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Sep 15, 2021, 2:03:34 AM9/15/21
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With California GOP, what will Larry Elder do after recall? - Los
Angeles Times
James Rainey
9-11 minutes
Although the effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom failed, the
lightning two-month campaign appears to have had at least one clear
beneficiary — Larry Elder.
The conservative talk radio host jumped to the front of the pack of 46
recall challengers soon after he entered the race on July 12,
enhancing his brand as a media provocateur and potentially paving the
way for a future run for office.
His showing Tuesday, when he led the challengers by a wide margin,
could establish him as the putative leader of the state’s Republican
Party.
Some of his most ardent followers have said they hope Elder will run
next year, to challenge Newsom for a second time.
Asked about a 2022 run, Elder told KMJ radio in Fresno on Tuesday: “I
have now become a political force here in California in general and
particularly within the Republican party. And I’m not going to leave
the stage.”
But his path to a victory would be even more difficult then, when he
would have to receive a majority of the vote in a state where
Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 2 to 1.
Tuesday’s results represented a stark dichotomy for Elder: The Los
Angeles native, making his first run for office at 69, rocketed past
more experienced candidates to become the darling of conservatives.
That put him tantalizingly close to becoming first Black governor in
the state’s 171-year history.
But his unbending conservatism — against abortion rights, opposed to
the minimum wage and prepared to reverse COVID-19 vaccine and mask
requirements — likely repelled enough voters in liberal-leaning
California to help drive a considerable segment of the electorate
toward keeping Newsom in office.
“He is now the leader of the resistance in California, or at least one
of the biggest leaders,” said Carl DeMaio, a San Diego talk radio host
and chair of the Reform California political action committee. “If he
does want to run again, there is no doubt he is the [Republican]
nominee. There is simply no doubt.”
But dominion over a small conservative “resistance” — dominated by a
shrinking minority of older, white voters — is not a formula to return
Republicans to power in California, said GOP consultant Mike Madrid.
“You can say you remained pure in defeat, but that’s just a martyr
candidacy,” Madrid said. “It appeals to a core group that is the
fastest-shrinking demographic in the state and in the country.”
Elder insisted into the final days of his campaign that he would
unseat Newsom, even as polls began to show the pro-recall vote being
overwhelmed by votes to keep Newsom in office. When asked last week
about a possible 2022 rematch with the governor, Elder did not respond
directly.
“A lot of people have invested their hopes and dreams in me,” Elder
said. “A lot of people feel that I can make California better.”
If Elder chooses to return to his work as a talk show host, he should
find his stature markedly enhanced, industry analysts said.
“He will be a huge winner in his media career because his profile has
been raised exponentially since this began,” said Michael Harrison,
publisher of Talkers, a trade publication for the radio and TV talk
industry. “It’s been a tremendous victory for him.”
The self-proclaimed “Sage from South-Central” has been a fixture on
Los Angeles radio for most of the last 30 years, first on KABC AM-790,
briefly via his own streaming outlet and, since 2016, on AM-870.
Elder took a hiatus to run for governor, but he will be welcomed back
by the Salem Radio Network, which delivers his program to 115 stations
around the country and about 260 other cable and HD platforms.
Elder’s bosses made it clear they hope to capitalize on the wave of
attention he received after entering the recall race.
“For stations that have now seen this campaign and have seen how good
Larry is, it’s time to go back to those stations,” said Phil Boyce,
the senior vice president for Salem who oversees the network. “I
expect that he will pick up stations in the future because of this.”
Elder has long told friends that he coveted a national television
presence, though he has not spoken publicly about whether he still
holds those ambitions. He has been a guest on Fox News programs 220
times in the past five years, but representatives at the conservative
network declined to say whether they would consider Elder for a
regular paid position.
Elder came late to the recall campaign, but quickly outpaced his
rivals. He jumped to the head of the polls and raised more campaign
funds, particularly among small donors. By late August he had raised
more than $2.3 million from those giving less than $100. That was more
than three times the amount his four closest competitors combined
collected.
Verbally nimble and outspoken about the power of personal
responsibility, Elder hammered libertarian positions he has aired for
years. He called for less government intrusion, the right of parents
to choose their children’s schools and for increased management of
forests, to reduce the risk of wildfires.
