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[California Attorney General] Lockyer: [Governor] Davis must cease "puke politics"
Dan Weintraub weblog ^ | Aug 1, 2003 | Dan Weintraub

Posted on 08/01/2003 6:19:17 AM PDT by John Jorsett

Edited on 04/12/2004 5:54:14 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

In the most explosive comments yet aimed at Davis by a fellow Democrat, Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer tells the Sacramento Bee that

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; knife
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1 posted on 08/01/2003 6:19:17 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
ping
2 posted on 08/01/2003 6:19:39 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: John Jorsett
It's got to be over for Davis if the AG is talking like this. I moved from SoCal three years ago and haven't stayed on top of the political maneuvering, but doesn't this qualify as rather startling? Or has this kind of break been in the works?
3 posted on 08/01/2003 6:30:26 AM PDT by speedy
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To: speedy
I'd say it's further evidence that what little support Davis had left is crumbling. Plus, Lockyer is getting in some relatively safe hits (Davis is despised within his party, and a lame duck to boot) on Davis to bolster his own standing in the party; Lockyer has the fantasy of being governor himself one day.
4 posted on 08/01/2003 6:42:00 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: John Jorsett
It is irritating to me that the Bush political team preferred Riordan to Simon in the last election. Riordan-Davis, twiddle dee twiddle dum. Find and get behind a strong Republican. Where is Pete Wilson?
5 posted on 08/01/2003 6:43:52 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
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To: John Jorsett
Thanks for the insight. I 'll just sit back and enjoy the fun.
6 posted on 08/01/2003 6:46:15 AM PDT by speedy
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To: Mind-numbed Robot
Its gone from "rats on toast" to "rats eat their own".

Nice to wake up to the small of coffee and Davis on Toast

7 posted on 08/01/2003 6:47:33 AM PDT by spokeshave (against albore the wood, rats and fogs)
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To: John Jorsett
Proof that Dickie Rear-end is more in tune with the Demo'Rat pukes than Davis is. A pox on them all.
8 posted on 08/01/2003 7:13:59 AM PDT by CounterCounterCulture (IRRESPONSIBILITY: No single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood)
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To: John Jorsett; *calgov2002; fooman; PeoplesRep_of_LA; Canticle_of_Deborah; NormsRevenge; ...
Lockjaw said that.
He must be planning on running!

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9 posted on 08/01/2003 10:42:29 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (All we need from a Governor is a VETO PEN!!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Interesting...I concur. The AG is positioning himself as a candidate for governor.
10 posted on 08/01/2003 10:47:24 AM PDT by kellynla ("C" 1/5 1st Mar Div Viet Nam '69 & '70 Semper Fi)
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To: Pubbie; JohnnyZ; Theodore R.; Nathaniel Fischer; AuH2ORepublican; LdSentinal; Kuksool; ...
Well, lookie here... Lockyer will get behind Tricky Dick if Unky Joe goes neg, imagine that ! So how much $$ did Slick Willie Lockyer get from the Dickster ? Anyone here thinking Tricky Dick will get the thumbs up from the 'Rat establishment as a whole ?
11 posted on 08/01/2003 4:21:14 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~Remember, it's not sporting to fire at RINO until charging~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
I heard that "Red Star" Riordan was asking Democrats if they would support him running as a Democrat.

There's a good chance that he will run as an Independent if the Dems say no.

What really has to be done, is for Simon to step down and avoid splitting the vote with between Issa, Simon, and McClintock.
12 posted on 08/01/2003 4:26:11 PM PDT by Pubbie (Bill Owens for Prez and Jeb as VP in '08.)
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To: Pubbie
Yup, and now we have Congressman Elton Gallegly about to jump in. This keeps up, and we're gonna lose. :-(
13 posted on 08/01/2003 5:36:14 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~Remember, it's not sporting to fire at RINO until charging~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
A strange turn of events. Forget Dianne Feinstein running in the recall election. The RATS will rally around Riordan regardless of the party label he assumes. Not good news for conservatives. Riordan could be even worse than Grayout Davis.
14 posted on 08/01/2003 5:56:12 PM PDT by Kuksool
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To: Kuksool
This is the most important part, we DO NOT want Tricky Dick running as a Republican. If he wants to be Governor, let him do it as a 'Rat or as an Independent. If he is elected as a Republican, he will do to the CA GOP what Weld-Cellucci-Swift did to the MA GOP, utterly destroy it right down to the grassroots. And before all the nitwit liberal RINO apologists say "the CA GOP is nearly dead", I might remind them that they still have members of Congress (MA last elected a GOP Congressmember in 1994) and a decent number of state legislators (in MA, their % of the legislature is in the teens, and those are Pink Elephants, as in Socialists).
15 posted on 08/01/2003 6:12:38 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~Remember, it's not sporting to fire at RINO until charging~)
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If Riordan runs as a Pubbie and wins, he would make it a #1 priority to purge all conservatives from the CA GOP. After Riordan retires from his political career, the CA GOP would have as much influence as the Greens and the Libertarians.
16 posted on 08/01/2003 6:19:03 PM PDT by Kuksool
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To: John Jorsett
You know Davis is in trouble when he has Lockyer piling on and threatening him.

He must be measuring him for a cell with "Spike".

17 posted on 08/01/2003 6:29:58 PM PDT by Gritty
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Gallegy running? Where did you hear this?

Riordan is a win win situation for the Rats. If he wins, he'll govern like a Rat. However, Riordan will still wear the "R" next to his name. If things go badly, they can blame the Republicans. If things go well, Riordan is in his 70's anyway, and will unlikely see another term in '06.
18 posted on 08/01/2003 10:50:12 PM PDT by ambrose
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To: Kuksool
"If Riordan runs as a Pubbie and wins, he would make it a #1 priority to purge all conservatives from the CA GOP. After Riordan retires from his political career, the CA GOP would have as much influence as the Greens and the Libertarians."

Bingo. This is PRECISELY the description of the MA GOP to a "T." Most of the Conservatives in MA were forced into 3rd parties or went over to the 'Rats, where they have a sizeable presence (and their House Speaker is a nominal one). The ideological battles in MA are fought mostly within the 'Rat party, and that's just an abomination. To think our national party could very well have ended up like that had Goldwater not kicked us in the other direction, despite how he himself ended up.

19 posted on 08/02/2003 5:05:17 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~Remember, it's not sporting to fire at RINO until charging~)
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To: ambrose
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/956730/posts

This is the thread on Gallegly. I hope someone gets to him and explains that this is not the time for settling personal scores to the detriment of putting a Conservative Republican in the Governor's office.
20 posted on 08/02/2003 5:07:52 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~Remember, it's not sporting to fire at RINO until charging~)
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