CA: The real 'special interests' - (Prop 56)

OC Register - ^ | February 17, 2004 | JON COUPAL

[calcowgirl]

The first rule of politics is to tear down your opponent. That might not be fair, but, regrettably, it is just a fact of campaigning in modern democracies. When your opponent is a candidate, you conduct "opposition research" to dig up dirt. But with an initiative, it is more difficult to make it personal.

[Political Junkie Too]

What oppponents of Prop 56 need to do is keep replaying the audio from the secret meeting that was held last summer when the Democrats didn't realize that the squawk box was on and transmitting their meeting all over the state Capitol.

In that meeting, the Democrats -- led by Jackie Goldberg -- were caught conspiring to delay the budget in order to blame Republicans for hurting Californians in an attempt to get voters to support lowering the vote limit to 55%. When an aide ran into the meeting room and told them that the meeting was being broadcast, Goldberg blurted "Oh s---! Oh s---!"

This was replayed all over the news for a few days, and the legislature passed the budget the next day.

This needs to be the central theme for opposing Prop 56 -- that this is all part of the Democrats secret plan.

-PJ

[AuntB]

Bumping for a later read..thanks for the post!