Comments on: Garamendi mailer quotes wrong David Harmer

By: Elwood

Elwood — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:39:58 +0000

Oh, this is a HUGE mistake, all right!

Nobody gives a rat’s ass except the rabid right wing fringe of the Reep party.

If all their masturbatory fantasies came true, Garamendi might win by only 19% instead of 20.

By: Nate Sandor

Nate Sandor — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:56:20 +0000

Hilarious – on what planet is this not a “huge” error? Mf Neptune? Come on. You misquote your opponent and fail to do basic due diligence to verify your research and then build a smear attack around that error it constitutes a HUGE error for anyone who isn’t blowing you.

By: EdiBirsan

EdiBirsan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:36:24 +0000

On Harmer’s anti-public school stance, someone asked for a reference. Harmer uses his Cato Institute work as part of his Resume and if you go to the paper:
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-269.html
One of the quotes on the issue is:
“The Goal: Complete Separation of School and State. The authors ((Harmer and Bast)) are 100 percent committed to getting government out of the business of educating our children.”

By: EdiBirsan

EdiBirsan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:28:38 +0000

On the issue of outsourcing (as opposed to the misquote) it is accurate to say that Harmer supports the idea. In the presentation to the Concord Chamber of Commerce Sept 22, which I attended, the issue of Free Trade came up and competition with overseas came up, Harmer made it very clear that he supports the open free competition and he gave the example of a call center his bank set up in the Philippines which did not work out in the long run, but he had no problem with outsourcing.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:05:56 +0000

What a maroon.

You make a mistake, you acknowledge it and move on. Unless of course you’re a pathetic insecure little toad who’d rather eat mud than admit even a trivial mistake.

By: Moe Lane » There’s dumb, and then there’s DUMB.

Moe Lane » There’s dumb, and then there’s DUMB. — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:46:42 +0000

[...] Not being mature enough to apologize when your smear is caught and commented on. Sneering at your opponent as being out of touch is [...]

By: Ben Madsen

Ben Madsen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:43:30 +0000

@CD Observer, even if that were the case (which I admit to not having researched), public education is in shambles right now, and parents (that participate) everywhere know it. Social Security is in huge debt. If he has ideas on how to fix those, why is that a bad thing? Discuss the merits of the case, don’t carte blanche reject the theories because you subscribe to an ideology.

By: CD Observer

CD Observer — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:37:54 +0000

Look at the other aspects:
So it is absolutely accurate that Harmer wrote the opposition to public education and wants to privatize Social Security. This is enough. He will not get my vote and should not get yours.

By: Patsy Ronat

Patsy Ronat — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:47:28 +0000

Whatever happened to integrity and honor? Misquoting your opponent on a campaign mailer IS huge, but far WORSE is the overbearing arrogance of Garamendi’s non-apology. Garamendi is flirting with what appears to be a very fine line between being a lifetime politician and a thug….and the longer you have been a politician, the thinner that line becomes, apparently.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:56:02 +0000

Harmer is supported by the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny!

How could he possibly lose?

What have you people been smoking?

Is there any left?

Can I have some?