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California Governor's Race: Is Simon Taking a Dive? Patrick Mallon This article is the latest in the ongoing weekly series on the California governor's race. See previous articles:
The Tide Is Turning (9/16) Don't get me wrong. As an independent conservative, this columnist has backed Bill Simon since February. Still do. In fact, he's the reason for these weekly columns. The prospect that a rare leader of vision and character in the Reagan mold could emerge and rescue California from its poisonous, ultra-left brew of social division and anti-business militancy prompted engagement in a cause. Six months since the GOP primary, based on e-mails received from readers, discussions with at least a hundred friends, co-workers, acquaintances, politicos, talk show hosts and Simon campaign people, I have the following to report: Nobody has a clue who Bill Simon is. To a person, everyone I've talked to about Simon wants him to stand up and give them a reason to back his campaign. Most say they will vote for him, reluctantly, not because they believe in his vacuous campaign, but because of their loathing of Joe Davis. With one of the biggest, most available, ripe-for-the-taking prizes ready to be seized, in a state being run by an out-and-out gangster, the challenger refuses to demonstrate the guts required to speak above the politically correct trash bucket that calls itself the press. Too timid to capitalize on poll after poll where upwards of 75 percent of the public demands, literally shrieks for, border control, both for national security purposes and to stem the bleeding of tapped-out taxpayers tired of footing the bill for millions who don't file taxes, Simon ignores and angers the majority (this includes a substantial number of Democrats). And says nothing. Has he been instructed by Gerald Parsky and the Republican leadership to shut his mouth on out-of-control immigration? Is this mystifying campaign, taking body blows from mistake after mistake, just a case of amateurs being set up and exploited by pit vipers, or are the events that have unfolded to date all part of a well-crafted script? Is this church-mouse campaign a fraud? Too cynical? Perhaps. Possible? If This Is a Real Campaign, When Does It Start? Let's say the Simon campaign is going with the "Fourth of July" strategy: Let everything rip in the last two weeks of October, like the crescendo of fireworks in the last minute, oohs and ahhs! Though this may wake up the indifferent and the comatose, it's unlikely to stimulate the majority. On the economic front, many wonder how business, any business, can afford to operate in California. Backed by the lobby-larded, lawyers have so ravaged the landscape of commerce (and it's not their fault; they contribute, Sacramento rigs, and the cow gets milked) that worker's comp, disability, age discrimination, unemployment, and now gay rights, bleed every drop of corporate blood available, regardless of economic conditions. So, where has the campaign distinguished itself? Well, they do a lot of talk radio, always sympathetic and receptive to conservatives (and it's free). They send out a lot of e-mails to unabashed supporters, yet despite the optimism, can't seem to be taken seriously. The press is owned by the left. Simon will get no help, so he'll need to speak above the lemmings. And he'll need to do it on "hot button" issues. Take a Stand and Show Some Resolve, or Fold the Tent How does one ensure silence in mixed company? Say any of the following terms: tolerance, diversity, inclusion, bigotry, racial profiling or discrimination. Don't think so? Give it a try. Conservatives and Republicans think they can reason with the left, exercising common sense and somehow reaching an agreement. This is suicidal. A cop can't reason with a thief, a fair-minded prosecutor can't compete with a dirtbag defense attorney (can anyone say Steven Feldman and David Westerfield?) unless equally aggressive, a school principal gains nothing by giving ground to a bully. Better to pay off the big bad wolf than to kick his two-faced behind back into the dumpster where he belongs. And this reality is what allows Gray Davis to laugh at his frustrated detractors. The California GOP is a non-entity because they have been duped to be ashamed of their Christian values. Not personally shamed for their faith, but guilty by association with judgment, because non-believers have seized the rhetorical initiative and twisted logic to favor atheists and radical homosexuals. Judgment is the exercise of discretion and choice, a personal value call on right and wrong, good and evil. A patsy lacks backbone when he or she discards their value system for political expediency. Republican candidates are patsies. Conversely, Democrats are part of a shameless dictatorial cult. Laden with miscreants and arrogant highwaymen dedicated to nothing more than racial and partisan opportunism, exploiting cued innuendo and discrediting the opposition with false accusations. The Stretch Run and Genuine Intention Closing with a presumption that the GOP and Simon want to win California de facto and are not just running a glue horse campaign à la Bob Dole in 1996, Mr. Simon should do the following: Instead of lending the campaign $4 million of his own money, he should lend himself some guts. Boldness, spirit and character are free and far more valuable than another dim-bulb attack ad. Why administer another dose of morphine to an already tuned-out and numb public? Do something, Mr. Simon. Do it now. Mr. Davis is universally disliked, but your supporters have very little ammunition with which to defend you. That means you have to project the conservatism that won you the primary. That is, of course, if you actually have any intention of winning. You've got my vote, but I still don't know why. See next article in series: Only Vote Fraud Can Save Davis Now. You may e-mail Patrick Mallon at patrick@newsmax.com.
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