the cause. But, then again, he is running in California...
Haven't you gone away yet?
This might be difficult for you to understand, but as a successful businessman with interests in hundreds of different businesses and ventures, Bill Simon has very complicated tax returns. That is the kind of thing you have to say "I don't know I'll get back to you on". Below is his response, which makes a lot of sense to me.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2002
ADVISORY
SACRAMENTO - The Bill Simon for governor campaign today issued the following corrections and clarifications as a result of recent news coverage.
1. Bill Simon has paid substantial state and federal taxes each and every year, including this past year.
In this most recent tax year, for example, those taxes totaled in the millions of dollars.
2. Some reports either implied or published Davis' misleading allegations that Bill Simon did not pay his taxes since he filed for an extension. There is no basis for such statements or implications, and they are false. Like millions of Americans, Bill Simon filed an extension, but paid his estimated taxes by the April 15 deadline.
As he does every year as a matter of policy, Bill Simon paid 110 percent of his estimated taxes by the April 15, 2002, deadline.
3. All Americans are entitled to privacy with respect to their personal incomes taxes. Gray Davis has again cynically alleged that Bill Simon's tax returns might reveal conflicts of interest, when in fact he knows they would provide NO information relative to financial holdings or sources of income.
Bill Simon filed his Statement of Economic Interest and disclosed his financial holdings. In fact, he over-complied with the law. In areas where the law on what he must disclose was ambiguous, Bill Simon always erred on the side of disclosing more than required. A detailed picture of his financial holdings and income are available to the public, and the press has reported extensively on these holdings.
4. Despite Simon's substantial contributions to the state treasury, Gray Davis has still turned an $8 billion deficit into a $17 billion dollar deficit in just three years.
As a result, the Simon campaign thinks Gray Davis actually governs more like Groucho Marx than Karl.
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