Losing by Winning (George Neumayr)

American Prowler ^ | 10/1/2003 | George Neumayr

[SteveH]

(((... chirp... chirp... chirp...)))

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[Rabid Dog]

Thanks for the ping - what an excellent article!

[Rabid Dog]

The "McClintock can't win" line was bogus from the start. The recent USA Today poll shows that McClintock would win easily in a race against Cruz Bustamante. What the Republicans were really saying was not that McClintock can't win but that he shouldn't win. "McClintock scares the hell out of the Republican establishment, because he represents fundamental change and they don't want that," said the GOP activist. "When Tom had a good chance of winning last year in the Controller's race, they didn't lift a finger to help him."

This is my favorite part of the article. Calls it so accurately.

[Afronaut]

I bet if there was a view counter this thread would have mega views, everyone of the "Access Hollywood" voters has read it. This is the stuff that keeps the ones with a smidge of morals up at night. They hate it. It is a mirror to the truth.

After hearing Shiver speak today, it was almost like a new George Orwell book. THe thread was a keeper.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Okay, I give. There were LOTS of good lines here :-)

[Hoverbug]

After the damage is done.

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[Hoverbug]

Could someone ping FairOpinion and her gang here? She's not talking to me right now.

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[FairOpinion]

Let me remind you:

"If Republicans fail to defeat Gov. Gray Davis, "They will be done in California for a decade," said former GOP national pollster Frank Luntz, cementing for Democrats the nation's biggest cache of electoral college votes for future presidential elections. "You would not just lose activists, you would lose donors, you would lose any interest in politics, if the recall fails," Luntz said.

But if Schwarzenegger wins, he said, "California is back in play for 2004."

Schwarzenegger's star power would be a huge asset for the GOP, party activists say, pointing to Rep. Sonny Bono, who when he was alive, proved one of the GOP's biggest fund-raisers, because people loved seeing a celebrity.

Some see actor as star for GOP if elected governor

[FairOpinion]

If McClintock and Bustamante were the only ones in the recall race, Davis wouldn't get recalled.

That's why Davis got reelected in the first place -- people in CA took a look and were more scared of a conservative, than "the devil we know: Davis".

This would just be a repeat of the November election, except it would be a humiliating defeat for the Republicans, having gone to all the trouble to have the recall in the first place.

"Failure is not an option".

[Rabid Dog]

...except it would be a humiliating defeat for the Republicans, having gone to all the trouble to have the recall in the first place

Funny, I remember the Republicans being against the recall to begin with - now you are saying they went to the trouble of having it?

Simon will go done in history as running one of the most botched campaigns ever - wonder who he has to thank?

If McClintock and Bustamante were the only ones in the recall, we'd be looking at a new conservative governor - especially if McClintock got the support of his party. But if wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.

As far as your failure comment - ask Pyrrhus (279 B.C.)what he thinks about that. Or your constituency that is leaving the party.

[Rabid Dog]

That reminds me - how does it feel to be launching the political career of Maria? Worked for Sonny's wife and Bill's.

[Hoverbug]

That reminds me - how does it feel to be launching the political career of Maria? Worked for Sonny's wife and Bill's.

Oooooooo!! VERY good question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Rabid Dog]

All the way to the White House!

[FairOpinion]

"Could someone ping FairOpinion and her gang here? She's not talking to me right now. "

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If you don't cease and desist, and stop harassing me, I am going to ask the Terminator to squash this annoying bug.

PS. Stop referring to me as a "she", pretending that you know my gender.

[Lancey Howard]

Bump

[Lancey Howard]

Or, as Peter Sellers would say, "bimp".

[SteveH]

I've finally found an image of FairOpinion. If you promise to keep it secret, here it is:

;-)

[Hoverbug]

If you don't cease and desist, and stop harassing me, I am going to ask the Terminator to squash this annoying bug.

The Teminator doesn't impress or scare me!!! :-)

C'mon FO, I'm not harassing you! I haven't called you a bad name, flamed you, or done anything but ask you some difficult questions for you (one unanswered is here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/994651/posts?page=28#28). To accuse me of harassment is disingenious at the least. Claiming harassment when faced with difficult questions sounds more like you're a liberal than a conservative to me.

PS. Stop referring to me as a "she", pretending that you know my gender.

Am I wrong? I don't want to have to refer to you as "it" in posts. :-)

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