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Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: Schwarzenegger Praises Recalled Governor Gray Davis
Former California Gov. Gray Davis, left, looks at his official portrait, painted by San Jose artitst Robert K. Seamans, second from right, after it was unveiled in a ceremony held at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005. At right is current California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The portrait shows Davis, who was replaced by Schwarzenegger in the 2003 recall election, standing in a field of wildlflowers with Carmel Bay in the background. The portrait will hang in the third floor of the Capitol’s west wing.
Reuters has Schwarzenegger praises his old nemesis Gray Davis
Former California Governor Gray Davis, unceremoniously ousted midway through his term two years ago by Arnold Schwarzenegger, returned to the capitol on Wednesday at a time his reputation has seen a gradual revival.
Republican Schwarzenegger, who had little good to say about the Democrat during the unprecedented recall 2003 election, praised him at the unveiling of Davis’ official portrait.
“Gov. Davis has served this state for more than 30 years,” Schwarzenegger said. “He has done an incredible job.”
“He always fought for the underdog.”
The former bodybuilder also joked about an irregular heartbeat that landed him in the hospital early Wednesday for a few hours. “I got a little too excited that I was going to see Gray Davis’ portrait today,” he said.
Flap wonders if Phil Angelides or Steve Westly will as gracious next year when Arnold’s portrait is unveiled?
Yes, more than likely, since Arnold will be making movies again and will need the FAVORABLE PR.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is applauded by former governor Gray Davis (L) after Schwarzenegger was sworn in to become Californias 38th Governor in Sacramento, November 17, 2003.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: Meathead Rob Reiner Won’t RUN
Director and political activist Rob Reiner campaigns against Proposition 75 in San Francisco, in this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005 file photo. Reiner said Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005 that he won’t run for California governor in 2006, putting to rest rumors of a potential ‘Meathead vs. Terminator’ showdown with Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The ASSociated Press has Reiner to Stay Out of California Gov Race
Director Rob Reiner said Wednesday he won’t run for California governor in 2006, putting to rest rumors of a potential “Meathead vs. Terminator” showdown with Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I’ve made a definite decision that it’s not something I’m going to do,” the Democratic activist said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
Reiner, whose hit films include “When Harry Met Sally” and “A Few Good Men,” said concerns about his family had persuaded him to stay out of the governor’s race.
He also said he wants to focus his political energies on passing a ballot initiative to establish universal preschool for California children.
“My kids are young, and we’ve all decided this isn’t a good time for me to do this,” Reiner said. “My focus is the kids of California, and my own kids.”
Reiner and his wife, Michelle, have three children — Jake, 14, Nick, 12, and Romy, 7.
Damn, he is four years older than Flap and Flap’s youngest child is 20 but we all know that this is an EXCUSE.
Reiner could NOT beat Angelides or Westly in the Democrat primary and anyone with a decent campaign can beat Arnold.
Reiner said he considers the politically weakened Schwarzenegger a longtime friend, and wouldn’t comment on whether he was vulnerable to a Democratic challenge next year.
“I’m the worst person to ask — I really have no idea,” he said.
He knows……he couldn’t WIN!
Now, how about Bulworth?
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Hillary Clinton Watch: Anti-Iraq War Challenger Launches Senate Campaign
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks during a panel discussion at Schenectady Community College in Schenectady, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005. During her stop in Schenectady, Clinton said it was wrong to set a firm timetable for the withdrawal of troops but also said America could not have an open-ended commitment to keeping U.S soldiers in Iraq.
The New York Sun has Tasini Launches Bid To Defeat Clinton
A longtime labor advocate launched his challenge to Senator Clinton’s reelection while another anti-war Senate hopeful yesterday suggested the two join forces against Mrs. Clinton in the 10-month lead-up to the Democratic primary.
A former head of the National Writers Union, Jonathan Tasini, announced his bid in a 20-minute speech to supporters and members of the press at the W Hotel in Union Square. The address largely focused on his opposition to the Iraq war: He said Mrs. Clinton and other Democrats who voted for it “abdicated their responsibility to the American people and to the values of the Democratic Party.”
This could spell some trouble for Clinton since she has been playing both ends against the middle on Iraq War policy.
Captain Ed seems to think that she could “JUMP THE SHARK” on this issue.
Stay tuned…….
A group of anti-war demonstrators gathers outside the Hall of Springs in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, as U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., attends a luncheon inside.