He declined to debate other challengers. Though they maligned him in
his absence, the newcomer appeared only to grow in stature.
A threat to Elder’s candidacy arose in mid-August when his one-time
fiancee and producer, Alexandra Datig, accused him of emotional abuse,
pushing her and checking his pistol to see if it was loaded during an
argument about their relationship.
Elder denied that he ever brandished a weapon at Datig, or anyone, and
called the claims a distraction from the real issues in the recall
campaign.
Rival candidates called on Elder to drop out of the race. So did the
Sacramento Bee editorial board. But Elder ignored them and appeared to
suffer no harm with his core supporters. (Los Angeles prosecutors
declined to investigate, saying the statute of limitations had run out
on the six-year-old accusations.)
To his most ardent backers, Elder was being targeted with slurs
because of his truth telling.
“Larry won’t be bought by the unions and big tech. He will work for
all people, not just the people in his party,” one supporter, Susann,
said via Facebook. “I don’t want mandated vaxs, mandated masks in our
children’s schools. And, most importantly, I want school choice for my
grandchildren.”
Many Elder fans said they viewed him as the antidote to an
overreaching government.
“We need to fight for freedom,” said Estrella Harrington, after
watching Elder speak at a mall in Orange County’s Little Saigon.
Harrington, an immigrant from Indonesia, said of Elder’s 15-minute
presentation: “It’s perfect. It’s beautiful.”
Elder and some of his followers have signaled that they may not accept
a loss as legitimate. The candidate said his campaign had created its
own “voter integrity board,” composed mostly of lawyers who were
prepared to file lawsuits if they detect election fraud.
Before a vote had been counted, multiple figures on the right — from
Fox News personality Tucker Carlson to former President Trump —
suggested Newsom would benefit from an unfair count.
But veterans of the state’s Republican politics said the GOP in
California would do better to follow a more moderate course. They
pointed to heavily Democratic states like Maryland and Massachusetts,
where Republican moderates won the governorship.
“Any candidate that only appeals to the base, to 32% of the
electorate, and at the same time energizes a lot of the other 68% of
voters, that is not going to be helpful for a Republican candidate,”
said Rob Stutzman, who was a spokesman for Arnold Schwarzenegger, the
state’s last Republican governor.
Radio host DeMaio scoffed at pundits who said Elder and other
Republicans need to be more moderate. “It’s like saying Republicans
should have backed a candidate more like a Democrat,” DeMaio said. “No
Republican voter is going to listen to that.”
Dennis Prager, the talk radio host who has been one of Elder’s
mentors, said he believed his campaign had made people realize “how
much damage the Democrats and left-wing policies have done to
minorities.” He said Elder had been particularly effective in exposing
the “egregious double standard” that allowed privileged children, like
Newsom’s, to attend in-person classes during the pandemic, while most
public school students languished at home.
Prager said Elder had given no hint whether he would return to the
radio or pursue another run for governor. “I would like Larry to do
anything that enables him to be heard by ever larger numbers of
people,” Prager said.
Days before the election, Elder responded with a smile when asked what
he would do if he lost. “Don’t be so negative,” he said. “I’m going to
win this one.”
Regardless of the outcome, he said he planned to continue to talk
about expanding educational opportunity, improving the state’s
electric power system, checking the spiraling cost of living and
reducing homelessness.
“I don’t know for sure what my journey is going to be,” Elder said,
“but my life has now changed forever.”
Times staff writers Stephen Battaglio in New York and Julia Wick in
Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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With California GOP, what will Larry Elder do after recall? - Los
Angeles Times
James Rainey
9-11 minutes
Although the effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom failed, the
lightning two-month campaign appears to have had at least one clear
beneficiary — Larry Elder.
The conservative talk radio host jumped to the front of the pack of 46
recall challengers soon after he entered the race on July 12,
enhancing his brand as a media provocateur and potentially paving the
way for a future run for office.
His showing Tuesday, when he led the challengers by a wide margin,
could establish him as the putative leader of the state’s Republican
Party.
Some of his most ardent followers have said they hope Elder will run
next year, to challenge Newsom for a second time.
Asked about a 2022 run, Elder told KMJ radio in Fresno on Tuesday: “I
have now become a political force here in California in general and
particularly within the Republican party. And I’m not going to leave
the stage.”
