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A Democratic operative is behind part of the Times’ latest story
2003-10-06
I can just see the Cal DNC hands all over this:
The L.A. Times has a story Saturday about three more women who allege that gubernatorial front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger engaged in sexual misconduct over the years. Schwarzenegger, on his bus tour north of Fresno, said charges in the story "are absolutely untrue."
(or mostly untrue)
The Times maintains that none of the women came forward at the behest of Schwarzenegger’s opponents. That claim, however, is looking increasingly dubious. One of the three women in the story says she came forward at the urging of Jodie Evans, described by the Times as a peace activist and "co-founder of the women’s peace group Code Pink." At best, this is an incomplete, misleading description.
(Anyone surprised?)
Me! Me! I am!... Uhhh... No. Sorry. That was gas.
Here’s what the newspaper should have said about Evans. She is actually a former close colleague of Gov. Gray Davis, a longtime Democratic operative and a friend of noted Democratic hit man Bob Mulholland. Evans is also the ex-wife of Westside financier Max Palevsky, the man who gave Gray Davis his first job in politics as the fund-raiser in Tom Bradley’s 1973 mayoral campaign.
(Yes it gets better..err deeper:)
Oops! Someone should have told John Carroll, the Times editor and anti-bias crusader.
(Carroll wouldn’t know the truth if it pinched his ass)
Or grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him until his teeth rattled...
Evans worked closely with Davis in the administration of Gov. Jerry Brown. While Davis served as Brown’s chief of staff, Evans was Brown’s chief fund-raiser and director of administration in the governor’s office. Why didn’t the Times give an accurate description of Evans, who has pushed at least one woman to come forward with last-minute charges? On the campaign bus outside Fresno just now, I asked veteran Times columnist George Skelton, who acknowledges the reality of Evans’ deep ties to Davis and the Democrats, why the Times described her so disingenuously. "Maybe the reporters and editors just didn’t know," he says.
Maybe I still have all my hair, too.
The Times is presenting itself authoritatively on these matters. If the Times doesn’t know where the stories are coming from, what else does it not know? If the Times is not ignorant about these connections, that is a whole different kettle of fish.
Either incompetent or partisan...
(oh they knew they were not concerned about the truth)
As most Californians know by now, Davis is the Dark Overlord champion of negative campaigning and has nearly perfected the strategy of last-minute allegations breaking in the final days of the campaign. It should not be surprising to Times Mirror Square that his fingerprints appear on at least the latest story.
I thought after the last election it could not get any sleazier in California politics. I guess I was wrong. Rather than being ’turned off’ by the latest charges, many have become weary of the mud-slinging by the Davis crowd. Rather than address issues, Davis is looking for a ’silver bullet’ to kill Arnolds campaign. On the other hand there is still OVERWHELMING support for the recall and Arnold still has a 10-point lead over Cruz. I will vote early and often so that we can rid ourselves of this guy forever!
Posted by:Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter)

#14  Of course, there's always the possibility of the Democrats trying to pass a "no-flee" law. Under it, you'd be required to remain in California, or pay a fine for closing your company and moving it to another state, said fine to be equal to the profits you'd make in the new state.

"I'm sorry, sir, but your business STARTED in California, and you will still pay California income taxes on it, no matter where you move it to."

"THAT'S ILLEGAL!"

"Not in California, sir. Best of luck, and be advised that America WILL become a democratic socialist nation. Get used to it."

Posted by: Ed Becerra   2003-10-6 10:41:54 PM  

#13  Californians can recall The Gray Davis, but they can't recall the L.A. Time...
Posted by: Fred   2003-10-6 6:53:04 PM  

#12  Only when economic prosperity becomes a zero sum game.

Actually, it works pretty well. My home state, New York, hasn't had net population losses, but hasn't grown in headcount since WWII. Connecticut and New Jersey benefitted from the population outflow.

California is an important state, but just like the Empire State, its importance can gradually dissipate without the national economy being affected. Note that its most productive denizens are moving to other states, where they are presumably engaged in the professions in which they were trained.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2003-10-6 4:23:34 PM  

#11  California's loss will be my state's gain.

Only when economic prosperity becomes a zero sum game.
Posted by: Superhose   2003-10-6 3:24:00 PM  

#10  I want Bustamante to win. He's already pledged to soak the rich and businesses with more taxes which will result in an emigration of these "job-producers" out of California and to my state and others.

California's loss will be my state's gain.
Posted by: ColoradoConservative   2003-10-6 2:47:31 PM  

#9  The LA Times has already had over a thousand subscription cancellations by their own admission

So now's their cue to shriek "McCarthyism"?
Posted by: Atrus   2003-10-6 1:16:55 PM  

#8  The LA Times has already had over a thousand subscription cancellations by their own admission
Posted by: Frank G   2003-10-6 1:12:41 PM  

#7  Code Pink's hypocracy is nothing compared to Moveon.org which was founded to defend Clinton from sex charges and is now attacking Arnold for sex charges.

Fact is most people have already made their decision on Arnold and the groping charges that came out over 2 years ago are already factored in. That is why the polls didn't really budge as a result of this. Arnold warned there would be smears coming out and everyone in California expected something new, something a little better, a little more distasteful.

The LA times will probably be hurt by this more than Arnold.
Posted by: Yank   2003-10-6 1:05:18 PM  

#6  Strange how adultery and molestation seemed ok a few years ago when Clinton ( a sitting President sworn to uphhold the consitution ) was lying under oath but now it is 'unforgivable'.....

Where was Code Pink (and the others) when Clinton was impeached? As I recall the Times was _very quick_ to dig up dirt on Clinton's accusers...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2003-10-6 12:16:53 PM  

#5  Davis couldn't run a clean election if he were the only one on the ballot.
Posted by: Dishman   2003-10-6 11:54:14 AM  

#4  What I love are the claims the Davis campaign had nothing to do with the stories, the Times learned about this stuff from the Premier magazine article.

Well the Premier magazine article came out when Arnold was mulling the possibility of running for governor in the last election. I'm pretty sure the Davis people leaked the story then. It looks like the Times simply isn't looking for anything that might damage their boy Grey.
Posted by: Yank   2003-10-6 11:29:28 AM  

#3  The more I see of California, the more clear it becomes that the Democratic Party is the largest single problem in this nation. My wife and I worked for a private psychological treatment facility as foster parents. One of the bonuses of working there were 'classes' given by the staff, including TWO prime psychiatrists and experts on child behavior. They taught us how to identify certain psychological traits that were serious liabilities for the children that had these traits. One of them was the "control freak" - a person that had to control everything in their lives, including the people around them. The Democratic Party is the poster child for this condition. It's also the diametric opposite of personal freedom, which we're supposed to revere in this nation.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-10-6 11:17:52 AM  

#2  not a chance - worst case is Davis stays in office. Just signed a bill (SB2) requiring businesses with 20 or more employees to provide health insurance. The businesses that don't flee the state will fire everyone and make them all independent contractor employees...The Dems in the legislature are socialist idiots who are running the state into the ground
Posted by: Frank G   2003-10-6 11:00:38 AM  

#1  Well, with thesa accusations against Arnold, Bustamante ro'Bustamante just might win, I'm afraid.
Posted by: Atrus son of Gehn   2003-10-6 10:51:01 AM  

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