AdWatch: Davis' latest ad takes dig at 'old oil and gas man' Simon

Sac Bee ^ | 8/11/02 | Emily Bazar

[NormsRevenge]

Gov. Gray Davis touts his environmental credentials and slams his Republican rival, Bill Simon, in a new campaign ad.

On Monday, Gov. Gray Davis began airing his eighth political ad of the general election campaign. The 30-second spot, which is running on television stations in the central coast, criticizes the environmental record of Davis' Republican rival, businessman Bill Simon. Following is the text of the ad and an analysis by Emily Bazar of The Bee Capitol Bureau.

[NormsRevenge]

DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists

GO SIMON

[Amerigomag]

Norm I'v got to give you a great deal of credit. You are single-handedly running Simon's public campaign in California.

If it weren't for your tireless efforts not even us handful of conservative political junkies would be aware of Simon's responses to this barrage of negative ads.

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks .. I think! I am not alone, however. .. There are many here who are banging bigger drums then I for this state and others and this nation... We're sick of the whole damn liberal mindset that has robbed this state of its surplus and now brazenly asks for more and more.

It kills my time while my wife and her galfriends are out supporting the local economy.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[Syncro]

Well I think it would be fine to drill off the California coast some more...

I think these oil rigs off Santa Barbara are beautiful...

Not only that, drilling for oil relieves the pressure and you actually have LESS oil pollution because of that.

But I guess that would be a bad political move for him...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

We really appreciate Norm's efforts!

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[okie01]

"Simon. Can we trust an oil and gas man to protect our environment?"

Davis. Can you trust a career politician to solve an energy crisis?

Indeed, can you trust a career politician with any real-world responsibilities?

[dalereed]

"drilling for oil relieves the pressure and you actually have LESS oil pollution because of that."

Absolutely true!

In the 40s and earlier you couldn't go on the beach from Santa Barbara to Mexico without getting covered with tar.

I can't understand why the enviro whackos are so against off shore oil drilling, it reduces polution instead of increasing it. There used to be a spot on the horseshoe kelp 6 miles off of Los Angeles that there was a constant flow of natural oil boiling to the surface, some balls as big a basketballs, that produced an oil slick as far as Mexico and after they drilled the oil island in Long Beach and Seal Beach it reduced the flow to a trickle.

The whackos should be delighted but instead they want the islands torn down and the rigs removed.

[dalereed]

Golita, just north of Santa Barbara and the location of "Slough U" (UCSB) is where the Spanish used to beach their ships and tar the bottoms there was such an abundance of tar on the beach.

[Syncro]

Yes and even in the fifties walking on the beach in Oceanside would cover your feet with tar from leaking oil.

There was a thread some weeks ago tht Carry_Oakie and myself and some others were discussing this..and he has an excellent book on the enviroment and how to properly deal with it.

Hopefully he will see the ping and chime in with his expertize...

[daviddennis]

The enviros remember the infamous Santa Barbara oil spill of some years back (was it 1972? Don't remember), which gave them enormous credibility. To say that offshore drilling can help the environment would destroy their credibility utterly.

As you probably know, you can blame anything on oil companies and make it stick -- even natural seepage!

And yes, I agree - when I lived in Santa Barbara and had a peek of ocean view, the twinkling lights of the oil rigs were genuinely - no lie! - beautiful at night.

D

[d14truth]

Note to conservative democrats--

'CONSERVATION VOTERS' are NOT CONSERVATIVE voters. Upon investigation, you will find 'extreme enviromentalists'. Parse carefully organization names, some tend to be completely misleading.(Not that the Davis campaign would intentionally do that.) {;~)

[d14truth]

A 'sampler' of the CLCV attacking Rogan

More DOOFI for 'DOOFUS'!

[d14truth]

Current selected targets for the LCV 2002 'Dirty Dozen'--

LCV 2002 'targets' so far

Rep. George Gekas (R)
Rep. John Thune (R)
Rep. Saxby Chambliss (R)
Sen. Wayne Allard (R)
Rep. John Sununu (R)

'Conservatives by nature', not by organization.