[lbo-talk] Re: recall, camejo vote

[Joseph Wanzala]

You are right that many potential Camejo voters defected because of the 
Arnold hysteria. Also, KPFA does tend to support the Democratic Party - we 
will see more of this in the upcoming 2004 election with the ill-conceived 
'anybody-but-Bushism' that has led otherwise sane people like Michael Moore 
to support war-criminal Wesley Clark. Indeed, Camejo complained bitterly 
that he could not get any coverage on KPFA. There was an effort by some LAB 
members to have KPFA sponsor a debate, but it was impossible to get any 
support from the station once it became clear that the Democratic 
candidate(s) would not participate. However, my point was that even if every 
person inclined to vote Green in California did vote for Camejo, he would, 
at an optimistic garner no more than 8-10% of the vote. That is the reality, 
his support was finite. The fact that he is a whip-smart economist, who 
founded an investment bank, has a coherent plan etc. counted for little with 
most California voters.

Joe W.


>From: frank scott <frank at marin.cc.ca.us>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: [lbo-talk] Re: recall, camejo vote
>Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 21:01:44 -0700
>
>"...why did Camejo and Huffington fall so flat?"
>
>this has come up before...they did not fall flat because they lacked
>support, at least in camejo's case...too many of those who actually
>voted for him in the last election were actually frightened into voting
>against him this time, by the hysterical panic campaign of the
>democrats...that line was swallowed, entirely, by what passes for the
>official left around here...
>
>kpfa's morning show, amy goodman,  and most commentators on the station
>all were purveying the dem party line about the sex-fiend-nazi, carrying
>ridiculous tales of his hitler worship, and entertaining far fetched
>views that found - according to one woman - that maria shriver was a
>"victim" of the groper... yeah, right, this rich, privileged woman,
>credited with running a good part of his campaign and getting him on the
>oprah show,  was a slave of the governator....
>
>this kind of crap worked all too well in the bay area, causing many
>camejo voters from the last election to switch, as is obvious by the
>fact that he got a greater percentage last time, even though this time,
>he reached and impressed far more people, if post debate polls mean
>anything...
>
>the biggest defeat was suffered by the democrats, but the bay area left
>acted like the left wing of the dlc...shameful, and sad...
>
>fs
>
>
>
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