Gov. Gray Davis took the fight for his job to the streets of the city's Latino neighborhoods Sunday, warning a festive crowd at a Mexican Independence Day celebration that a recall that ousts him could cost them politically.
"There are people who want to take away your rights," he said before boarding a double-decker bus that would carry him, Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn and other elected Democrats in the annual parade. "You know who they are, and remember that when you go to the polls Oct. 7."
What a shocker! Davis plays the race card. Although the governor told reporters that he had attended Mexican Independence Day parade eight years in a row, Davis ducked the event last year as he prepared to veto a similar driver's license bill. A number of Latino legislators had refused to endorse Davis' re-election effort, and people along the parade route had held up anti- Davis signs and urged him to sign the bill.
Davis seems to think voters have impaired memory or are unable to Google Davis's press releases to find previous statements, as he tells lie after lie. In 2002 Davis vetoed the illegal driver's license legislation for the second time, with the following explanation:
''Steve Maviglio, another spokesman for Davis, said the governor wanted to exclude illegal immigrants with criminal convictions from getting a license and require applicants to provide proof of a job.''
Excuse me, but wouldn't they be working illegally? How could they obtain proof of employement if their employer knew they were illegals? So another flack was rolled out to 'splain further:
Another spokesman for Davis, Salazar said,
''Latinos are not one-issue voters and understand Davis had legitimate reasons to veto the driver's license bill, which would have allowed illegal immigrants applying for citizenship or other legal documentation to get a license.''
Who's zoomin' who?
'Gracias Davis' rings at parade*
The governor gets a hero's welcome at independence celebration.
From the prow of a red double-decker bus, the man himself - Gov. Gray Davis - waved back at her and thousands of others armed with the same flags and signs who lined Cesar Chavez Boulevard on Sunday for the annual Mexican Independence Day parade.
Gov. Gray Davis waves from the top of a bus in the Mexican Independence Day parade in Los Angeles on Sunday.
With her left hand, Evelyn Gonzalez waved a Mexican flag. In her right, she clutched a sign that read, "Gracias Davis. No Recall."
"So far, he's doing a good job," Gonzalez said as the bus carrying Davis and host of fellow federal, state and local politicians passed by. "So I think let him finish his term."
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Ah...Davis engaņa a todas las personas, todo el tiempo.