Westly Camp Calls Angelides 'Slimy Developer'

[davidinalameda]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-westly20aug20,1,3175782.story?coll=la-headlines-politics

Whoops: Call it an oversight. The campaign manager for state Controller Steve Westly said Friday the controller didn't mean to imply that his chief rival in the race to become the Democratic nominee for governor in 2006 is a "slimy developer."

Never mind that the Westly camp e-mailed to Democrats across the state an anonymous quote in a newspaper saying as much about state Treasurer Phil Angelides.

The e-mail has angered Angelides, who himself has been criticized for bare-knuckles campaign tactics in the past, prompting him to demand an apology. And Republicans are delighted to watch the Democrats beat up on each other instead of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.


oversight? bullshit

[mitchtv]

1. Westly is halfway out the door as a candidate

He ought to talk to Al Checchi about badmouthing fellow Dems.

[bemildred]

2. He can kiss my vote goodbye. nt

[Oerdin]

3. I honestly...

Don't recognize either of those names.

[bemildred]

4. The two Dems who have declared to run for Governor. nt

[ronnykmarshall]

5. Same here

he had to have his lips removed from Arnold ass to file his papers in the first plave.

[mitchtv]

6. Steve and Ahnold sitting in a tree,

(fill in your choice)__ __ __ __ ING!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

9. Mine too..and my advocacy org is backing Angelides

[bemildred]

10. Phil looks fine to me, and there are a lot of other races. nt

[Gyre]

7. Truly stupid statement.

How he expects to wrest California from the repiglicans, making mistakes like that, is beyond me.

Gyre

[Le Taz Hot]

8. Oh bullshit!

I've spent considerable time with BOTH of them and I can tell you now that Angelides has an enormous amount of integrity. Wesley is the consummate slimeball politician. This "Oops, I misspoke" crap is typical -- straight out of Rove.