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Stanley “Tookie” Williams Watch: Cobb – But That’s Different
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: NAACP Chief Bruce Gordon Champions “CRIPS†Founder
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Political Risks
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Clemency Hearing to Include Claim there were Errors in Trial
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: NOT Afraid to Die
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: A Tookie Store for Conservatives is NOW Open
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Execution
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: NO REMORSEStanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Tookie’s “Human Angelâ€
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Isn’t it The Truth By Cobb
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Schwarzenegger to Hold Private Clemency Hearing
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California Governor Schwarzenegger MULLS ClemencyStanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: FLAP Over “Tookie Must Dieâ€
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Jesse Jackson, Bianca Jagger Plead for LIFE
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: SNOOP DOGG BEGS SCHWARZENEGGER FOR CLEMENCY
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California’s Life-and-Death Politics
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Death Warrant Signed
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: Checks Into Hospital for Rapid Heart Beat
After seeking medical attention for a rapid heartbeat, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzengger was back at work meeting with advisors, including newly appointed chief of staff Susan Kennedy, left, at his Capitol office, in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005. Schwarzenegger was taken to the University of California, Davis Medical Center around midnight Tuesday, after experiencing a rapid heartbeat after coming down with a stomach flu. He was released after several hours in the hospital after doctors determined his heart rate was normal.
Reuters has Schwarzenegger checks into hospital for heart check.
“The governor had the stomach flu yesterday. Consequently he experienced a rapid heartbeat,” press secretary Margita Thompson said in a statement.
“His personal doctor recommended he have it checked. He went to UC (University of California) Davis Medical Center at approximately midnight. Upon arrival at the Med Center the doctors determined his heart rate was normal.”
The statement said Schwarzenegger, a former bodybuilder and actor who underwent heart surgery in 1997, was released after a few hours and was back at work on Wednesday.
Watch the STRESS Governor…….
The California Republican Party folks want to talk to you and……tomorrow isThe Tookie Williams Clemency hearing……
And who said politics was FUN…….?
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Stanley “Tookie” Williams Watch: NAACP Chief Bruce Gordon Champions “CRIPS” Founder
Bruce Gordon, president and chief executive of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, in Los Angeles. The group is trying to urge Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to grant clemency for Stanley Tookie Williams who is scheduled for execution Dec. 13.
The ASSociated Press has NAACP chief champions Crips founder ‘Tookie’ Williams
Gordon offers Schwarzenegger petition from thousands urging clemency for Crips founderCalling Stanley Tookie Williams a secret weapon to help young black men stay out of gangs, the national leader of the NAACP traveled across California on Tuesday rallying support for the convicted murderer set for execution next week.
A SECRET WEAPON for what? MURDER?
Tookie has been condemned to death for the shotgun murder of four innocent victims for over twenty four years and has this ended BLACK gang violence…….UHHHHHH NO!
At a stop in Sacramento, Bruce Gordon, president and chief executive of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, delivered signed petitions from more than 56,000 people to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office, urging the governor to grant Williams clemency.
Gordon said Schwarzenegger turned down his invitation to meet.
This is not an NAACP civil rights issue but one of respect for law and order for all California communities.
Gordon said his organization, with Williams’ help, can become “a powerful force for change,” and killing him by lethal injection on Dec. 13 would be a mistake.
“He is our secret weapon to help young African-Americans avoid gangs,” Gordon said earlier at a rally in Los Angeles. “We want to save his life so he can save the lives of others.”
Tookie’s execution will serve as a deterrence to other murdering scum they they cannot randomly and wantonly kill innocent people. Clemency for this thug will send what message to young African-American gangbangers? ““Go ahead and murder you can discover an EXCUSE later.”
This is an absurd argument.
Apparently Tookie’s anti-gang violence message was lost on these bangers. Steve Lopez of the Los Angeles Times has Gangsters Missed Tookie’s Lesson.
If Stanley Tookie Williams has had such a big impact with his antiviolence message from death row, as his supporters would have us believe, then why are the streets so violent and the jails so jampacked with gangbangers?
Seemed like a fair question, so I went to jail Tuesday to talk to gang members about the scheduled Dec. 13 execution of the co-founder of the Crips.
Meanwhile, the Gordon of the NAACP……
Gordon said he believes there wasn’t enough evidence to convict Williams.
