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To: SilentZ who wrote (182998)2/18/2004 8:14:41 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Respond to of 1576891
 
Z, didn't Grey Davis do just that in CA a few years back?

Yep. In 2002, Davis ran a whole bunch of attack ads against Richard Riordan, who was running against Bill Simon for the GOP nomination for CA governor. The ads worked, and Davis got what he wanted: a less moderate opponent whom he could then pelt with more attack ads.

The resulting ugliness created one of the lowest turnouts for the 2002 CA governor's election, which then lowered the barrier for the subsequent recall (since the number of people signing the recall petition needed to be 12% of the last election turnout.)

Tenchusatsu



To: SilentZ who wrote (182998)2/19/2004 12:04:58 AM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1576891
 
>John, same for me. However, I find it remarkable that the GOP has the cajones to cross over and try to get the weaker Dem. candidate put on the ballot. More chickensh*t behavior in my book.........they really do hate playing fair!

Eh -- it's politics... didn't Grey Davis do just that in CA a few years back?

Z,

It doesn't make it right.

ted


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