Yessir, Gray, we're listening
If you live in California like I do, the next few weeks will be entertaining. The soundbites will be omnipresent, as will the canned photo-ops. But somewhere amid the media hysteria an election will break out. First, we have to get past the self-important media and their non-stop drivel that this election is a carnival.
The real clown is Gray Davis. Had he an ounce of competence or shame, we would not be where we are right now.
The Washington Post reported today that Gov. Gray Davis said in an interview broadcast Monday that the effort to recall him was an insult to those who voted last year. And what about the rest of us? I would say that Governor Davis' tenure has been an insult to Californians who have had to put up with mismanaged energy, going from a budget surplus to a $35 billion deficit in only two years, a governor who thinks that our tax dollars are an ATM machine to grease his friends in big labor, and that's just the beginning.
Or this snippet from a canned appearance on the Today Show: "I have gotten the message," Davis told NBC's Today Show. "I understand a lot of people signed the recall. We are trying very hard every day to solve people's problems."
We expect a leader to lead. We expect a leader to anticipate challenges and to respond promptly. All I have heard from Davis year after year, when confronted with another problem is, "We've got to do something about that." The quote from Governor Davis on the Today Show is exactly why Californians demanded a recall election: he doesn't get it. He never has, and never will.
Meanwhile, at what I surmise is its own leanings and tremendous pressure from the Democratic National Party and big labor, some of the networks are falling over themselves to fawn all over the beleaguered governor. CNN is a perfect example. Report after report on CNN slings mud at his chief rival, Arnold Schwartzenegger in a desperate attempt at Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD). From accusations of womanizing to attacks on his late father's Nazi past, CNN is almost shrill in their contempt of anyone but Davis and his sidekick, Cruz Bustamante.
Yes, it's a carnival alright. A carnival not of the Angelynes, Larry Flynts or Father Guido Sarduccis of this world. The real laughing stock is the Governor and the media who choose to defend the status quo. If there is any insult to the voters, it's them.
We've been asked by Governor Davis to listen to him. We're listening, and we're making up our minds. "I am the Governor," he asserts. Yes, you are. When you going to behave like one? "I have the experience that my opponent does not." You ran on your experience and look where it got us. And if the polls hold up, you won't govern California much longer. Too soon won't be soon enough.
If you live in California like I do, the next few weeks will be entertaining. The soundbites will be omnipresent, as will the canned photo-ops. But somewhere amid the media hysteria an election will break out. First, we have to get past the self-important media and their non-stop drivel that this election is a carnival.
The real clown is Gray Davis. Had he an ounce of competence or shame, we would not be where we are right now.
The Washington Post reported today that Gov. Gray Davis said in an interview broadcast Monday that the effort to recall him was an insult to those who voted last year. And what about the rest of us? I would say that Governor Davis' tenure has been an insult to Californians who have had to put up with mismanaged energy, going from a budget surplus to a $35 billion deficit in only two years, a governor who thinks that our tax dollars are an ATM machine to grease his friends in big labor, and that's just the beginning.
Or this snippet from a canned appearance on the Today Show: "I have gotten the message," Davis told NBC's Today Show. "I understand a lot of people signed the recall. We are trying very hard every day to solve people's problems."
We expect a leader to lead. We expect a leader to anticipate challenges and to respond promptly. All I have heard from Davis year after year, when confronted with another problem is, "We've got to do something about that." The quote from Governor Davis on the Today Show is exactly why Californians demanded a recall election: he doesn't get it. He never has, and never will.
Meanwhile, at what I surmise is its own leanings and tremendous pressure from the Democratic National Party and big labor, some of the networks are falling over themselves to fawn all over the beleaguered governor. CNN is a perfect example. Report after report on CNN slings mud at his chief rival, Arnold Schwartzenegger in a desperate attempt at Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD). From accusations of womanizing to attacks on his late father's Nazi past, CNN is almost shrill in their contempt of anyone but Davis and his sidekick, Cruz Bustamante.
Yes, it's a carnival alright. A carnival not of the Angelynes, Larry Flynts or Father Guido Sarduccis of this world. The real laughing stock is the Governor and the media who choose to defend the status quo. If there is any insult to the voters, it's them.
We've been asked by Governor Davis to listen to him. We're listening, and we're making up our minds. "I am the Governor," he asserts. Yes, you are. When you going to behave like one? "I have the experience that my opponent does not." You ran on your experience and look where it got us. And if the polls hold up, you won't govern California much longer. Too soon won't be soon enough.
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