But his path to a victory would be even more difficult then, when he
would have to receive a majority of the vote in a state where
Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 2 to 1.
Tuesday’s results represented a stark dichotomy for Elder: The Los
Angeles native, making his first run for office at 69, rocketed past
more experienced candidates to become the darling of conservatives.
That put him tantalizingly close to becoming first Black governor in
the state’s 171-year history.
But his unbending conservatism — against abortion rights, opposed to
the minimum wage and prepared to reverse COVID-19 vaccine and mask
requirements — likely repelled enough voters in liberal-leaning
California to help drive a considerable segment of the electorate
toward keeping Newsom in office.
“He is now the leader of the resistance in California, or at least one
of the biggest leaders,” said Carl DeMaio, a San Diego talk radio host
and chair of the Reform California political action committee. “If he
does want to run again, there is no doubt he is the [Republican]
nominee. There is simply no doubt.”
But dominion over a small conservative “resistance” — dominated by a
shrinking minority of older, white voters — is not a formula to return
Republicans to power in California, said GOP consultant Mike Madrid.
“You can say you remained pure in defeat, but that’s just a martyr
candidacy,” Madrid said. “It appeals to a core group that is the
fastest-shrinking demographic in the state and in the country.”
Elder insisted into the final days of his campaign that he would
unseat Newsom, even as polls began to show the pro-recall vote being
overwhelmed by votes to keep Newsom in office. When asked last week
about a possible 2022 rematch with the governor, Elder did not respond
directly.
“A lot of people have invested their hopes and dreams in me,” Elder
said. “A lot of people feel that I can make California better.”
If Elder chooses to return to his work as a talk show host, he should
find his stature markedly enhanced, industry analysts said.
“He will be a huge winner in his media career because his profile has
been raised exponentially since this began,” said Michael Harrison,
publisher of Talkers, a trade publication for the radio and TV talk
industry. “It’s been a tremendous victory for him.”
The self-proclaimed “Sage from South-Central” has been a fixture on
Los Angeles radio for most of the last 30 years, first on KABC AM-790,
briefly via his own streaming outlet and, since 2016, on AM-870.
Elder took a hiatus to run for governor, but he will be welcomed back
by the Salem Radio Network, which delivers his program to 115 stations
around the country and about 260 other cable and HD platforms.
Elder’s bosses made it clear they hope to capitalize on the wave of
attention he received after entering the recall race.
“For stations that have now seen this campaign and have seen how good
Larry is, it’s time to go back to those stations,” said Phil Boyce,
the senior vice president for Salem who oversees the network. “I
expect that he will pick up stations in the future because of this.”
Elder has long told friends that he coveted a national television
presence, though he has not spoken publicly about whether he still
holds those ambitions. He has been a guest on Fox News programs 220
times in the past five years, but representatives at the conservative
network declined to say whether they would consider Elder for a
regular paid position.
Elder came late to the recall campaign, but quickly outpaced his
rivals. He jumped to the head of the polls and raised more campaign
funds, particularly among small donors. By late August he had raised
more than $2.3 million from those giving less than $100. That was more
than three times the amount his four closest competitors combined
collected.
Verbally nimble and outspoken about the power of personal
responsibility, Elder hammered libertarian positions he has aired for
years. He called for less government intrusion, the right of parents
to choose their children’s schools and for increased management of
forests, to reduce the risk of wildfires.
He declined to debate other challengers. Though they maligned him in
his absence, the newcomer appeared only to grow in stature.
A threat to Elder’s candidacy arose in mid-August when his one-time
fiancee and producer, Alexandra Datig, accused him of emotional abuse,
pushing her and checking his pistol to see if it was loaded during an
argument about their relationship.
Elder denied that he ever brandished a weapon at Datig, or anyone, and
called the claims a distraction from the real issues in the recall
campaign.
Rival candidates called on Elder to drop out of the race. So did the
Sacramento Bee editorial board. But Elder ignored them and appeared to
suffer no harm with his core supporters. (Los Angeles prosecutors
declined to investigate, saying the statute of limitations had run out
on the six-year-old accusations.)
To his most ardent backers, Elder was being targeted with slurs
because of his truth telling.
“Larry won’t be bought by the unions and big tech. He will work for
all people, not just the people in his party,” one supporter, Susann,
said via Facebook. “I don’t want mandated vaxs, mandated masks in our
children’s schools. And, most importantly, I want school choice for my
grandchildren.”
