Calif. Dems Vote to Endorse Bustamante (Davis and Bustamante shake hands)

[arcos]

Calif. Dems Vote to Endorse Bustamante

LOS ANGELES - The California Democratic Party voted Saturday to endorse Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante while continuing to support Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites) in the Oct. 7 recall election, adding momentum to a strategy the governor had long resisted.

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Davis spoke before the vote, with Bustamante scheduled afterward, and the men had not been expected to meet. The two have had a bitter relationship for years, and the rift widened when Bustamante entered the recall race after earlier saying he would not.


The stunned audience of about 1,000 stood and erupted in applause after Bustamante took the stage in the middle of the governor's speech.


"People wanted to see us stand together, so here we are," Davis said.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20030913/ap_on_el_gu/davis_recall&e=1&ncid=703

[bemildred]

1. I'm glad they figured it out.

:thumbsup:

[jiacinto]

2. I am glad they are trying at least to put past animoisty

behind them.

[UTUSN]

3. Next Step: Getting the Smiles in Sync

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/030913/168/59ekm.html

California Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites), right, shakes hands with Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante at the California Democratic Party statewide convention Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)
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[davidinalameda]

6. Bustamonte is NOT a racist

[UTUSN]

9. I Hit the "Alert"

But for the record, on the "racist" allegations, here's a rebuttal from an unfriendly (to Cruz) source, Ruben NAVARRETTE, somebody I usually don't agree with, since he is one more Affirmative Action product who finds his way into disagreeing with most things Democratic and pretzeling himself into tortured support for all things Shrub.

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.... Today at colleges around the country you're likely to find better attendance at a meeting of the Hispanic Business Students Association. Those who do join MEChA are likely to find a majority of the organization's time and energy dedicated to planning festivals, forums and folklorico dancing.

Now, I ask you, is that any way to lead a revolution?

Just don't try telling any of this to the gaggle of right-wing pundits who have convinced themselves that MEChA is all about racial separatism and the Chicano equivalent of the Ku Klux Klan or the Nazis. It all started when syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin incorrectly identified the group's motto as: Por La Raza todo. Fuera de la Raza nada. (For the Mexican people everything, for others nothing.) Actually, the phrase comes from "El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan," a poem espousing Chicano nationalism that emerged at a Chicano youth conference in Denver in March 1969. MEChA wasn't founded until the following month at another conference in Santa Barbara. Its real motto is, La Union Hace La Fuerza (Unity Creates Strength). ....

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[CatWoman]

10. and you know that to be true

because.....................

:shrug:

[Nottingham]

5. Whoo Hoo!

:bounce:

[goforit]

7. Now this is UNITY!!!!.....God Bless California!!!!

Go Bustamante/Davis!!!!

:bounce:

[David__77]

8. Great! No on Recall!

Yes on Bustamante! I'm registering voters tonight! Let's get on with politically destroying opportunist Arnie and his rightist cohorts.

[Wednesdays]

11. So much for the "Cruz is a turncoat" story...

That turned out to be a big crock.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

12. Worked a Dem table at a county fair (Central Calif.) today

We had neon NO on Recall, YES on Bustamante stickers. Gave a bunch away, but did hear several people comment that they don't like Cruz.

However we registered a bunch of people and encouraged them to VOTE NO.

Down the way from us was a table for Arnold, with a big sign "The Govenator" Argh, are they appealing to the dumbest instincts in people or what?

[arcos]

13. I've never understood...

"The Govenator"... I've seen t-shirts online and stuff... is that supposed to "be cool"? and I'm not saying this just because he is a Republican... even if he were running as a Democrat, that type of campaign is just stupid, and the sad thing is that 20%+ of CA voters are falling for it.

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[rocktivity]

15. I'm real happy to hear about the stickers, Amerikav60

Leave one on every doorstep in the state!


rocknation