Bruce Willis Supports Gray Davis, Opposes Recall - Awash In Cash

LA Times ^ | 9-19-03 | Dan Morain and Joel Rubin

[tallhappy]

From LA Times (/18/03 September 19, 2003 Friday Home Edition

SECTION: Main News; Part 1; Page 24; Metro Desk THE RECALL CAMPAIGN; Davis Awash in Cash as Funds for Recall Campaign Dry Up

BYLINE: Dan Morain and Joel Rubin, Times Staff Writers

Excerpts:

On Thursday evening, more than 100 people attended a $1,000-a-head Hollywood fund-raiser for Davis at the Century Plaza Hotel. Guests included Beatty and his wife, Annette Bening, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis and other celebrities.

GRAPHIC: PHOTO: STAR APPEAL: Gov. Gray Davis, flanked by actors Jack Nicholson, left, and Bruce Willis, meets supporters Thursday during a $1,000-a-head Hollywood fund-raiser at the Century Plaza Hotel. PHOTOGRAPHER: Anne Cusack Los Angeles Times

[finnman69]

Jesse Ventura is very much against the recall on the grounds it is being misused. He certainly is no Davis supporter. he also does not want to support Arnold for this reason. Ventura also hates the GOP as much as the RATS.

[LarryM]

A lot of the people opposed to the recall oppose it because they have already paid off Davis and don't want to have to pay off a new governor.

[Taiwan Bocks]

Bruce Willis didn't really save all those people at the Nakatomi towers.

That was a character he played.

The real Bruce Willis supported Gray Davis and publicly put himself against the recall.

However you paint it, his stock just dropped dramatically IMO.

[rintense]

Exactly. Isn't Willis in Iraq right now???

[Kay Soze]

I was for McClintock.
Then hi numbers languished.
He took money from foreign nations.

Then I went to Ahnold.
Conservative Fiscalality “r” after his name maybe Calif can be with Bush in 06.

I see McClintock will stay the course ala Perot.

Now I am voting for no recall.
To keep Bustamente from implementing Mecha (again I am against foreign nation influence)

I have a question.

Driving down the road with your family a drunk illegal alien is driving on the wrong side of the road threatening your family’s safety.

Do you pull over or play chicken cause your right and the drunk illegal alien is legally and morally wrong?

[ambrose]

Maybe Darrell Issa inspired Willis to oppose the recall?

[ProudGOP]

Many Conservatives think Davis should win this because the people of California should not get a "do-over". They voted for him and now need to live with their mistake for the next 4 years.

I believe this is a reasonable and defensible position.

[BSunday]

Why shouldn't they get a "do over", as you call it ? They put it into their laws decades ago that they could do it. They have the perfect right to.

[DoctorZIn]

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[smiley]

Willis has not only lost his hair...he's lost his brains too.

[ProudGOP]

They put it into their laws decades ago that they could do it. They have the perfect right to.

Yes, they do have the right.

However, I for one would like them to feel the pain of electing liberals to every statewide office for a good long while.

One other thing. Anyone who thinks changing the governor is going to instantly fix the mess in California is a fool. The liberal whack jobs in the State Congress are the biggest problem although Davis certainly contributed to the problem.

So another pretty good, in my opinion, reason to oppose the recall is that a Republican Governor will have to make unpopular decisions over the next 4 years and in so doing, becomes a convenient scape goat for the problems. The people in the state will forget it was liberal Democrats who caused the mess and Californians will continue to vote liberals into office.

Willis has always struck me as a smart guy. It is quite possible he is against the recall for these legitimate reasons.

[BSunday]

One other thing. Anyone who thinks changing the governor is going to instantly fix the mess in California is a fool. The liberal whack jobs in the State Congress are the biggest problem although Davis certainly contributed to the problem.

That, in a nutshell, is the best synopsis I have heard on the true effect of the recall. It is symbolic at best.

[tallhappy]

You should vote yes on recall no matter what.

It damages the dems to have Davis removed.

Bustamante winning mitigates this damage but only slightly.

Recalling Davis is much more important than who wins and takes his place in finally making in roads to end the Democrat monopoly on power in CA.

I am not scared of Bustamante. We are recalling Davis and if Bustamante wins we will deal with him as well so that he will be ineffective and powerless. We are on offense. Don't get scared now.

[tallhappy]

One other thing. Anyone who thinks changing the governor is going to instantly fix the mess in California is a fool. The liberal whack jobs in the State Congress are the biggest problem although Davis certainly contributed to the problem.

Yes.

That is why electing Schwarzenegger or McClintock is not as important as recalling Davis.

The recall is the key to harming the dems.

Even a Bustamante win does not compensate for that serious blow.

[MEGoody]

I thought Bruce was a conservative. Guess the Hollyweirdness got to him.

[tallhappy]

I thought Bruce was a conservative.

That's my point. I think he is more conservative (or less liberal) than most of the Hollywood elite. But people project too much on any celebrity who isn't a total left wing anti-American whacko.

I'm worried he'll run as a Republican next.

[TheGunny]

I am wit' you!

[Squantos]

Your entitled to your opinion........

[TheGunny]

Im wit' you too!