Comments on: Department of Cheap Shots

By: Ted Barlow

Ted Barlow — Tue, 09 Sep 2003 17:51:33 +0000

Kynn, Arnold’s bald joke is childish. But there’s not much more that you can say about it. Davis, on the other hand, is appealing to a prejudice that we’ve got to outgrow- the idea that a foreign-born person, no matter how long they’ve been here or how much they embrace the United States, is something different than a “real American.” It’s a deeply unamerican idea, and he should apologize (if he hasn’t already).

By: Jay Caruso

Jay Caruso — Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:38:28 +0000

What in the world does making bald jokes have to do with making ‘jokes’ about immigrant accents?

By: Kynn Bartlett

Kynn Bartlett — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 22:55:34 +0000

Davis should be feeling ashamed of himself, but instead he’s reverting to the time-dishonoured ‘it was all a joke’ defence. Well, was it a joke? How about Arnold bashing on Bustamante for being bald? —Kynn

By: dave

dave — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 21:14:08 +0000

Of course, Arnie comes out of this exchange looking much better than Gray Davis… Not really – Ahnold still looks like an idiot, especially in this obviously-scripted, forced “ad-lib.” Of course, Davis could put the whole issue to bed quickly if he said “Did I say you shouldn’t be governor if you can’t pronounce California? I meant you shouldn’t be governor if you can’t spell California!” Anyway, the Davis comment is getting very little play here, beyond the usual wingnut outlets.

By: Ted Barlow

Ted Barlow — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 20:46:11 +0000

This is completely unacceptable. I can’t remember who said it, but I saw a great quote about Davis: “There’s no middle ground on Gray Davis. Either you hate him, or you really dislike him.”

By: Robert Tagorda

Robert Tagorda — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 18:10:14 +0000

Excellent point. Now the question is, of course: What are California Democratic leaders such as Bill Lockyer going to do, since they had warned Davis to avoid “puke politics”—or else?