“I believe that Stanley’s life amplifies the deficiencies, the flaws in the (criminal justice) system,” he said. Regardless of guilt or innocence, however, Gordon said Williams deserves mercy.
He “brings something to the table that most others do not,” Gordon said. “I don’t see one other individual on death row who stands out like Stanley Williams.”
24 years of legal appeals, including the California and United States Supreme Court – there is sufficient evidence.
The NAACP is attempting to turn Tookie’s crimes into a RACIAL issue – IT IS NOT!
Tookie committed four heinous crimes and justice must be served.
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Political Risks
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: NOT Afraid to Die
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Execution
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Jesse Jackson, Bianca Jagger Plead for LIFE
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: SNOOP DOGG BEGS SCHWARZENEGGER FOR CLEMENCY
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California’s Life-and-Death Politics
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Los Angeles Times Watch: Barbara Streisand CANCELS Subscription
Barbara Streisand has A Letter To The L.A. Times
This is the original letter I wrote to the LA Times regarding their firing of Robert Scheer:
November 18, 2005
Andres Martinez
Editorial Page Editor
Los Angeles Times
202 W. 1st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012Dear Mr. Martinez,
This letter is to inform you that I am canceling my subscription to the LA Times, and here is the reason why:
The greater Southern California community is one that not only proudly embraces its diversity but demands it. Your publisher’s decision to fire Robert Scheer is a great disservice to the spirit of our community.
I’m almost embarrassed for you in seeing the LA Times being referred to as the “Chicago LA Times” on the myriad of internet sites I’ve visited in the last few days. It seems, however, an aptly designated epithet, representing the feeling among many of your readers that your new leadership, especially that of Jeff Johnson, is entirely out of touch with them and their desire to be exposed to views that stretch them beyond their own paradigms. So although the number of contributors to your op-ed pages may have increased, in firing Robert Sheer and putting Jonah Goldberg in his place, the gamut of voices has undeniably been diluted, and I suspect this may ultimately decrease the number of readers of those same pages.
In light of the obvious step away from the principals of journalistic integrity, which would dictate that journalists be journalists, editors be editors and accountants be accountants, I am now forced to carefully reconsider which sources can be trusted to provide me with accurate, unbiased news and forthright opinions. Your new columnist, Jonah Goldberg, will not be one of those sources.
Robert Scheer’s column, with its often singular voice of dissent and groundbreaking expositional content, has been among the most notable features that have sustained my interest in subscribing to the LA Times for many years now. Apparently, previous leadership at the LA Times had no trouble recognizing Mr. Scheer’s journalistic prowess in that they nominated him for the Pulitzer Prize.
My greatest fear is that the underlying reason for Mr. Scheer’s termination is part of a larger trend toward the corporatization of our media, a trend that we, as American citizens, must fervently battle for the sake of our swiftly diminishing free press.
Sincerely,
Barbra Streisand
And, of course, true to fashion the Los Angeles Times edited her letter.
And this is what ultimately got printed in the Op-Ed section of their November 23, 2005 issue…
LETTERS
Singing the Op-Ed blues
Re “Times Plans New Op-Ed Lineup,” Nov. 11
The greater Southern California community is one that not only proudly embraces its diversity, but demands it. Your decision to fire Robert Scheer is a great disservice to the spirit of our community. It seems that your new leadership, especially Publisher Jeff Johnson, is entirely out of touch with your readers and their desire to be exposed to views that stretch them beyond their own paradigms. So although the number of contributors to your Op-Ed pages may have increased, in firing Scheer and hiring columnists such as Jonah Goldberg, the gamut of voices has undeniably been diluted. I suspect this may ultimately decrease the number of readers of those same pages.
My greatest fear is that the underlying reason for Scheer’s termination is part of a larger trend toward the corporatization of our media, a trend that we, as American citizens, must fervently battle for the sake of our swiftly diminishing free press.
BARBRA STREISAND
Santa Monica
Well, Barbara, Flap cancelled his subscription years ago.
Earth to Streisand……..the big pulp newspapers have already “JUMPED THE SHARK!”
By the way, they “fired” RIGHT editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez, Flap supposes for “BALANCE”.
Check out Chris Muir’s cartoon immediately below this post.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir: On the Los Angeles Times
And check out this “NEW” Left Blogger from the Los Angeles Times attacking Hugh Hewitt.
Think he will have the intestinal fortitude to show up on Hugh’s radio show?