October 4, 2003
JUST SOME GOOD OLD-FASHIONED HARDBALL:
The Davis Touch: A Democratic operative is behind part of the Times' latest story (Bill Bradley, 10/03/03, LA Weekly)
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 descriptionHere'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.
Oops! Someone should have told John Carroll, the Times editor and anti-bias crusader.
It's all well and good to know why the stories are coming so late in the process--like the George W. Bush DUI--but at the end of the day Arnold has to answer for his actions and voters deserve to know what those actions were. The LA Times being either biased or duped is a separate issue. Posted by Orrin Judd at October 4, 2003 4:56 PM
The political stakes have become outrageously high both nationally and at the state level. The character assasination, if it continues, will evolve into the literal version if the trend continues. The dollars and patronage at stake are enormous. Until government, at all levels, re-asumes its proper place in the lives of citizens, as a means rather than the end it has become, the chicanery, demagogery and power-hungry BS will only get worse.
Posted by: Tom C., Stamford,Ct. at October 6, 2003 1:30 PM