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I'm sure Bill Simon is a good guy and al, but, I myself have been trying to ask a SIMPLE QUESTION just as you have.

That is: Did he or did he not fill out the questionnaire (with stunningly mod-lib answers on social issues) to the homosexual activist Log Cabin Republicans?

Two key problems arise here (and I know the Simon camp will say we are splitting hairs but so be it; it's critical!); they are very important and we must demand Quality Control for our conservative candidates!

First, if he DID NOT ANSWER the Gay GOP group's petition, then somebody must be called to account for it. If this is the case, then there might be legal or forgery questions involved. In the case that Mr. Simon was 'set up' by a bogus questionnaire and somebody forged his responses, I'll take that and apologize for all the rucus!

But, on the other hand, if he DID ANSWER the Gay GOP group's questionnaire, then why does he not reference that and then state that he recants what he wrote. This should be simple enough.

The problem lies in whether the candidate DID OR DID NOT SEND OUT THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.

There can only be a YES or a NO. And there cannot be a finessing if the answer was YES.

(If somebody can) clarify the issue for me on these two points, and the issue comes to an end for me.

There's another thread where Simon is quoted as saying he "had nothing to do with" the questionnaire. I, too, would like to know what that means. Did a staffer fill it out? If so, Simon should say so. Did Simon fill it out, only to have someone purposely change his words? Did the Log Cabin Republicans, the Davis Campaign, or the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy make the whole thing up in order to divide conservatives? If so, those responsible need to be called on the carpet and made to answer for it! I think we have a right to know whether Simon filled out the questionnnaire, and is now backpedaling due to the outrage, or whether he truly is a victim of someone else's lying and trickery.

I'm sure Bill Simon is a good guy and al, but, I myself have been trying to ask a SIMPLE QUESTION just as you have. That is: Did he or did he not fill out the questionnaire

How badly does it matter?

You know his opponent is a sleaze probably opposed to everything you believe in. Maybe Simon is a sleaze too, albeit it is doubtful that he is as bad as Davis. Or, maybe Simon is a finger-in-the-wind incompetent, but again it is doubtful that he is as bad as Davis.

I suspect there is a very good chance that Simon, who is a political novice, is being set up by Davis and the Democratic/media establishment which are anything but politicial novices.

Whatever Simon says about this matter is going to be spun by the California media to make him look bad. And the California media is going to be the source for a significant bit of even your info about this matter.

What I wonder about is why can't you assume the best, hold your nose and vote for Simon? It's a no lose situation. The worst that can happen is Davis getting voted out.

Dems have been holding their nose and voting for scum for years. Simon -- as the scum factor goes -- can't compare wtih Kennedy or Boxer or Clinton or Gore or Reno (who very might well win the Fla. primary.)

I'm sick of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.