Many Elder fans said they viewed him as the antidote to an
overreaching government.
“We need to fight for freedom,” said Estrella Harrington, after
watching Elder speak at a mall in Orange County’s Little Saigon.
Harrington, an immigrant from Indonesia, said of Elder’s 15-minute
presentation: “It’s perfect. It’s beautiful.”
Elder and some of his followers have signaled that they may not accept
a loss as legitimate. The candidate said his campaign had created its
own “voter integrity board,” composed mostly of lawyers who were
prepared to file lawsuits if they detect election fraud.
Before a vote had been counted, multiple figures on the right — from
Fox News personality Tucker Carlson to former President Trump —
suggested Newsom would benefit from an unfair count.
But veterans of the state’s Republican politics said the GOP in
California would do better to follow a more moderate course. They
pointed to heavily Democratic states like Maryland and Massachusetts,
where Republican moderates won the governorship.
“Any candidate that only appeals to the base, to 32% of the
electorate, and at the same time energizes a lot of the other 68% of
voters, that is not going to be helpful for a Republican candidate,”
said Rob Stutzman, who was a spokesman for Arnold Schwarzenegger, the
state’s last Republican governor.
Radio host DeMaio scoffed at pundits who said Elder and other
Republicans need to be more moderate. “It’s like saying Republicans
should have backed a candidate more like a Democrat,” DeMaio said. “No
Republican voter is going to listen to that.”
Dennis Prager, the talk radio host who has been one of Elder’s
mentors, said he believed his campaign had made people realize “how
much damage the Democrats and left-wing policies have done to
minorities.” He said Elder had been particularly effective in exposing
the “egregious double standard” that allowed privileged children, like
Newsom’s, to attend in-person classes during the pandemic, while most
public school students languished at home.
Prager said Elder had given no hint whether he would return to the
radio or pursue another run for governor. “I would like Larry to do
anything that enables him to be heard by ever larger numbers of
people,” Prager said.
Days before the election, Elder responded with a smile when asked what
he would do if he lost. “Don’t be so negative,” he said. “I’m going to
win this one.”
Regardless of the outcome, he said he planned to continue to talk
about expanding educational opportunity, improving the state’s
electric power system, checking the spiraling cost of living and
reducing homelessness.
“I don’t know for sure what my journey is going to be,” Elder said,
“but my life has now changed forever.”
Times staff writers Stephen Battaglio in New York and Julia Wick in
Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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Siri Cruise
Sep 15, 2021, 2:18:21 AM9/15/21
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In article <shs2bl$s0k$1...@dont-email.me>,
Horse Dewormer Will Save America <ho...@dewormer.invalid>
wrote:
> beneficiary — Larry Elder.
Who? I don't live in Fresno.
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Horse Dewormer Will Save America <ho...@dewormer.invalid>
wrote:
> beneficiary — Larry Elder.
Who? I don't live in Fresno.
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BeamMeUpScotty
Sep 15, 2021, 9:04:58 AM9/15/21
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On 9/15/21 2:18 AM, Siri Cruise wrote:
> In article <shs2bl$s0k$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Horse Dewormer Will Save America <ho...@dewormer.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> beneficiary — Larry Elder.
>
> Who? I don't live in Fresno.
>
A better question is what will the people of /Cali/ Mexifornia do since
> In article <shs2bl$s0k$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Horse Dewormer Will Save America <ho...@dewormer.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> beneficiary — Larry Elder.
>
> Who? I don't live in Fresno.
>
they will have the same incompetent people running things?
The people paying the taxes and running businesses are leaving and
illegals and drug addicts are all that move to Mexifornia...
I suggested we invade Mexico and make Mexico the 51st State years ago
and now I see we did it by allowing Mexico to vote by PROXY.
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Gronk
Sep 20, 2021, 1:38:02 AM9/20/21
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Horse Dewormer Will Save America wrote:
>
>
Pelosi Could Die Tomorrow
Sep 20, 2021, 5:15:02 AM9/20/21
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In article <si96no$24g$2...@dont-email.me>
Gronk <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> I put Horse Dewormer up my ass
> >
Not enough!
Gronk <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> I put Horse Dewormer up my ass
> >
Not enough!
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